‘BENDING THE ARC’ PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 2026 HEALTH HUMANITIES CONSORTIUM CONFERENCE

Join us for an evening of film and discussion exploring the human stories behind global health innovation, medical care in resource-limited settings, and the ethical questions that shape how healthcare is delivered around the world.

The program will begin with a screening of the short documentary Creative Resolve: The Future of Global Health, followed by a panel discussion with leading voices in global health, medicine, and philosophy. Panelists will reflect on the realities of delivering care in underserved settings, the moral challenges of global health systems, and how storytelling and scholarship can shape more just healthcare futures.

Following the panel, attendees are invited to stay for a full screening of the acclaimed documentary Bending the Arc, which tells the remarkable story of a group of doctors and activists whose work transformed global access to treatments for diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis and reshaped the landscape of international health.

Panelists

Dr. Nicole Hassoun

Professor of International Studies at Indiana University specializing in global health justice, political philosophy, and philosophy of economics. She leads the Global Health Impact Project, an initiative designed to evaluate and improve access to essential medicines for the global poor. Dr. Hassoun also advised the documentary Creative Resolve: The Future of Global Health.

Dr. Ellen Einterz

Physician and global health practitioner with more than three decades of medical leadership in West and Central Africa. Dr. Einterz directed hospitals in Nigeria and Cameroon and served as medical coordinator of an Ebola Treatment Unit in Liberia during the 2014–2015 epidemic. She currently serves as clinic physician for the Marion County Public Health Department’s refugee program and maintains affiliations with the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Fairbanks School of Public Health. She is the author of Life and Death in Kolofata: An American Doctor in Africa.

Event Schedule

5:00 PM – King Dough opens for dinner (vegan and gluten-free options available)

5:45 PM – Doors open

6:15–6:35 PM – Screening: Creative Resolve: The Future of Global Health (20 min)

6:45–7:30 PM – Panel Discussion with Dr. Ellen Einterz and Dr. Nicole Hassoun

7:40–9:20 PM – Screening: Bending the Arc