The Georgetown University Global Health Initiative will host a virtual discussion on "Global Health Security and Diplomacy in the Age of Coronavirus - A Conversation with Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins" on March 16, 2021. As the COVID-19 pandemic has shown, the need to effectively and efficiently prevent, detect, and respond to emerging infectious diseases and other
A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine host a public webinar entitled 'Moving Past COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Responses around the World' on March 17, 2021. Before the panel discussion, Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, will kick off the webinar by providing a detailed description of how public health
The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense will host a virtual meeting on March 23, 2021 to explore the needs of the first responder community and how the federal government can better support non-federal response to future biological incidents. Speakers will include: ▪ Philip Francisco, Chief of Police, Navajo Police Department ▪ Dia Gainor, Executive Director, National
Chemical Weapons Arms Control at a Crossroads: Russia, Syria, and the Future of the Chemical Weapons Convention March 23, 2021 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET The repeated use of chemical weapons by Syria and Russia threatens to undermine international efforts to eliminate these weapons. How will state parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, which
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will host a virtual Demystifying COVID Seminar Series event entitled, “Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 (And What’s Up with The New Vaccine, Anyways?)” on March 23, 2021. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Community Science and Technology Seminar Series was launched to help the general public better understand and explore how science
The National Academies’ Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation will host a virtual public workshop on Mar 24, 2021 as part of a web series forum of events to discuss critical policy for advancement of biopharmaceutical innovation nationally and globally. This virtual public workshop will provide a venue for stakeholders to consider a transformed
Policy Exchange: Pandemic Preparedness and Response – Are We Learning the Right Lessons? will be held March 24, 2021 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how vulnerable the world was to the spread of a novel contagious pathogen, and the United States found itself unprepared and unable to respond effectively to
The Schar School of Policy and Government Center for Security Policy Studies will host an expert panel discussion on March 26 on “Drones and the Future of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Threats“. The event explores the risks posed by the convergence of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear CBRN weapons and drones. Drones allow
A virtual presentation on “How COVID-19 Pandemic Changes Medical Research, Teaching and Patient Care” will be held on March 20, 2021 as part of the 2021 Demystifying Medicine Series. The 2021 Demystifying Medicine Series, which is jointly sponsored by FAES and NIH, will begin January 12 and includes the presentation of patients, pathology, diagnosis and
