What Do We Know (and Not Know) about COVID-19 Variants and Vaccines? A Virtual Conversation with Dr. Mirella Salvatore
Wednesday, February 3, 7 pm EST on Zoom

About 20 states across the country have detected the more transmissible COVID-19 variants to date. Given the unknowns of this emerging situation, Dr. Mirella Salvatore spoke at an Infectious Diseases Society of America media briefing, held January 21, that discussed the science behind virus mutations, what scientists know about coronavirus variants in the United States and how treatment and vaccine options are affected by new virus variants.
Science Writers in New York is proud to present an evening with Mirella Salvatore, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and population health sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine. She will speak about the coronavirus variants and vaccines and will share her experiences as an infectious disease specialist working at the height of the pandemic in New York City.
About Mirella Salvatore
Mirella Salvatore is an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. She obtained her M.D. from the Catholic University in Rome, Italy, and completed her internal medicine residency and fellowship in infectious diseases at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. At Mount Sinai she also completed a postdoctoral fellowship training studying influenza virus in the laboratory of Adolfo Garcia-Sastre.
As a physician-scientist, Dr. Salvatore has focused her NIH-funded research on the development of novel platforms for influenza vaccines. She is also leading studies of influenza virus pathogenesis and therapy in the immunocompromised human host. She is a member of the International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Virus Diseases (ISIRV), International Society for Travel Medicine (ISTM) and she is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). She is also a member of the IDSA Research Committee and of ISTM Research and Awards Committee. Dr. Salvatore has served on NIH study sections and is a reviewer for many scientific journals.
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When:
Wednesday, February 3
7 to 8 pm EST
Register:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GeAMAzZgRrabJcpsM20Yaw