Setting Policy for What Comes After COVID-19: Dr. Faheem Ahmed ’20

Published on August 27, 2020
 

Like many of his classmates, Dr. Faheem Ahmed started the spring semester, primed to put the finishing touches on his MBA. But after COVID-19 began to spread, he relocated to his home in London to complete his degree remotely and work on the frontline of the crisis.

In this special episode of Bizcast, Ahmed -- who has a medical degree from King’s College London and a master’s degree in health systems management from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine -- gives us his perspective on the UK response to the pandemic.

Ahmed also discusses his recently published article in The Lancet, co-authored with Professor Joseph Stiglitz, on COVID-19 is exacerbating social inequality around the world, especially among those with low incomes and black and ethnic minority communities.

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