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SUMMARY:Comms Crash Course: Developing and Producing Videos to Expand Public Health Messaging
DESCRIPTION:Comms Crash Course: Developing and Producing Videos to Expand Public Health Messaging will cover best practices for using video to broaden outreach\, engage with diverse populations\, and foster healthier communities. \nTopics will include: \n\nCrafting compelling narratives that resonate with audiences and the importance of storytelling in public health messaging.\nFoundational aspects of creating a video\, including planning\, shooting\, and editing to develop engaging content.\nStrategies for maximizing video reach and engagement across platforms.\n\nIn an era dominated by digital content\, learning to craft compelling videos is essential for amplifying public health messages. This webinar is designed for public health communicators eager to harness the full spectrum of video production tools and storytelling techniques to captivate\, educate\, and inspire their local communities. \nPlease visit the Public Health Communications Collaborative’s Comms Crash Course: Developing and Producing Videos to Expand Public Health Messaging website to register.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/comms-crash-course-developing-and-producing-videos-to-expand-public-health-messaging/
LOCATION:https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4717132946626/WN_HQIxhL-7SaS3fvqPuiXI0A
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SUMMARY:GMU Schar School Master of Biodefense Information Session
DESCRIPTION:The George Mason University (GMU) Schar School of Policy and Government will be hosting a Master of Biodefense Information Session on Thursday\, May 2\, noon to 1:00 p.m. ET (Virtual). \nProspective students are invited to attend to hear more about the Master of Biodefense program offered at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. \nLearn about the program\, application process\, student experience\, and graduate outcomes. The program is offered in part-time\, full-time\, online\, in-person\, and hybrid formats. \n Learn more and register for the information session. \nGlobal Biodefense is an official media partner of the GMU Schar School of Policy and Government.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/gmu-schar-school-master-of-biodefense-information-session-3/
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SUMMARY:Masters of the Air: Overcoming Airborne Pathogens Indoors
DESCRIPTION:Masters of the Air: Overcoming Airborne Pathogens Indoors will be held on 7 May 2024 in Washington\, DC. \nThe focus of this meeting will be to provide the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense with a better understanding of: \n\nHow the federal government currently addresses indoor air quality\nNew scientific and technological advances for indoor air quality\nHow enhancing indoor air quality can help prevent the spread of pathogens\n\nPlease visit the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense’s Masters of the Air: Overcoming Airborne Pathogens Indoors page for more information.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/masters-of-the-air-overcoming-airborne-pathogens-indoors/
LOCATION:Hudson Institute\, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest\, #400\, Washington\, DC\, 20004\, United States
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SUMMARY:BARDA Accelerator Network Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:The BARDA Accelerator Network Launch Event will be held 15 May 2024 both virtually and in-person in Irvine\, CA. \nThe Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)\, part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled the next generation of the BARDA Accelerator Network by announcing University Lab Partners (ULP) as the new Diagnostics/Medical Devices Hub and Start2 as the new Therapeutics/Vaccines Hub. \nThe I-CREATE Hub will support the development and acceleration of game-changing diagnostics and medical devices to detect\, prevent\, or respond to medical consequences that result from health security threats. \nTogether the first two Hubs will forge the way for the launch of three additional Hubs in 2024 to build a global network to foster the health security innovation ecosystem with commercialization and wraparound support and enable rapid development\, evaluation\, validation\, and commercialization of Medical Countermeasures (MCMs). \nAdvanced registration for the launch event is required.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/barda-accelerator-network-launch-event/
LOCATION:UCI Research Park\, 5270 California Avenue\, Irvine\, CA\, 92617\, United States
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SUMMARY:Processes to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Drugs for Rare Diseases or Conditions - Fifth Meeting
