Events

On Friday, November 18, 2022, CEID hosted a virtual discussion on pandemic prevention and preparedness.

On September 30, 2022 CEID hosted UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming for a keynote conversation focused on the evolving role of mis- and disinformation in the context of public health communications, including its role in pandemic preparedness and response.

CEID cosponsored this event with BU’s School of Public Health and LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty and Staff. The program explored the importance of stopping the spread of monkeypox without encouraging the spread of stigma.
 

On Friday, May 27, 2022 CEID hosted Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum MD, PhD, Director of the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) and members of the INRB team for a panel discussion about Ebola Virus Disease and Monkeypox.
 
Panelists included:

• Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, General Director of the INRB
• Dr. Placide Mbala, Chief of the Pathogen Genomics Laboratory at INRB
• Dr. Daniel Mukadi, Director of the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Goma (DRC) & Provincial Director of the INRB
• Dr. Hugo Kavungo, Deputy Director of the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Goma (DRC)
   

On April 8, 2022, CEID cohosted this public discussion with Boston University’s School of Public Health.
 

On March 16, CEID co-hosted a discussion on vaccine diplomacy with BU’s Pardee School. Featured panelists included Dr. Nahid Bhadelia – Founding Director of Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research (CEID) and Associate Director of BU’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) – and Ambassador Mark Storella, Pardee School Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy. Kevin Gallagher, Pardee School Professor of Global Development Policy and Director of Pardee’s Global Development Policy Center, moderated.
 

On March 9, 2022, CEID and Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs co-hosted a seminar “What is endemicity? What are the shared goals of COVID-19 response?” with speakers Dr. William Hanage, Dr. Celine Gounder and Dr. Rodgers Ayebare. Opening remarks were provided by CEID Founding Director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia and the seminar was moderated by CEID Adjunct Faculty Dr. Syra Madad.
 
Read the event blog here