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Rapid Testing for COVID-19: Does it Have a Role in COVID Control?

February 25th, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Harvard Oxford Program in Epidemiology (HOPE) Mini Symposium

Schedule:

9AM: Welcome and Introduction

Albert Hofman, MD, PhD
Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology
Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

9:05AM: COVID-19 Testing: Where Science, Policy and Regulation Collide

Michael Mina, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

9:30AM: Discussant

David Hunter, MBBS, ScD
Richard Doll Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford Vincent L. Gregory Professor in Cancer Prevention, Emeritus Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

9:35AM: Can Lateral Flow Tests Be Used to Identify Non-Infectious Individuals?

Tim Peto, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Co-Leader for the Infection Theme of the Oxford Biomedical Research Center
Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford

10:00AM: Discussant

Marc Lipsitch, D.Phil
Professor of Epidemiology
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

10:05AM: Questions and General Discussion

10:25AM: Closing Remarks

Event link:

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/epidemiology/cutter-lecture/

Details

Date: February 25th, 2021
Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Calendars: Public Events, School-wide Events, University-wide Events
Event types: Conferences and Symposia

Venue

Virtual