A Fireside Chat with Renowned Pandemic Expert Michael Osterholm

Session moderated by Bob Wachter

COVID-19 Grand Rounds returns for the 2022-23 academic year. We begin with a fireside chat with Professor Michael Osterholm, one of the world’s leading experts on COVID and pandemics more generally. Among other things, we'll discuss the current state of the pandemic, the new boosters, the “one shot a year” strategy, masking, Paxlovid rebound, long COVID, and how COVID has influenced our pandemic preparedness.

Speakers:
Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, a professor in the Technological Leadership Institute, College of Science and Engineering, and an adjunct professor in the Medical School, all at the University of Minnesota. In 2020-21, Dr. Osterholm served on President-elect Biden's COVID-19 Transition Advisory Board.

Zoom Information:
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device by clicking:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/92507991004?pwd=UGg0NU0xS2R0Q1RtREpSK2UzUyt2dz09
Webinar ID: 925 0799 1004
Passcode: 500062