Project ECHO® COVID-19 Global Series
When scientific information moves quickly and continues to evolve, how are we co-responsible for amplifying the appropriate message? We all have a role in ensuring high-quality research is distributed to public health professionals and the general public. Scientists have contributed to and helped mitigate the risks of our current ‘infodemic’.
This session addresses:
- How research and scientific information is completed and curated for dissemination
- The impact of the ‘infodemic’ on our society and how we can support amplification of appropriate messages
- Strategies for presenting evolving information to public health professionals, policy makers and the general public
Time: 8:00 - 9:30 MT, 15:00 – 16:30 UTC
Moderated by: Soumya Swaminathan, MD Chief Scientist, World Health Organization
Panelists:
- John R. Inglis, PhD, Director, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Co-founder and Manager, bioRxiv and medRxiv
- Siouxie Wiles, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiologist and Science Communicator, University of Auckland
- Devi Sridhar, MPhil, DPhil, Professor and Chair, University of Edinburgh
- Zeynep Tufeckci, PhD, Associate Professor, UNC, Chapel Hill
- Amadou Sall, PhD, CEO, Institut Pasteur, Senegal
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