Join Dr. Tom Frieden and the Prevent Epidemics team of Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies, to discuss lessons from past outbreaks, preparedness successes, and the need to invest and prioritize funding to fight the next pandemic. The event will call on political and public health leaders to increase global collaboration and
The International Gender Champions Disarmament Impact Group and the BWC Implementation Support Unit welcome you to an interactive discussion on 27 May on the relevance of gender perspectives to the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention. The discussion will address recent initiatives to improve women’s meaningful participation in the BWC, as well as research on
Join Dr. Filippa Lentzos and Dr. Gregory D. Koblentz for a briefing on 27 May 2021 on a new resource on global BSL4 labs and biorisk management policies. This public webinar, held on the side lines of the seventy-fourth World Health Assembly meeting, will launch globalbiolabs.org, an interactive web-based map of global Biosafety Level-4 facilities
This workshop will explore how environmental health tools, technologies, and methodologies can be leveraged to inform real-time public health decision making about infectious disease outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. The workshop may feature several case studies of infectious disease outbreaks for which spread and exposure is mediated, in part, by environmental pollution and conditions. An ad
The New Approaches and Concepts in Microbiology will take place 7-9 July 2021 in a virtual format. The event will cover a broad range of topics in microbiology, including antibiotic-related research, bacterial communities and microbiome, cell biology, regulation & signalling, pathogenesis and evolution. Emphasis will be placed on novel approaches and technologies (from systems-based to
The annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics will convene in a virtual format 12-14 October 2021. With over 7,000 expected attendees, the ASHG 2021 Virtual Meeting is a diverse, global community that engages and welcomes diverse voices and alliances among scientists of all nationalities. Highlighted posters or presentations include: Building Genomic Data
The Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), recipient of the 2019 AIMBE Excellence in STEM Education Award, is one of the largest communities of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Students attend this conference to present their research, enhance professional development skills, explore graduate schools, and network. Research faculty and program directors
COVID-19 has fundamentally challenged the delivery of health care services worldwide, forcing difficult choices on health professionals and laying bare many preexisting health, medical, and public health sector frailties. This National Academies workshop series will re-explore previous IOM Crisis Standards of Care recommendations in light of ongoing lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular
The impact of meningitis is as profound as it is diverse: it can kill within hours, disrupts health systems, impedes education and child development, devastates families and communities, and causes lifelong disabilities. Meningitis epidemics are unpredictable and can strike anywhere, affecting people of any age, including healthy children and young adults. Despite successful efforts to
