The COVID-19 Research Symposium was held on Oct. 28, and highlighted SARS-CoV-2 research and clinical trials. Speakers discussed topics related to research since the onset of COVID-19, including global vaccine development, basic science surrounding COVID-19, the NIH, therapeutics, and population health. The symposium was open to all trainees, faculty, and staff at UAB, and special guests by invitation.
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Speakers
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Director, Center for Vaccine Development
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Topic: Update on COVID Vaccines
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Topic: COVID Clinical Trials at UAB, Responses to a Global Pandemic
Senior Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion
Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Division of Preventive Medicine
Topic: COVID-19 Testing Model among Underserved Populations in Alabama: From Community Engagement to Follow-up
Director, Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Topic: SARS-CoV2-Specific Peripheral T Follicular Helper Cells Increase During Convalescence
Benjamin Monroe Carraway Endowed Chair
Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Topic: Screening Approaches for Repurposed Singe and Combinatorial Antiviral Interventions Against SARS-CoV-2
Director, Clinical Microbiology, Fungal Reference Laboratory
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Topic: Optimization of SARS-CoV-2 Diagnostic Testing Throughput and Prognostic Significance
Charles H. McCauley Professor and Chair
Department of Microbiology
Topic: Visualizing Adaptive Immune Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination
Director, Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine
Topic: SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Ferret Model of Chronic Bronchitis
Senior Vice President for Medicine
Dean, School of Medicine
Co-Organizers
Etty (Tika) Benveniste, PhD
Senior Vice Dean for Basic Sciences, School of Medicine
Charlene A. Jones Endowed Chair in Neuroimmunology
Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
Kent Keyser, PhD
Associate Vice President for Research
Office of Research
Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA
C. Glenn Cobbs, M.D., Endowed Professor in Infectious Diseases
Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
Matthew Might, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Director, Hugh Kaul Precision Medicine Institute