Interactive Seminars

Thursday October 12th

Note: All times for the seminars stated below are in the United States Central Time Zone (GMT -05:00).

Seminar #1: Shock and Awe- The Impact of COVID at a Community Hospital

Seminar Guest Speaker: Dr. Rohit Panchal

When: Thursday October 12th (5:00-5:30 pm CST)

Description: We will discuss the challenges and struggles faced by a community hospital intensivist during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seminar: Shock and Awe- The Impact of COVID at a Community Hospital

Time: Oct 12, 2023 05:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83608757845?pwd=Tk1DUWhtTnVPd0p2Z0ppKzBlYjJQUT09

Meeting ID: 836 0875 7845

Passcode: 407401

Seminar #2: COVID-19 Antiviral Therapeutics- Leveraging the Scientific Literature and how to Spot Pseudoscience

Seminar Guest Speaker: Dr. Thomas Clements

When: Thursday October 12th (5:45-6:45 pm CST)

Seminar Description: During this seminar, Dr. Clements will share his experience on writing two manuscripts about all things related to COVID-19 with a group of undergraduate researchers as part of an Introductory Laboratory Course. Here, he will go in-depth about how he worked with these students to teach them how to recognize pseudoscience and incomplete stories about treatments to combat this virus. Afterward, you will join him in scouring the literature. How do you even go about doing this? Learn how the science has changed since these papers have been published and why that is a good thing.

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Seminar: COVID-19 Antiviral Therapeutics- Leveraging the Scientific Literature and how to Spot Pseudoscience

Time: Oct 12, 2023 05:45 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87391424988?pwd=enp3ZjVWR0lRaEJ2V1VIaTVoZUdkUT09

Meeting ID: 873 9142 4988

Passcode: 763826

Seminar #3: Bridging Gaps- Narrative Understanding and Ethical Conflict During the COVID Era

Seminar Guest Speaker: Professor Lauren Mitchell

When: Thursday October 12th (7:00-8:00 pm CST)

Seminar Description: The COVID pandemic is widely recognized as a catalyst for a societal deepening ideological polarization, often brought forth by individual anxieties over the ramifications of the disease. This workshop will utilize Narrative Medicine—the praxis-based arm of Medical Humanities—to parse out the nuances of how individual turmoils, which are unable to be totalized into any one monolithic fear or concern, come to inform macro-level moral hysteria and fear. To that end, this workshop endeavors to provide participants with skills in narrative analysis that help determine how individual understanding of one's own ethics and values intersect with those that structure policy and practice.

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Seminar: Bridging Gaps- Narrative Understanding and Ethical Conflict During the COVID Era

Time: Oct 12, 2023 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 848 3590 5986

Passcode: 488779

Friday October 13th

Note: All times for the seminars stated below are in the United States Central Time Zone (GMT -05:00).

Seminar #4: Pandemic preparedness- from basic science to antiviral drug and vaccine development

Seminar Guest Speaker: Dr. Lars Plate

When: Friday October 13th (9:30-10:30 am CST)

Seminar Description: One theme that emerged during the early COVID pandemic was that prior basic science efforts proved incredibly valuable for the rapid development of therapeutics. Structural biology studies on coronavirus spike proteins informed the design of vaccine constructs, lipid nanoparticle engineering was critical for mRNA vaccine formulation, and antiviral drug leads already excited against multiple viral protein targets. At the same time, rapid initiatives were deployed to identify monoclonal antibody therapeutics and to map host-virus interactions (including work from my own research group) to repurpose existing drugs as host-targeted therapeutics. The goal of the session will be to review a few case studies and reflect on what we can learn for pandemic preparedness to brace ourselves against future pathogens.

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Seminar: Pandemic preparedness- from basic science to antiviral drug and vaccine development

Time: Oct 13, 2023 09:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82466016268?pwd=MndrdjczZFA2QnlYU3JBL1QrSXJMZz09

Meeting ID: 824 6601 6268

Passcode: 008770

Seminar #5: The Tragedy of America's Gun Culture

Seminar Guest Speaker: Professor Laurie Woods

When: Friday October 13th (1:00-2:00 pm CST)

Seminar Description: The prevalence of gun ownership in the U.S, how it evolved and the debate over who can/cannot own a gun. Will include a discussion of Extreme Risk Protection Orders (Red Flag Laws), as well as laws that pertain to gun owners, as well as their rights and responsibilities.

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Seminar: The Tragedy of America’s Gun Culture

Time: Oct 13, 2023 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 817 7319 7682

Passcode: 831329

Seminar #6: Evolution of Research after the Pandemic

Seminar Guest Speaker: Dr. Keri Tallman

When: Friday October 13th (2:15-3:15 pm CST)

Seminar Description: Early in the COVID pandemic, research was occurring at a rapid pace to understand the virus and develop testing, therapeutics, and eventually a vaccine. During that time, some researchers were reevaluating their own research in the hope of contributing to these goals. As a result of COVID research, mRNA technology was used to create an effective vaccine and monoclonal antibodies as a therapeutic. This seminar will explore how some research groups reimagined their own work that they had already been carrying out with a new application, including work that my group had already been working on for years. We will also explore how the technology and scientific knowledge that has emerged from COVID research is being pursued in other areas to benefit society.

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Seminar: Evolution of Research after the Pandemic

Time: Oct 13, 2023 02:15 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88276510004?pwd=TmJqU3RuMkFOTUFwOXYzd1FZaE1DZz09

Meeting ID: 882 7651 0004

Passcode: 255994