Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Links

• https://measuringimmunityandvaccinedevelopment.eventbrite.ca

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University of Toronto leaders discuss the issue of measuring immunity in response to COVID-19, and what it means for vaccine development.

This panel discussion, hosted by the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, is an opportunity to hear from leading experts on how the immune response to natural infection works; on the existing technologies for vaccine development; and on how we can tell if a vaccine will work.

Panel:

Moderator:

– Dr. Jeff Kwong, Interim Director, Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of Toronto; Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Speakers:

– Dr. Tania Watts, Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto; Associate Chair, Post-Doctoral Program, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto
– Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien, Canada Research Chair in Structural Immunology; Senior Scientist, Molecular Medicine Program, Sick Kids; Associate Professor, Departments of Biochemistry and Immunology, University of Toronto
– Dr. Jennifer Gommerman, Canada Research Chair in Tissue Specific Immunity; Associate Chair of Graduate Studies and Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto

The webinar will take place on Zoom on Tuesday, August 25th 2020 – You will receive a webinar link and password TWO HOURS before the event starts on August 25.

The webinar will be available on the Dalla Lana School of Public Health’s YouTube page after the livestream concludes.