Register: 2nd COV-IRT COVID-19 Symposium - July 17

COV-IRT - July 17, 2020

COVID-19 2nd Virtual Symposium

The COVID-19 International Research Team (COV-IRT) is hosting their 2nd virtual COVID-19 Symposium on Friday, July 17, 8:00am PDT. To register for the symposium and for more detailed information, click here.

Due to the success of the first symposium on April 17, 2020, COV-IRT has organized another great lineup of speakers for the 2nd symposium. Topics will include vaccine development, plasma therapy, the NASA developed ventilator (VITAL), various COVID-19 platforms, basic COVID-19 biology, and diagnostics. Some featured speakers include:

  • Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett: Viral immunologist leading NIAID/NIH for vaccine development.
  • Dr. Peter Hotez: Internationally recognized physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases and vaccine development. Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology & Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine where he is also the Director of the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) and Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics. Hotez is also University Professor at Baylor University, and Fellow in Disease and Poverty at the James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy.
  • Dr. Michael Joyner: Professor at the Mayo Clinic, leading a national program sponsored by the U.S. Government to coordinate the collection and distribution of COVID-19 convalescent plasma for the treatment of individuals with severe or life-threatening disease.
  • Dr. Melissa Haendel: Leading the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) program backed by the NIH. She is also Associate Professor of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Co-Director, OHSU Library, Library, Director of the Ontology Development Group, Library.

The first COV-IRT Symposium, held virtually 0, was a huge success, attracting approximately 1400 Zoom registrants and approximately 3100 views on Facebook live stream. The symposium presented cutting-edge COVID-19 research via multi-disciplinary perspectives with emphasis on bioinformatics and data analytics.