MassCPR Public Briefings are livestreamed, feature COVID-19-related research, and are geared toward a lay audience.
MassCPR Public Briefings are livestreamed, feature COVID-19-related research, and are geared toward a lay audience.
How SARS-CoV-2 affects children has emerged as one of the great mysteries of the pandemic. As new knowledge illuminates the differences in infection presentation and the immunobiology of disease in children, one question looms large: What role will pediatric infections play in public health efforts to contain the pandemic?
Opening remarks, Howard Heller (MassCPR and Massachusetts General Hospital)
SARS-CoV-2 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents, Adrienne Randolph (Boston Children’s Hospital)
SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy, Andrea Edlow (Massachusetts General Hospital)
COVID-19 vaccination and pregnancy, Kathryn Gray (Brigham and Women's Hospital)
The role of pediatric vaccinations in curbing the pandemic, Ofer Levy (Boston Children's Hospital
February 24, 2021 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm E.T.
George Q. Daley
Dean, Harvard Medical School
Jonathan Abraham
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School
Infectious Disease Specialist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Galit Alter
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Principal Investigator, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Jeremy Luban
Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Speakers include:
George Q. Daley
Dean, Harvard Medical School
Margaret Hamburg
Former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Bruce Walker
Director, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Panelists include:
Robert Finberg
Chair, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Larry Madoff
Medical Director, Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Simone Wildes
Associate Director of Infectious Disease, South Shore Health
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 | 12:00-1:30 p.m. E
Speakers Include:
George Q. Daley
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard University
Arlene Sharpe
George Fabyan Professor of Comparative Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Bisola Ojikutu
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Lindsey Baden
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dan Barouch
William Bosworth Castle Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Bruce Walker
Phillip T. and Susan M. Ragon Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
NOTE: This webinar will be recorded and posted on our YouTube channel one week after event. News reporters may be present.
This event is made possible by the Maxwell Finland Lectureship Fund.
Friday, June 26, 2020 | 8:00am - 9:30am ET
Scientists from the Harvard Medical School-led Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR) will discuss the state of the pandemic after reopening, the challenges of managing risk with resumption of social activities and ongoing efforts to prevent resurgence after ending lockdowns.
George Q. Daley
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard University
Caroline Buckee
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jennifer Griffin
Vice President, Industry Strategy and Investments, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
Howard Heller
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Senior Advisor for Clinical Partnerships, MassCPR
Michael Mina
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Medical Director in Clinical Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Joia Mukherjee
Associate Professor of Medicine, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School
Chief Medical Officer, Partners In Health
Edward Nardell
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School
Professor of Environmental Health and of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Pardis Sabeti
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Institute Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Peter Sorger
Otto Krayer Professor of Systems Pharmacology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School
Head, Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science
Note: This webinar will be recorded and news reporters may be present.
This event is made possible by the Maxwell Finland Lectureship Fund.
Friday, May 15, 2020 | 8:00am - 9:30am ET
Scientists discuss the awarding of the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR) grants, recognize the MassCPR’s generous donors and partners, and then scientists in the six MassCPR working groups highlight what has been accomplished in the last two months across the consortium.
Presenters: George Daley, David Golan, Zhong Nanshan, James Xia, Arlene Sharpe, Bruce Walker, Lindsey Baden, Galit Alter, David Walt, Megan Murray, Jonathan Abraham, Dan Barouch, Ron Corley, Karen Jacobson, and Mark Schwartz
Institutions: Harvard Medical School, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, China Evergrande Group, Massachusetts General Hospital, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston University/National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories, and Boston Medical Center
Hosts: George Daley, David Golan, Arlene Sharpe, and Bruce Walker