GWU Milken Research and Practice Seminar Will Feature Grantee and Doctor Eli Cahan

The Department of Global Health at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health will host Pulitzer Center grantee Eli Cahan at a Research and Practice Seminar. 

On Thursday, December 5, 2024, from 12:00 to 1:00pm EST, Cahan will virtually present on his Pulitzer Center-supported project Could a Conflict-Borne Superbug Bring On Our Next Pandemic?

Cahan will detail how “superbugs,” or antimicrobial resistance bacteria (AMRs), germinate on the front lines of modern wars, and why they pose existential health risks. 

His global Rolling Stone investigation tells the "Iraqibacter" story—a story of war and biology, of missed opportunities and unintended consequences, of a post-antibiotic future. Beyond Iraqibacter, Cahan's reporting illustrates from the front lines how contemporary never-wars and conflicts far away may be cultivating a very intimate, very existential threat in our own backyards, too.

Cahan is an award-winning investigative journalist covering the intersection of health care and social justice. He's also a pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School. His work has been featured in The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, and USA Today, among other publications. His multimedia work has appeared on TV via ABC and on radio via NPR.