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.
The 2026–2027 seminar series resumes in September with one important scheduling change: the Variants & Vaccines seminar series has moved to the first Wednesday of each month.
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Upcoming Seminars 2026-2027
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September 2, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
Georg Lauer, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Novel Immunological Understanding of Hepatitis BHosted by the Variants & Vaccines (VV) Working Group
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September 18, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
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 RecapHosted by the Diagnostics, Surveillance, and Epidemiolgy (DSE) Working Group
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September 28, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
Joseph Breen, PhD
Immunoregulation Section Chief
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Insights into Long COVID drivers/pathogenesisHosted by the Post-Infectious Clinical Syndromes (PICS) Working Group
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October 7, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
Rajesh (Raj) Panjabi, MD
Co-Founder/CEO of Last Mile Health
Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
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 UniversityThis will be a special session where Louise Ivers sits down with Raj Panjabi to discuss Raj’s soon-to-be released book Safer: Turning Fear into Action and Crisis into Community – A Guide to Preparedness for all Kinds of Disasters and Emergencies where Raj offers 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. He also shares lessons from the 2023 MassCPR Symposium.
Hosted by the VV Working Group
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October 16, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
Michael Wilson, MD
Professor of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco
Personalized Diagnostics using Metagenomics SequencingHosted by the DSE Working Group
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October 19, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
Robert Groysman, MD
COVID InstituteHosted by the PICS Working Group
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November 4, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
Max Scott, PhD
Professor, North Carolina State University
New World screwwormHosted by the VV Working Group
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November 16, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the PICS Working Group
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November 20, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the DSE Working Group
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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 vaccineHosted by the VV Working Group
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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 ServicesAnurag (Anu) Malani, MD
Medical Director, Hospital Epidemiology and Special Pathogens; Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship; Vice Chief of Medical Staff
Trinity Health Ann ArborMichigan Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Perspective
Hosted by the DSE Working Group
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December 21, 2026 · 3:00 PM ET
Brian Balin, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience and Neuropathology
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineNikki Shultek
Director, Pathobiome Research Center
Assistant Research Professor, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineAlzheimers Pathobiome
Hosted by the PICS Working Group
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January 6, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the VV Working Group
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January 15, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the DSE Working Group
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January 25, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Esther Melamed, MD PhD
Assistant Professor
Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at AustinCole Maguire, PhD
Postdoc
Dell Medical SchoolVirus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19
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February 3, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the VV Working Group
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February 19, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the DSE Working Group
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February 22, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Jacob Lemieux, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease
Massachusetts General HospitalSam Telford III, ScD
Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts UniversityPost-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome and Alpha-Gal Syndrome Study
Hosted by the PICS Working Group
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March 3, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the VV Working Group
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March 19, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the DSE Working Group
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March 22, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the PICS Working Group
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April 7, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the VV Working Group
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April 16, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the DSE Working Group
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April 26, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the PICS Working Group
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May 5, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the VV Working Group
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May 17, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the PICS Working Group
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May 21, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the DSE Working Group
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June 2, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the VV Working Group
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June 21, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the PICS Working Group
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June 25, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET
Hosted by the DSE Working Group