DESCRIPTION:In response to a Congressional request\, an ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine is conducting a study on processes for evaluating the safety and efficacy of drugs for rare diseases or conditions in the United States and the European Union. \nThis is the fifth meeting of the committee of experts and will be conducted virtually. The meeting is a closed session and will not include a public session. \nThe committee will evaluate: \n\nFlexibilities\, authorities\, or mechanisms available to regulators in the United States and the European Union applicable to rare diseases or conditions;\nThe consideration and use of supplemental data submitted during review processes in the United States and the European Union\, including data associated with open label extension studies and expanded access programs specific to rare diseases or conditions;\nAn assessment of collaborative efforts between United States and European Union regulators related to: product development programs under review; policies under development and those recently issued; and scientific information related to product development or regulation.\n\nBased on its information gathering and internal deliberations\, the committee will develop a report with its findings\, conclusions\, and recommendations for actions that Congress\, federal agencies\, the pharmaceutical industry\, and nongovernmental organizations can take to support collaborative efforts. \n\n\nThe Third Meeting of the committee on the Processes to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Drugs for Rare Diseases or Conditions in the United States and the European Union was held 6-7 Feb 2024.\nThe Fourth Meeting of the committee on the Processes to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Drugs for Rare Diseases or Conditions in the United States and the European Union was held 3-4 Apr 2024.\n\n\nPlease visit the National Academies’ Processes to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Drugs for Rare Diseases or Conditions in the United States and the European Union event page for more information.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/processes-to-evaluate-the-safety-and-efficacy-of-drugs-for-rare-diseases-or-conditions-in-the-united-states-and-the-european-union-fifth-meeting/
LOCATION:National Academies of Sciences\, 2101 Constitution Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20418\, United States
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SUMMARY:Pandemic Accord: Partial Failure or Partial Success?
DESCRIPTION:The Pandemic Center will host a webinar titled Pandemic Accord: Partial Failure or Partial Success? The event will take place on 23 May 2024. \nA vote on the treaty is expected during the upcoming World Health Assembly\, taking place 27 May through 1 June. \nThis Pandemic Center webinar will convene an expert panel to assess the strengths and limitations of the current draft of the treaty and its prospects for adoption. \nThis event will be hosted byWilmot James\, Professor of Practice and Senior Adviser to the Pandemic Center. The panel will include: \n\nErnesto Gozzer\,Associate Professor at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia\, Peru\nSultani Hadley Matendechero\, Ministry of Health\, Kenya\nNina Schwalbe\,Spark Street Advisors and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health\, USA\n\nThis webinar is part of the Pandemics & Society series\, which focuses on current pandemic threats and response systems as well as how to build preparedness for the future. \nPlease visit The Brown University School of Public Health Pandemic Accord: Partial Failure or Partial Success? event webpage for more information.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/pandemic-accord-partial-failure-or-partial-success/
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SUMMARY:Toxic Terrors: The Menace of Toxins as Biological Weapons
DESCRIPTION:A virtual lecture on Toxic Terrors: The Menace of Toxins as Biological Weapons will be held on 24 May 2024. \nThe event is part of a series of webinars showcasing the graduates of the Certified Biosafety Officers Expertise Training Course (CBPetc) by the BioRisk Association of the Philippines 2015\, Inc. These individuals have successfully completed a rigorous and immersive expertise training course. \nSpeakers: \n\nSaturnino Luke A. Sobrevega\, M. Sci.\, CBP\, IFBA PC\, Biological Sciences Department\, West Visayas State University\nJohn Paulo G. Jose\, CBP\, IFBA PC\, Industrial Technology Development Institute\, Department of Science and Technology\n\nBioRisk Association of the Philippines 2015\, Inc. (BRAP2015) is a non-government and non-profit association wherein its officers and members work to serve the emergent concerns of biological risk management in various professional medical\, agricultural\, technological\, and biological sectors throughout the Philippines. \nBRAP2015 cooperates and collaborates with other associations\, more specifically with biosafety and biosecurity\, technology\, research\, private and public health or technology organizations\, corporate or private\, throughout the Philippines and globally in the promotion of biosafety\, biosecurity\, and biorisk management as scientific disciplines. \nLearn more and register online.
URL:https://globalbiodefense.com/event/toxic-terrors-the-menace-of-toxins-as-biological-weapons/
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