The NAM held a two-part report release webinar on Thursday, November 18, 2021,Ìýfrom 8:00 am — 10:00 am ET (Session 1) and from 1:00 pm — 3:00 pm ET (Session 2)Ìýto discuss findings and recommendations from four reports onÌýAdvancing Pandemic and Seasonal Vaccine Preparedness and Response: Harnessing Lessons from the Efforts to Mitigate the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The four reports assess the global impact that capabilities, technologies, processes, and policies developed for COVID-19 could have on pandemic and seasonal influenza global preparedness and response, especially regarding vaccine development.
The four reports,
- Countering the Pandemic Threat through Global Coordination on Vaccines: The Influenza Imperative
- Vaccine Research and Development to Advance Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Preparedness and Response: Lessons from COVID-19
- Public Health Lessons for Non-Vaccine Influenza Interventions: Looking Past COVID-19, and
- Globally Resilient Supply Chains for Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza VaccinesÌý
were developed by committees of experts from across sectors (e.g., government, academia, industry, civil society, international public health organizations) and a variety of disciplines (e.g., global public health; infectious disease prevention; influenza vaccine research, development, and manufacturing; pandemic preparedness and response; virology, and immunology) to inform the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Global Affairs (OGA) and facilitate its efforts to advance global influenza pandemic preparedness.
Agenda
Session 1 (8:00 am — 10:00 am ET)
8:00 amÌý |Ìý Welcome Remarks
Dana Korsen,ÌýOffice of News and Public Information, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Victor J. Dzau,ÌýPresident, National Academy of Medicine
Loyce Pace, Director, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
8:10 amÌý |ÌýÌýCountering the Pandemic Threat through Global Coordination on Vaccines: The Influenza Imperative
Devi Sridhar,ÌýProfessor, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Committee Vice Chair
8:40 amÌý |Ìý Q & A
Devi Sridhar,ÌýCommittee Vice Chair
Phyllis Arthur,ÌýCommittee Member
Amanda L. Glassman,ÌýCommittee Member
Alexandra L. Phelan,ÌýCommittee Member
9:00 amÌý |Ìý Vaccine Research and Development to Advance Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza Preparedness and Response: Lessons from COVID-19
Enriqueta Bond, Founding Partner, QE Philanthropic Advisors, Committee Co-Chair
9:30 amÌý |Ìý Q & A
Enriqueta C. Bond,ÌýCommittee Co-Chair
Kanta Subbarao,ÌýCommittee Co-Chair
Maria Elena Bottazzi,ÌýCommittee Member
Annette Fox,ÌýCommittee Member
Florian Krammer,ÌýCommittee Member
Grace M. Lee,ÌýCommittee Member
Joshua M. Sharfstein,ÌýCommittee Member
9:45 amÌý |Ìý Closing and Adjourn Session 1Ìý
Session 2 (1:00 pm — 3:00 pm ET)
1:00 pmÌý |Ìý Welcome Back
Stephanie Miceli,ÌýOffice of News and Public Information, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Victor J. Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine
1:05 pmÌý |ÌýÌý Public Health Lessons for Non-Vaccine Influenza Interventions: Looking Past COVID-19
Patricia J. Garcia, Professor, School of Public Health at Cayetano Heredia University (Peru), Committee Vice Chair
1:35 pmÌý |Ìý Q & A
Alexander M. Capron,ÌýCommittee Chair
Patricia J. Garcia, Committee Vice Chair
Lukoye Atwoli,ÌýCommittee Member
Adolfo Garcia-Sastre,ÌýCommittee Member
Denise Gray-Felder,ÌýCommittee Member
Chandini Raina MacIntyre,ÌýCommittee Member
Linsey Marr,ÌýCommittee Member
Tolbert Nyenswah,ÌýCommittee Member
Rosanna Peeling,ÌýCommittee Member
Marybeth Sexton,ÌýCommittee Member
2:00 pmÌý |ÌýÌýGlobally Resilient Supply Chains for Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Vaccines
Ravi Anupindi,ÌýProfessor of Operations Research and Management, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Committee Chair
2:30 pmÌý |Ìý Q & AÌý
Ravi Anupindi,ÌýCommittee Chair
Prashant Yadav,ÌýCommittee Vice Chair
Matthew R. Downham,ÌýCommittee Member
Noreen Hynes,ÌýCommittee Member
Jennifer Pancorbo,ÌýCommittee Member
2:50Ìý |Ìý Closing Remarks and Adjourn
