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Virtual CLE Workshop

Sponsored Research and Technology Transfer: Moving Forward in a Time of Global Challenge

Program Highlights

Opening Plenary • November 11, 2020 | 11:10 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. ET

COVID, the Race for a Vaccine, and the Role of Higher Education Research Institutions

Don’t miss this distinguished panel of medical experts from leading academic medical centers, a former FDA Commissioner, and experienced NACUA members as they help us make sense of the breakthroughs, challenges, and trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us to hear their insights and perspectives on the intersection of higher education, research, and public health in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

How did we get here, in the struggle against a global pandemic?  What lessons can we take away from the race for a vaccine and effective treatments, the crucial role of university researchers, and the public-private partnerships that animate these efforts?  And how does the higher education research community emerge more resilient and better prepared to confront the challenges we still face? 

As we close out 2020, the panel will guide us in better understanding these key issues which are critical to the role of higher education attorneys in supporting the research mission of colleges and universities into the future.

 

Mark Barnes         Mark Barnes, Moderator, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
 Madeleine Wessel   Madelyn Wessel, Moderator, University Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation, Cornell University
 Carlos del Rio   Carlos del Rio, MD, Executive Association Dean; Distinguished Professor of Infectious Diseases; Co-Principal Investigator of the Emory Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit, Emory University School of Medicine
 Margaret Hamburg  

Margaret Hamburg, MD, Former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
 Paul Edward Sax   Paul Edward Sax, MD, Director, Infectious Disease Clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School