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  • Registration for the Inaugural Meeting of the As-Yet-Unnamed Dinner Club (UDC)

  • Public Health Chaos:
    What It Means for America
     

    Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH

    Former Director
    National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
    CDC

     

    Debra Houry, MD, MPH

    Former Chief Medical Officer and
    Former Deputy Director for Program and Science
    CDC

     

    Daniel Jernigan, MD, MPH

    Former Director
    National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
    CDC 

    Wednesday, October 1, 2025

    AGENDA:
    6:30pm EDT (Get Online)
    6:35pm EDT (Presentation Begins)
    7:30pm EDT (Meeting adjourns)


  • HELP! This new Dinner Club needs a name.

    Here are some that have been offered and rejected:

    • Clubby McClub Face (this suggestion came from a British national. Enough said.)

    • X-Men Dinner Club (this suggestion came from a person who lives and breathes the Marvel Universe.  They are apparently less familiar with the Copyright Law Universe.)

     

    The poll below lists some other names (and contributer provided rationale) that have been suggested. 

     

    Bad Bugs Dinner Club (BDC): "Because this is the best name"

    Health Heroes R Us Dinner Club (HDC): "Because not all heroes wear capes; some do epidemiology and science communication instead."

    Health Sciences Dinner Club (HDC) / Public Health Dinner Club (PDC): "Classic, clear, and straight to the point."

    Way Cool Dinner Club (WDC): "Keeps it simple and tells it like it is" 

    Xylem Dinner Club (XDC): "Xylem provide infrastructure support for growing plants [read: fans of public health], allowing them to grow tall and resist gravity. Plus, Xylem stores food reserves, which is a good idea for a Dinner Club."

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