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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Karestan Koenen, 04/16/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Karestan Koenen, professor of psychiatric epidemiology. This call was recoded at 11:30 AM Eastern Time on Thursday, April 16. Previous press conferences…
Scaling Up Leadership in a Time of Crisis
Andrew and Corey Morris-Singer are deploying resources where they can have an immediate impact in the fight against COVID-19. When faced with an enemy like COVID-19—novel, invisible, deadly, and little-understood—informed leadership is crucial. And yet, Dr. Andrew Morris-Singer,…
Webcast: COVID-19, How to Avoid Chronic Sleep Problems Before They Get Started, 4/15/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_K4LKYRwc4 About this forum In this online forum, Dr. Karestan Koenen hosts Dr. Donn Posner, president of Sleepwell Consultants, to address changes and concerns related to sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Posner shows how acute insomnia can…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Caroline Buckee, 04/15/20
You're listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Caroline Buckee, associate professor of epidemiology and associate director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. This call was recorded at 11:30…
Intermittent social distancing may be needed through 2022 to manage COVID-19
On-and-off periods of social distancing will likely be needed into 2022 to ensure that hospitals have enough capacity for future COVID-19 patients in need of critical care, according to a new modeling study from researchers at Harvard T.H.…
COVID-19 pandemic highlights longstanding health inequities in U.S.
Preliminary data has shown that African Americans are dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than whites, even though they make up a smaller percentage of the population. Nancy Krieger says that the pandemic is highlighting health inequities that…
Human Immunomics Initiative will decode immune system, speed new vaccines
Harvard Chan School, Human Immunomics Initiative announce project to speed vaccines.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Leonard Marcus, 04/10/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Leonard Marcus, director of the Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and co-director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative. This…
Epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch answers COVID-19 questions
In a wide-ranging Q&A, epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch discussed the coronavirus—its trajectory, the impact of social distancing on disease spread, when the U.S. can open up again, testing for COVID-19, and immunity. The key to easing social distancing measures…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Press Conference with Paul Biddinger, 04/9/20
You’re listening to a press conference from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with Dr. Paul Biddinger, vice chair for emergency preparedness in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and medical director for…