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Pursuing equity for the COVID vaccine

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Pursuing equity for the COVID vaccine

Taison Bell, J. Stephen Morrison

Friday, October 22, 2021
4:30PM - 5:30PM (EDT)
Event Details

Join the University of Virginia's Center for Global Health Equity and UVA's Miller Center for an important conversation about the global distribution of the the COVID-19 vaccine. Student scholars and faculty mentors who are working to develop innovative approaches to addressing health disparities speak about pivotal issues that promote global health equity.

When
Friday, October 22, 2021
4:30PM - 5:30PM (EDT)
Where
Online webinar
Speakers
Taison Bell headshot

Taison Bell

Taison Bell, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine in the divisions of infectious diseases and international health and pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Virginia. He is also the director of the medical intensive care unit (ICU) and director of the UVA Summer Medical Leadership Program. Bell’s interests include improving inpatient healthcare delivery through quality improvement initiatives and increasing workforce diversity. 

J. Stephen Morrison headshot

J. Stephen Morrison

J. Stephen Morrison is the Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at UVA's Miller Center and senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., where he founded and directs its Global Health Policy Center. A political scientist, he has built over the past two decades a highly dynamic and impactful program that concentrates on the geopolitical and national security dimensions of U.S. leadership in international health.