This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by Longwood Healthcare Leaders. Learn more about the conference here. A fee is required to attend. Dr. Mina will be co-presenting with Paul Schimmel, Professor, Cell & Molecular Biology, Scripps. "The Longwood Healthcare Leaders meeting, October 4-5, 2021, is centered on Harvard Medical School via webconference with leading biopharma CEOs, heads of R&D, top academic researchers, and healthcare investors. These meetings are…

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This webinar will feature Caroline Buckee and be hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Learn more here. View here. " work is focused on understanding the mechanisms driving the spread of infectious diseases that impact the most vulnerable populations worldwide, particularly malaria. She is interested in the impact of human mobility and migration on the spread and control of pathogens, and Buckee’s group uses a range…

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This webinar will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by Emory University. Learn more and register here. “Abstract: This symposium is designed to recognize the many contributions from Emory graduate students to the pandemic response. Oral and poster presentations highlighting the COVID-related research conducted by Emory graduate students will be featured. The symposium includes Drs. Carlos del Rio, MD (Emory University) and Michael Mina, MD, PhD (Harvard University) as keynote…

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This webinar will feature Bill Hanage and be hosted jointly by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and NPR. Learn more here. Register here. "Join us for a timely update on COVID-19 vaccines for children, as well as other pressing issues impacting the course of the pandemic: What do we need to know about vaccinating younger children given the recent emergency use authorization for kids 5 to 11…

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This online Q&A will feature Stephen Kissler and be presented jointly by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and The World from PRX & GBH. Learn more here. Register here. "The emergence of the omicron variant brings new questions and uncertainties during a time of increased holiday travel. How dangerous is omicron with its unusual combination of mutations? Will current vaccines protect against it? And, what do families…

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This webinar will feature William Hanage and be presented by POCTRN. Learn more here. Register here. "During this webinar, Dr. Bill Hanage will discuss the current knowledge of Omicron epidemiology based on observations from South Africa, the UK, and other early outbreak areas. He will pay particular attention to the relative intrinsic infectiousness and severity of infections relative to Delta, and their ability to evade prior immunity. Taken together, these…

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This online Q&A will feature William Hanage and be presented jointly by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and The World from PRX & GBH. Learn more here. Register here. "The Omicron surge is driving COVID-19 infections to historic highs, with more than half a million new cases diagnosed every day in the United States and healthcare systems threatening to buckle under the pressure. What have researchers learned…

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Presented by John M. Drake, Distinguished Research Professor at University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology. Register for the event here. John M. Drake is Director of the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases at the University of Georgia and Distinguished Research Professor of Ecology in the Odum School of Ecology. His research seeks to understand the dynamics of biological populations and epidemics, focusing on bringing experimental and observational…

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This webinar will feature Bill Hanage and is hosted jointly by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health India Research Center and Project SANCHAR. Learn more. Register here. "This webinar on “Pandemic to Endemic: What does it mean for Public Health Practice and Policy?” explores the impact of the Omicron variant in India and across the world, how to prepare for life with the pandemic in the near future,…

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This webinar will feature Stephen Kissler and be hosted by Stanford Health Policy. Learn more. "Stephen Kissler is an infectious disease epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He earned his PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar, where he studied the transmission of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic. At Harvard, Stephen has focused on identifying drivers of antibiotic resistance and,…

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