Pandemics: Overcoming Covid-19 and preparing for the future
General info
The global response to Covid-19 Pandemic has mobilized an unprecedented level of resources for research, leading to the development of effective vaccines in record time. However, this success has limitations, as no therapies have proven effective against the new virus and vaccination campaigns are facing global inequalities. Today more than ever, it is time to adopt a holistic approach to tackle this pandemic, covering biological, clinical, environmental and social issues, and to define strategies to fight global health threats.
The CaixaResearch Conference 'Overcoming Covid-19 and preparing for the future" (Nov 16-17, 2021) will foster discussion on available tools, current vaccines technologies and logistics to fight the current pandemic and other emerging infections, with the aim of improving preparedness and evidence-based decision-making.
This CaixaResearch Conference is co-organized by "la Caixa" Foundation and Biocat, lead by a Scientific Committee by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Center, centers funded by “la Caixa” Foundation.
Agenda
Speakers
Adolfo
García-Sastre
Professor
ISMMS
Àngel
Font
Corporate Director of Research and Health
"la Caixa" Foundation
Antoni
Plasència
Director
ISGlobal
Bonaventura
Clotet
Director
IrsiCaixa
Carmen
Cabezas
Secretary for Public Health
Government of Catalunya
Carolyn
Reynolds
Senior Associate
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Caterina
Guinovart
Associated Researcher
ISGlobal
César
Muñoz-Fontela
Head of Research Group
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Clarissa
Simas
Research Fellow
LSHTM
Daniel
Prieto
Professor
University of Oxford
Denise
Naniche
Scientic Director
ISGlobal
Edna
Bosire
Post-Doctoral Scientist
Centre for Innovation in Global Health, Georgetown University, USA
Elia
Torroella
R&D and Regulatory Affairs Director
HIPRA
Jens
Lundgren
Professor
Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen
Julià
Blanco
Principal Investigator
IrsiCaixa
Júlia
Vergara-Alert
Principal Investigator
IRTA
Maria
Neira
Director Environment, Climate Change and Health
WHO
Mariano
Esteban
Head of Poxvirus and vaccines group
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología
Miguel
Luengo-Oroz
Chief Data Scientist
United Nations Global Pulse,
Nathalie
Strub-Wourgaft
Director of Neglected Tropical Diseases
DNDi
Núria
Martí
Innovation director
Biocat
Pilar
Puig-Sàrries
Innovation Project Manager
Biocat
Rachel
Lowe
Associate Professor & Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Richard
Kock
Professor
Royal Veterinary College
Robert
Fabregat
Chief Executive Officer
Biocat
Roger
Paredes
Principal Investigator
Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
Sergio
Carmona
Chief Medical Officer
FIND
Organizers
Co-organized by
Scientific Committee
CaixaResearch Conference
Online Format - Activity free of charge
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