Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Panel Discussion on the COVID-19 Crisis in India: Projections, Data Needs, and Relief Efforts

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

The discussion will focus on the current surge of COVID-19 infections in India, disease trajectories for the coming months, data needs, vaccination outlook, field hospitals, relief work and telemedicine being coordinated by UofM physicians. 

Hosted by Advancing Asians in Leadership Task Force, the Office for Health Equity and Inclusion, and Organizational Learning.


A Panel Discussion with 
Panelists:

Dr. Bhramar Mukherjee, John D. Kalbfleisch Collegiate Professor and Chair of Biostatistics; Professor of Epidemiology and Global Public Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Associate Director for Quantitative Data Sciences, The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center; Faculty Member, Center for South Asian Studies.

Dr. Krishnan Raghavendran, Professor of Surgery and the Division Chief of Acute Care Surgery, Section of General Surgery, Michigan Medicine. Dr. Raghavendran serves a lead physician for the University of Michigan-India collaborative, and Faculty Member for the Center for South Asian Studies.

 

Moderator: 

Dr. Malini Raghavan, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Acting Director,
Graduate Program in Immunology, Michigan Medicine.