Abstract: This COVID-19 Conversations webinar will discuss how scientists are learning to treat COVID-19 during a pandemic, including presentations on how scientists have adapted clinical trials to respond to the restrictions and requirements of a pandemic response; current best practices in clinical care for those with COVID-19; and promising therapeutics and preventive drugs currently enrolled in clinical trials globally.
The webinar will begin with an introduction from the session’s moderator, Carlos del Rio, MD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health, and then feature presentations from a panel of experts, including:
- Judith Currier, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCLA Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Division Chief, Infectious Diseases Associate Director, UCLA Clinical AIDS Research and Education (CARE) Center
- Rajesh Gandhi, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director of HIV Clinical Services and Education, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Myron Cohen, MD, University of North Carolina Yeargan-Bate Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, and Epidemiology, and Director of the UNC Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases
The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session with the webinar audience.
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Sponsored by the National Academy of Medicine and the American Public Health Association