Event Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the world with unprecedented public health and economic crises. We need effective strategies to slow the spread of the virus. We must be able to rapidly and affordably diagnose the virus, because a major reason for the extreme societal and economic disruptions is the lack of appropriate testing technology to easily identify infectious people, especially those who do not have symptoms. We also need effective decision making and communication at both the clinical and community level to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission in schools, at work, and in the community at large.
Will hear from two experts from Columbia University who are involved in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in very different ways. Dara Kass will reflect on decision making, both clinical and community, from the perspective of an emergency medicine doctor who, herself, was infected with the virus. She will also discuss how to communicate rapidly evolving information in an effective manner. Andrés Bendesky will discuss his lab’s work to develop a simple, affordable test that can be performed at home.
Event Speakers
- Dara Kass, Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at Columbia University
- Andrés Bendesky, Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology at Columbia University
- Moderated by Natalie Steinemann, Adjunct Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University
Event Information:
Free and open to the public, registration required by November 6. This event will also be live-streamed. Please email [email protected] with any questions.
This talk is part of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture series, offered free to the public to enhance understanding of the biology of the mind and the complexity of human behavior. The lectures are hosted by Columbia’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
