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  • Addressing Inaccurate and Misleading Information about Biological Threats through Scientific Collaboration and Communication: Committee Meeting 5

    Virtual Event

    In this fifth meeting of the committee on Addressing Inaccurate and Misleading Information about Biological Threats through Scientific Collaboration and Communication, the committee will meet in closed session to discuss the structure and content of the report, and will establish a plan for the committee’s activities moving forward. As part of this evaluation, the committee

  • A Family Drama: The Sexual Politics of Smallpox Vaccination in the Spanish Empire

    Virtual Event

    The National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Scientific Interest Group will host a webcast entitled "A Family Drama: The Sexual Politics of Smallpox Vaccination in the Spanish Empire" on October 28, 2021. In 1804, the Spanish Crown introduced the smallpox vaccine to its empire, along with orders that vaccination be voluntary and that parents had a

  • Vaccine Hesitancy and the Anti-Vaxxer Movement

    Virtual Event

    Dr. Peter Hotez weighs in on identifying innovative strategies to tackling vaccine hesitancy and the anti-science movement. This free event is brought to you by the 2021 ASM Clinical Virology Symposium (CVS), one of a 4-part CVS Online: SARS-CoV-2 Webinar Series featuring leading experts in the field discussing the most pressing topics around COVID-19. ABOUT THE SPEAKER

  • Africa CDC Inaugural One Health Conference

    Virtual Event

    The Africa CDC Inaugural One Health Conference taking place virtually from 1 - 3 November 2021. One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral and transdisciplinary approach used to attain optimal health outcomes for people, animals, plants, and their shared environment. Practically, One Health involves the collaboration between human, animal, and environmental health sectors as well as other relevant stakeholders,

  • Eighth Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium

    Virtual Event

    The Arab-American Frontiers program brings together outstanding young scientists, engineers, and medical professionals from the United States and the 22 countries of the Arab League for a series of symposia to discuss exciting advances and opportunities in their fields. Due to ongoing concerns surrounding the new COVID-19 variant, the Eighth Symposium will now take place online, November

  • BARDA Industry Day 2021 – BID2021

    Virtual Event

    This BARDA Industry Day 2021 Virtual Event will be held 3-4 November 2021. This annual gathering of more than 1300 stakeholders from the public and private sector provides an opportunity to increase understanding of the U.S. government medical countermeasure priorities and funding goals; interact with BARDA and ASPR staff; and showcase innovations. Innovators may apply

  • NIH 2021 Synthetic Biology Consortium

    Virtual Event

    The 2021 Annual Synthetic Biology Consortium Meeting will take place in virtual format from November 4-5, 2021. The 2021 Synthetic Biology Consortium Meeting will facilitate networking and collaboration among synthetic biology investigators. Attendees can use this meeting to collaborate with each other on current topics in synthetic biology and engage with NIH program directors. Highlighted

  • Allocating Scarce COVID-19 Vaccines Based on Epidemiological and Operational Considerations

    Virtual Event

    The Center for Global Development will host an online event on Allocating Scarce COVID-19 Vaccines Based on Epidemiological and Operational Considerations on 5 Nov 2021. Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many institutes have been using epidemiological modelling to predict the spread of the novel coronavirus as well as estimate the impact of

  • Impact of and Response to the Pandemic: Webinar 1

    Virtual Event

    The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated and exacerbated challenges in caring for people of all ages with serious illness. The response to many of these challenges involved rapid innovation and as such provides valuable lessons learned that will likely significantly alter the field of serious illness care in the post-pandemic era. The Roundtable on Quality Care