February 1, 2020

Supporting Equitable Vaccine Distribution Worldwide Infodemic

Join leaders from the World Health Organization for an update on vaccine distribution. Chief Scientist Dr. Souyma Swaminathan will moderate a panel of experts discussing updates on COVID-19 vaccine distribution on a global scale, including strategies to support equitable vaccine delivery.

Panelists

• Souyma Swaminathan, MD, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization

• Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo, MD, MSc, Technical Lead for the R & D Blueprint, World Health Organization

• Ann Lindstrand, MD, MPH, PhD, Unit Lead, Essential Programme on Immunization, World Health Organization

• Richard Mihigo, MD, MPH, Coordinator, Immunization and Vaccine Development Programme, WHO Regional Office for Africa

• Sanne Wendes, MSc, Lead Design and Operationalisation, Office of the COVAX Facility at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Didactics

• Souyma Swaminathan, MD, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization

• Ana Maria Henao-Restrepo, MD, MSc, Technical Lead for the R & D Blueprint, World Health Organization

• Ann Lindstrand, MD, MPH, PhD, Unit Lead, Essential Programme on Immunization, World Health Organization

• Richard Mihigo, MD, MPH, Coordinator, Immunization and Vaccine Development Programme, WHO Regional Office for Africa

• Sanne Wendes, MSc, Lead Design and Operationalisation, Office of the COVAX Facility at Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Session Videos

• Video (English) 
• Video (French)
• Video (Spanish)

• Resources

December 7, 2020

Science and the Response to the COVID-19 " Infodemic "    

Moderator

Soumya Swaminathan, MD,  Chief Scientist, World Health Organization  

Panelists

• John R. Inglis, PhD, Director Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 
• Amadou Sall, PhD, CEO,  Institut Pasteur, Senegal, Director, WHO Collaborating Center for Arboviruses and viral hemorrhagic fever; 
• Devi Sridhar, MPhil, DPhil, Professor & Chair, University of Edinburgh
• Zeynep  Tufeckci, PhD , Associate Professor, UNC, Chapel Hill; 
• Siouxsie Wiles, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiologist and Science Communicator, University of Auckland
• Video (English) 
• Video (French)
• Video (Spanish)

Didactics

• Soumya Swaminathan, MD, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization
• John R. Inglis, PhD, Director Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Siouxsie Wiles, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiologist & Science Communicator, University of Auckland

• Resources

November 2, 2020

What Have We Learned About the Clinical Management of COVID-19 Patients?

Moderator: Soumya Swaminathan, MD, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization

Panelists: Maurizio Cecconi, MD FRCA FFICM, Head of Department Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Units, Humanitas Research Hospital;
Janet Diaz, MD, Team Lead, World Health Organization;
Flavia Ribeiro Machado, MD, PhD, Professor, Chief of Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain, Federal University of Sao Paulo;
Zarir Udwadia, MD, FRCP, FCCP, Consultant Chest Physician, Hinduja Hospital & Research Center, Breach Candy Hospital, and Parsee General Hospitals

• Video (English) 
• Video (French)
• Video (Spanish)
• Resources 

September 18, 2020

What Have We Learned About COVID-19 Transmission?

Panel Moderator: Soumya Swaminathan, MD; Chief Scientist, WHO

Session will begin with a 10-minute overview from Dr. Swaminathan regarding current updates on COVID-19. 

Panelists 

1. Jay Butler, MD; Deputy Director, US Infectious Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2. George Gao, DPhil, 王晓琪; Director-General, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC)
3. Marion Koopmans, DVM, PhD; Head of Department, Viroscience, Erasmus MC 
4. Karla Soares-Weiser, MD; MSc, PhD, Editor in Chief, Cochrane Library

• English
• Spanish
• French