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This is an especially consequential and timely topic given current levels of vaccine hesitancy and shifting vaccine requirements in the United States. We plan to cover crucial impacts – past, present and future – of vaccines; technologies for developing even more effective, quick-to-market vaccines; new ways to expand vaccine supplies and increase availability; and encouraging vaccine acceptance and trust through better communication about the science of vaccines.

This forum will be moderated by Jonathan “Jono” Quick ’73, MD, MPH, Adjunct Professor of Global Health at Duke Global Health Institutes. Our panel of experts includes Joseph Martin ’73, Ph.D, Research Fellow, Pfizer Bioprocess R&D, Pharmaceutical Sciences (Retired), Pfizer Global Research and Development; Maria Elena Bottazzi, Ph.D, Co-Director, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, Baylor College of Medicine; Francis S. Collins, MD, Ph.D, NIH Distinguished Investigator, National Human Genome Research Institute and Former Director, National Institutes of Health; Heather Lanthorn, Assistant Director, Research and Programs, Duke Global Health Innovation Center; and Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D, MPH, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota.