Join the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security’s COVID-19 Testing Toolkit for a webinar where panelists will discuss how Johns Hopkins University developed and implemented its COVID-19 testing strategies for faculty, staff, and students MODERATOR Gigi Gronvall, PhD, Senior Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security; Lead, COVID-19 Testing Toolkit and Associate Professor in the
An expert panel on Biological Risks and Hazards in the World Today with a Special Focus on Russia and Ukraine will be held on 4 May 2022 via webcast. Topics will include the health security environment in the post-Soviet states, as assessed by the Global Health Security Index of 2019 and 2021, and the biological
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and convene a day and half public health workshop. During this workshop, invited participants from government, NGO, and private sector organizations will explore the nation’s Public Health Emergency (PHE) preparedness enterprise, including existing PHE preparedness and response plans, systems, and structures,
Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) will host a lecture event on Disease, Diplomacy and Displacement: Syrian Refugees and the Politics of Health in Jordan on 24 May 2022. The event is open to the public through a virtual option. Those with an active Stanford ID may attend in person at Encina
The National Academies’ Board on Life Sciences is pleased to present two discussions - Bioeconomy of the Future and Changing Landscape of Life Science Research Laboratories – to explore critical and emerging issues with the bioeconomy and privately-sponsored basic life sciences research. The life sciences research landscape is changing rapidly as new investments in the
The George Mason University (GMU) Schar School of Policy and Government will host a Master’s and Certificate Virtual Open House on June 8, 2022 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. The event will provide an overview of available master’s degree programs and highlight GMU’s world-class faculty and research. Admissions and student services staff will be on hand
The VRBPAC committee will meet in open session on June 14, 2022 to discuss amending the EUA of the Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine to include the administration of the primary series to children and adolescents 6 years through 17 years of age. FDA intends to make background material available to the public no later than
The VRBPAC will meet in open session to discuss amending the EUA of the Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccine to include the administration of the primary series to infants and children 6 months through 5 years of age, and also to discuss amending the EUA of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine to include the administration of
The VRBPAC will meet in open session on 28 June 2022 to discuss whether and how the SARS-CoV-2 strain composition of COVID-19 vaccines should be modified. FDA intends to make background material available to the public no later than 2 business days before the meeting. If FDA is unable to post the background material on
