<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><post link="https://sph.umich.edu/news/2026posts/global-public-health-leader-connection-is-our-greatest-protection.html" display="true" featured="true"><title>Global Public Health leader: Connection is our greatest protection</title><subject>Dr. Raj Panjabi, author of ‘Safer,’ discusses trust, resilience and leading through crisis at Global Public Health Futures event</subject><subtitle/><description>Dr. Raj Panjabi, physician and author of ‘Safer,’ joined Charles B. Holmes, dean of Michigan Public Health, for a conversation on building trust, countering misinformation and leading communities through crisis. Panjabi shared lessons from Ebola, COVID-19, and his White House pandemic work on turning fear into collective action.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:28:07 -0800</pubDate><tags><talking-about>Leadership</talking-about><talking-about>Epidemiology</talking-about><talking-about>Global Public Health</talking-about><talking-about>COVID-19</talking-about><talking-about>Global Health Epidemiology</talking-about><category>Faculty</category><category>News</category><talking-about>Faculty</talking-about></tags><image><img src="/news/2026posts/images/panjabi-holmes.jpg" alt="Raj Panjabi and Dean Charles B. Holmes walk in front of an audience in the Cornely Community Room"/></image><imagelarge><img/></imagelarge></post>