Sponsored by ClassACT HR73, initiated by members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Class of 1973, this virtual forum will address the crucial impacts—past, present, and future—of vaccines. It will explore technologies for developing more effective, quick-to-market vaccines, new methods to expand vaccine supplies and increase availability, and strategies to encourage vaccine acceptance and trust through improved communication about vaccine science.
This forum will be moderated by Jonathan “Jono” Quick, AB ’73, MD, MPH, an adjunct professor of global health at Duke Global Health Institutes.
Panelists include:
- Maria Elena Bottazzi, PhD
Co-Director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Baylor College of Medicine - Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD
NIH Distinguished Investigator, National Human Genome Research Institute and Former Director, National Institutes of Health - Heather Lanthorn, MPH, SD ’16
Assistant Director of Research and Programs, Duke Global Health Innovation Center - Joseph Martin, AB ’73, PhD
Research Fellow, Pfizer Bioprocess R&D, Pharmaceutical Sciences (Retired), Pfizer Global Research and Development - Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH
Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota