The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Board on Higher Education and Workforce will host a virtual town hall on Jun 29, 2020 to discuss COVID-19, Systemic Racism, and the Responses of HBCUs. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are among the nation’s most vital and vibrant institutions, serving the educational needs of hundreds
A virtual meeting of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense will be held on July 21, 2020 to discuss "COVID Complexities: Converging Threats, Fractured Resources". The ongoing novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has taken the lives of more than 100,000 Americans and damaged the Nation’s economy. As the country reopens, the disease threatens the public, now
The National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Scientific Interest Group will host a webcast on Integrating Inflammation and Coagulation in COVID-19 on March 4, 2021. About the Speaker Yogen Kanthi, M.D., NHLBI Lasker Scholar, NIH Speaker Yogen Kanthi is a cardiologist and clinical vascular medicine specialist. His laboratory aims to understand how inflammation and coagulation contribute
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 “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
Dr. Natalie Prystajecky explores how the various public health applications of sequencing has played a crucial role in outbreak response, surveillance, emerging variant detection, and more during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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
