Department of Medicine Grand Rounds - Covid-19: Update in Epidemiology, and, Are the Publication and FDA Approval Processes Moving Too Fast for Safety? (Zoom Only)

"Covid-19: Update in Epidemiology, and, Are the Publication and FDA Approval Processes Moving Too Fast for Safety?"

Session moderated by Bob Wachter

Presenter:

George Rutherford, Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF; Director of the Prevention and Public Health Group  – Update in Epidemiology and the New Phase of the Pandemic

Followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Rutherford and the speakers below –The Shift to Speed in Publications and the FDA Approval Process: An Appropriate Response to a Pandemic or Setup for Errors?

Rob Califf, Director of Medical Strategy and Policy, Verily and Google Health; former Commissioner of the US Food & Drug Administration; and Founding Director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI)

Vinay Prasad, Associate Professor, Depts. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Medicine, UCSF; and author of Ending Medical Reversal and Malignant: How Bad Policy and Bad Evidence Harm People with Cancer

Rita Redberg, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, UCSF; and Editor, JAMA Internal Medicine

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The session will be recorded for later play :
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