Seminar Series

MassCPR hosts three monthly seminar series spanning our core focus areas: Variants & Vaccines, Diagnostics, Surveillance & Epidemiology, and Post-Infectious Clinical Syndromes. The series brings together clinical, research, academic, and public health audiences to explore timely topics and emerging developments in infectious disease research, clinical care, and public health.

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Upcoming Seminars 2026-2027

  • October 16, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET

    Michael Wilson, MD
    Professor of Neurology
    Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco
    Adventures in Encephalitis with Metagenomics and Phage Display

    Hosted by the DSE Working Group

  • October 19, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET

    Robert Groysman, MD
    COVID Institute
    Plano, TX
    From Symptom Clusters to Mechanisms: Rethinking Phenotypes in Long COVID and ME/CFS

    Hosted by the PICS Working Group

  • November 4, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET

    Max Scott, PhD
    Professor, North Carolina State University
    New World screwworm

    Hosted by the VV Working Group

  • November 16, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET

    Lindsey Baden, MD
    Elizabeth G. and Gary J. Nabel Family Professor of Medicine
    Vice President of Clinical Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    NIH-RECOVER Update

    Hosted by the PICS Working Group

  • November 20, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET

    Dave O’Connor, PhD
    UW Medical Foundation Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Lungfish Project

    Hosted by the DSE Working Group

  • December 2, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET

    Teresa Lambe, PhD
    Calleva Head of Vaccine Immunology and a Professor of Vaccinology & Immunology and PSI Investigator at the University of Oxford
    Bundibugyo ebolavirus vaccine

    Hosted by the VV Working Group

  • December 18, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET

    Joseph Coyle, MPH
    Director, Bureau of Infections Disease Prevention and Deputy State Epidemiologist
    Michigan Dept. of Health and Human Services

    Anurag (Anu) Malani, MD
    Medical Director, Hospital Epidemiology and Special Pathogens; Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship; Vice Chief of Medical Staff
    Trinity Health Ann Arbor

    Michigan Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Perspective

    Hosted by the DSE Working Group

  • December 21, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET

    Brian Balin, PhD
    Professor of Neuroscience and Neuropathology
    Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Nikki Shultek
    Director, Pathobiome Research Center
    Assistant Research Professor, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Alzheimers Pathobiome

    Hosted by the PICS Working Group

  • January 6, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Prof.clin.assoc. Dr.med. Peter Tinnemann, MSt PH
    Director, Frankfurt Public Health Department
    P. falciparum reported among Frankfurt airport workers

    Hosted by the VV Working Group

  • January 15, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Hosted by the DSE Working Group

  • January 25, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Esther Melamed, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

    Cole Maguire, PhD
    Postdoc
    Dell Medical School

    Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19

    Hosted by the PICS Working Group

  • February 3, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Steve Elledge, PhD
    Gregor Mendel Professor of Genetics and of Medicine
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    How virus proteins function in hijacking cells.

    Hosted by the VV Working Group

  • February 19, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Hosted by the DSE Working Group

  • February 22, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Jacob Lemieux, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease
    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Sam Telford III, ScD
    Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
    Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University

    Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome and Alpha-Gal Syndrome Study

    Hosted by the PICS Working Group

  • March 3, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Kristine McKinney
    Vice President and Head, Cancer Vaccines Research
    Moderna
    Personalized Cancer Vaccine

    Hosted by the VV Working Group

  • March 19, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Hosted by the DSE Working Group

  • March 22, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Peter Novak, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor of Neurology
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    NIH-RECOVER Update

    Hosted by the PICS Working Group

  • April 7, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Sam Hobbs, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    University of Utah Health School of Medicine

    Philip J. Kranzusch, PhD
    Professor of Microbiology
    Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

    Viral immune evasion

    Hosted by the VV Working Group

  • April 16, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Hosted by the DSE Working Group

  • April 26, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Douglas D. Fraser, MD, PhD, FRCPC
    GSK Chair in Clinical Pharmacology, Professor and Clinician Scientist
    Western University
    Deciphering the Immune Biology of Long COVID

    Hosted by the PICS Working Group

  • May 5, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Hosted by the VV Working Group

  • May 17, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Hosted by the PICS Working Group

  • May 21, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Hosted by the DSE Working Group

  • June 2, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Hosted by the VV Working Group

  • June 21, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Hosted by the PICS Working Group

  • June 25, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET

    Hosted by the DSE Working Group

October 7, 2026 (hosted by the VV Working Group)
Rajesh (Raj) Panjabi, MD
Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Former Special Assistant to the President and White House Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense

Louise Ivers, MD
Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Harvard Global Health Institute, Harvard University

This was a special session where Louise Ivers sat down with Raj Panjabi to discuss Raj’s October 13, 2026 book release, Safer: Turning Fear into Action and Crisis into Community – A Guide to Preparedness for all Kinds of Disasters and Emergencies, where Raj offered a behind-the-scenes look at pandemic preparedness, including insights from the White House and federal response to influenza, mpox, and COVID-19, as well as perspectives from the HMS/MGH response.

September 28, 2026 (hosted by the PICS Working Group)
Joseph J. Breen, PhD
Chief, Immunoregulation Section
Basic Immunology Branch, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation
NIAID NIH DHHS
NIH RECOVER Treating Long COVID (TLC) Program: Status and A Summary of the ME/CFS Research Portfolio

September 18, 2026 (hosted by the DSE Working Group)
Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH
Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security
Georgetown University Medical Center and the School of Foreign Service
World Cup Global Health Security Recap

September 2, 2026 (hosted by the VV Working Group)
Georg Lauer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Novel Immunological Understanding of Hepatitis B