Ajay Sethi — Addressing misinformation one conversation at a time
Perhaps we have all noticed that in recent years many previously innocuous subjects, even ones related to protecting health, have become hot button topics. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ajay Sethi teaches the popular course, Conspiracies in Public Health, to health professions and public health students. The goal of the class is to build skills in having conversations with people whose opinions might differ from their own. He explores the origins and adoption of misinformation and important ingredients in such conversations.
Ajay Sethi is an infectious disease epidemiologist and carries out research on HIV, healthcare associated infections, the human microbiome, and more recently, COVID-19. He is Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences and Director of the Master of Public Health Program at the UW-Madison.