The COVID-19 has completely transformed our world and our country. We have all learnt important lessons whilst going through the worst pandemic of our lives. The far-reaching consequences of COVID-19 to population health and wellbeing are likely to be felt for many years. It is critical that we reflect on our response to the pandemic as we prepare to rise from the ashes.
Join us for a day full of important reflections and discussions on the response and wide implications of COVID-19.
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Agenda
09:00 |
Opening |
Ana-Catarina Pinho-Gomes, |
09:15 |
Welcome |
Professor Maggie Rae, President of the Faculty of Public Health |
09.30 |
SARS-CoV-2 from discovery to new variants |
Professor Eddie Holmes, ARC Australian Laureate Fellow, Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases & Biosecurity, School of Life & Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney |
10:00 |
The quest for a vaccine |
Andrew J Pollard, Professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity, University of Oxford |
10:30 |
Break |
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10:45 |
Asian response |
Professor Gabriel Leung, Dean, Inaugural Helen and Chair of Public Health Medicine, University of Hong Kong |
11.15 |
UK response |
Dr Andrew Hayward, Reader Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University College London |
11.45 |
Break |
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12:00 |
Modelling and predictions |
Professor Neil Ferguson, Vice Dean |
12.30 |
Health & Economy |
Chris Giles, Economics Editor |
13:00 |
Lunch |
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13.45 |
NHS – primary care |
Professor Azeem Majeed |
14.15 |
NHS – primary care |
Dr Helen Salisbury, General Practitioner, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences |
14.45 |
NHS – secondary care |
Dr David Brealey, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, UCLH |
15.15 |
Break |
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15.30 |
Long COVID |
Dr Nisreen Alwan, Associate Professor in Public Health, University of Southampton |
16:00 |
Challenges ahead for the UK, EU and the world |
Professor Martin McKee, Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
16.30 |
Conclusion |
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17:00 |
Event closes |
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