Invitation: January 28 at 11am (ET) for the Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Security webinar: COVID-19 Vaccination: What is Needed Now to Meet the Needs of the Hardest Hit Populations in the United States.

COVID-19 Vaccination: What is Needed Now to Meet the Needs of the Hardest Hit Populations in the United States

Thursday, January 28, 2021

11:00AM–12:00 PM ET

Join us on January 28 at 11am (ET) for the Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Security webinar: COVID-19 Vaccination: What is Needed Now to Meet the Needs of the Hardest Hit Populations in the United States.

As the largest mass vaccination campaign in recent US history is now underway, the US government and states must play vital roles in boosting confidence in the vaccine, building demand, and meeting the needs of a diverse set of urban, suburban, and rural communities. We will discuss how the vaccination campaign is going, what the federal government can do to support a successful immunization effort, and the systems that need to be built for future mass vaccination efforts. 

Moderator:

·    Tom Inglesby, MD, Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

Opening Remarks by Honorary House of Representative Co-Chair:

·    Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA) (invited)

Confirmed Speakers:

·    Nicole Alexander-Scott, MD, MPH, Director, Rhode Island Department of Health

·    Michael E. Hall, MD, MS, Associate Division Director of Cardiovascular Diseases and Associate Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center 

·    Monica Schoch-Spana, PhD, Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

The moderated panel will be followed by a Q&A session. Congressional staff, other stakeholders, and media are invited.

Please share this invitation with others who may be interested. 

The non-partisan Steering Committee is sponsored and managed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and enjoys bipartisan leadership from Members of Congress in the House and Senate. The Committee holds monthly events focusing on lessons learned from responses to natural, man-made, and other complex public health emergencies, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, and explores ways to better mitigate and respond to future health crises.

Watch the December session: Implementation of Mass Vaccination Campaigns in a Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities during COVID-19.

For questions, please contact Marc Trotochaud at ***@***.***.

More information on the Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Pandemic Preparedness & Health Security.