Reflecting on One Year of MPOX Response Panel Discussion

Hybrid Event

Co-sponsors: Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID) and Hariri Institute for Computing, and Computational Science & Engineering
Date: Thursday, August 17, 2023
Time: 3:30-5:00 pm
Location: Center for Computing and Data Sciences, 665 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 1750, or Zoom
Register: Attend virtually here. In-person registration has closed.
About: The MPOX pandemic has been a major public health crisis that had a devastating impact globally and in the United States. The purpose of this event is to identify how we can apply best practices from the MPOX response to future infectious diseases threats.

Speakers: Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, White House MPOX response deputy coordinator; Dr. Nikki Romanik, White House senior policy advisor; Adrianna Boulin, director of Community Impact and Engagement at Fenway Health; and Dr. Céline Gounder, editor-at-large for Public Health at Kaiser Family Foundation Health News and CBS News medical contributor. Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown School of Public Health, and prior White House COVID-19 coordinator, will provide opening remarks. Panel moderated by CEID Director, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Founding Director of CEID at Boston University.

Full speaker bios can be found here.

Topics that will be covered include:

• The challenges and successes of the MPOX response, communications, and community engagement
• The lessons learned from the MPOX pandemic for other emerging infectious diseases responses
• The future of MPOX preparedness

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