2021 Penn Coronavirus Symposium

The PENN Center for Research on Coronavirus and Other Emerging Pathogens presents the 2021 Penn Coronavirus Symposium:

Understanding COVID-19 and Addressing Disparities in Care

This year’s symposium will address the updates in research on disparities in care during the pandemic, such as vaccine hesitancy in communities of color and pathology differences between communities. Please join us for this fascinating symposium featuring some of the area’s top COVID-19 researchers.

Agenda:

1:00-1:10pm
J. Larry Jameson – Introduction
1:10-1:20pm
Susan Weiss – COVID-19: From biology to equitable care
1:20-1:50pm
Benjamin Abella – Updates on Penn initiatives in the community to address
COVID19
1:50-2:20pm
Frederic Bushman – Waves of infection by SARS-CoV-2 variants in the Delaware
River Valley
2:20-2:50pm
Drew Weissman – Nucleoside-modified mRNA-LNP vaccines for variants and
pancoronaviruses
2:50-3:00pm
Break
3:00-3:30pm
Sarah Tishkoff – Global patterns of genetic variation, and association with clinical phenotypes, at genes involved in SARS-CoV infection
3:30-4:00pm
Florencia Polite – Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy among Heathcare Workers of
Color
4:00-4:30pm
Florence Momplaisir – Addressing Racial Disparities in the COVID-19
Continuum of Care: from COVID-19 Testing to Treatment
4:30-5:00pm
Eddie Holmes – The origin and ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2

Join

To join this virtual event at: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/qpcgtcdd.