ABOUT THE GUESTS
Jonathan
Rothwell
Senior Economist, Gallup
Jonathan Rothwell, Gallup’s Senior Economist, researches and publishes on a broad range of topics and advises Gallup clients and associates on research questions and economic analysis. Findings from his research have been reported by many news organizations, including The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Vox and The Atlantic, and he has appeared on various radio programs, such as “Marketplace.” Before joining Gallup, Jonathan was a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program.
Dr. Thaddeus
Pope
Director of the Health Law Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Thaddeus joined Hamline University School of Law as the director of the Health Law Institute in January 2012 after serving as associate professor of law at Widener University School of Law. There, his research focused on medical futility, internal dispute resolution, tort law, public health law, and normative jurisprudence. He authors a blog on medical futility, reporting and discussing legislative, judicial, regulatory, medical, and other developments concerning end-of-life medical treatment.
Dr. Bon
Ku
Assistant Dean for Health & Design and Director of JeffDESIGN, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Bon Ku, MD, MPP is the Assistant Dean for Health and Design and an Associate Professor at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. He is a practicing emergency medicine physician and the founder and director of JeffDESIGN, a first-of-its-kind program in a medical school that teaches future physicians to apply human-centered design to healthcare challenges.