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May 2021
CHIBE/LDI Work-in-Progress Research Seminar Series: Michael L. Barnett, MD, MS
"Political partisanship and physician prescribing of proposed COVID-19 treatments in 2020 (work in progress)." Virtual Seminar with Michael L. Barnett, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Thursday, May 13, 2021 I 12:00-1:00 PM EST I Join via Zoom link here: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407. About this Event: In early 2020, there were surges of prescriptions for drugs proposed to treat COVID-19, such as hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, and azithromycin despite a very uncertain evidence base. Increased prescribing persisted throughout 2020 even after RCT evidence demonstrated that these treatments were ineffective. The factors influencing physicians to…
Find out more »Dear Pandemic: Those Nerdy Girls at the Infodemiology Frontlines
May 26, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Zoom Hosted by FOCUS Dr. Alison Buttenheim is a co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of a Dear Pandemic, a collective of interdisciplinary women scientists addressing the sci-comm during COVID-19 with accurate, timely, curated science news and lifestyle and guidance. Dear Pandemic has more than 80,000 followers on 7 social platforms, and reaches up to 1,000,000 people each month. How did Dear Pandemic come to be? What impact has the campaign had? Where is it headed next? All PSOM faculty are invited to join this FOCUS event on May 26. RSVP here! Alison Buttenheim,…
Find out more »John Hoddinott, PhD @ HP/CHIBE Work-In-Progress Research Seminar Series
Topic: TBD Virtual Seminar with John Hoddinott, PhD, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Economics and Policy, Cornell University Thursday, May 27, 2021 I 12:00-1:00 PM EST I Join via Zoom link here: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407. About this Event: TBD
Find out more »June 2021
HP/CHIBE Book Discussion: Care After COVID with Dr. Shantanu Nundy
Care After COVID: What the Pandemic Revealed is Broken in Healthcare and How to Reinvent It. Virtual Book Discussion with Shantanu Nundy, MD, MBA, Author, Care After COVID; Chief Medical Officer, Accolade Thursday, June 3, 2021 I 12:00-1:00 PM EST I Join via Zoom link here: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407. About this event: Dr. Shantanu Nundy will join Dr. Kevin Volpp to discuss healthcare in the post-pandemic era and how we can build on the explosion of telemedicine and digital health to create a more affordable and equitable future. About Shantanu Nundy, MD, MBA: Dr. Nundy is the author of Care After COVID and…
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