Author Q&A Series
October 7, 2026 • 6:00-7:00pm
Leidy Klotz
IN A GOOD PLACE: How the Places Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive
(Little, Brown; April 2026)
Leidy Klotz is a behavioral scientist and engineering professor at the University of Virginia who studies how and why humans design. He has written for the Washington Post, Fast Company, Scientific American, and Harvard Business Review; has published his work in top journals like Nature and Science; and has been interviewed on Hidden Brain, Freakonomics, Mindscape, and The Atlantic’s How to Build a Happy Life. Klotz has advised clients ranging from the Departments of Energy and Homeland Security to CapitalOne and Amazon.
November 4, 2026 • 6:00-7:00pm
Barry R. Davis, MD, PhD
The Preventioneers: Diseases, Disasters, and the Discoveries That Changed Our World
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2026)
Barry R. Davis, MD, PhD is a physician-scientist, biostatistician, and clinical trialist whose career has focused on the science and practice of prevention. He is Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics and Data Science at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health and has led landmark cardiovascular studies, including ALLHAT and SHEP, that helped reshape hypertension treatment and prevention. He has also served on more than 150 Data and Safety Monitoring Committees.
His new book, The Preventioneers: Diseases, Disasters, and the Discoveries That Changed Our World (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2026), explores the people who recognized threats early and worked to prevent catastrophe, and why societies so often fail to act on warning signs. Today, Dr. Davis speaks and writes about prevention, public health, leadership, and the persistent gap between what we know and what we do.
We'd like to send a special thank you to the Georgia Center for the Book for being the official co-sponsor of the Fall 2026 Living Health: Author Q&A Series.
