July 24 Webinar with Government-University Dialogue on COVID-19 Surveillance and Testing: Opportunities, Challenges, and Capacity

The U.S. government is hosting a webinar on Friday July 24 from 2-3:30pm ET examining the opportunities, challenges, and capacity of university surveillance and testing. The virtual roundtable will feature several leaders of APLU member institutions. The dialogue is for university leaders and administrators, laboratory managers, and federal relations staff. Those interested in viewing the event can do so here.

Participants:

• ADM Brett Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS
• Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• James E.K. Hildreth, Ph.D, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Meharry Medical College (Invited)
• Sandra Brown, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research, UCSD
• Heidi Anderson, Ph.D., University of Maryland Eastern Shore (HBCU president and pharmacist by training) (Invited)
• Sally Kornbluth, Ph.D., Provost, Duke University
• J. Larry Jameson, MD, Ph.D ., Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System, Dean of the Perelman School of Medicine
• Edward Feser, Ph.D., Provost, Oregon State University
• Havidán Rodríguez, Ph.D., President, SUNY Albany