JBL Symposium XXIV – 2021
Friday, October 29th, 2021
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
1PM – 5PM
Virtual Symposium
Theme: “COVID-19: Transformative Discoveries and Emerging Research Frontiers”
The Symposium will feature talks by leading investigators whose research is focused on the biology, virology, and public health science of SARS-CoV-2.
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Program:
1:00-1:20 PM
Welcome: Zhi-Min Yuan, M.D., Ph.D.
Morningside Professor of Radiobiology
Department of Environmental Health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Opening Remarks: Michelle A. Williams, Sc.D.
Dean of the Faculty
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
1:20 PM-3:00 PM: Session 1: Moderator: Zachary Nagel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation Biology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
1:20-2:10 PM
Eric Rubin, M.D., Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
COVID-19: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It
2:10-3:00 PM
Michele Evans, M.D.
Deputy Scientific Director and Chief, Health Disparities Research Section
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
How COVID-19 Uncovered the Nation’s Glass Jaw: Health Disparities
3:00 PM-4:40 PM: Session 2: Moderator: Kristopher Sarosiek, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiation Biology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
3:00-3:50 PM
Stanley Perlman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
University of Iowa Distinguished Chair
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa
Animals Models for COVID-19
3:50-4:40 PM
Jason McLellan, Ph.D.
The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biosciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Structure-Function Studies of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike and Development of COVID-19 Interventions
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