The Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies will convene a virtual committee meeting on the Current Global Governance Landscape for Influenza on March 9-11, 2021. This first meeting of the committee will serve for the committee to begin to analyze the major global frameworks, regulations, and partnerships for influenza vaccine preparedness and response.
The National Academies will host a committee meeting on Rapid Response by Laboratory Animal Research Institutions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from March 9-10, 2021. Rapid (and Precise) COVID-19 Vaccine Development Barney Graham, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Director, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH The COVID-19 Pandemic: The Triumphs and Challenges of Vaccine Development and Use
A virtual presentation on “Ethics in Vaccine Development, Testing and Use Making a COVID-19 Vaccine” will be held on March 9, 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
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will host a virtual Demystifying COVID Seminar Series event entitled, "What Do Bats Have to Do With It?" on March 9, 2021. Bats, pangolins, and humans—oh my! This talk will explore the role wild animals play in the emergence of new diseases-- including how they spread, what symptoms they produce
Join the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) at the Vaccines against AMR Threats virtual workshop on March 12, 2021 from 11:00am - 1:00pm Eastern. Multi-drug resistant (MDR) organisms are a threat to national security and public health. As rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogens continue to increase new therapeutics and vaccines are essential
The National Academies will convene a meeting Examining the Long-term Health and Economic Effects of Antimicrobial Resistance in the United States on March 16-19, 2021 via virtual format. During these meetings, expert speakers will discuss GARP’s work developing treatments for drug-resistant infections and CMS reimbursement for new antibiotics. Speakers will also present on the challenges
An NIH virtual presentation entitled “These Viruses are Forever: Consequences of Retroviral DNA Integration to AIDS and Evolution” will be held on March 16, 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
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will host a virtual Demystifying COVID Seminar Series event entitled, “Behind the Mask: The Science on Stopping the Spread” on March 16, 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 transforms our world. ABOUT
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
