Celebration of Research and Innovation - Roundtable on Temple University's Extraordinary Research Response to the Challenge of COVID-19

    Office of the Vice President for Research

    Sparking Innovation with Jodi Black. How COVID-19 Revealed Temple's Research
    Machine?

    Overview of Roundtable: The panel culminates in a keynote by Jodi Black speaking to
    us about the future direction for scientific research. University’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic mirrored the scientific community's ability to pivot and innovate new solutions and rapid advancement in technologies. This panel includes just a few examples of the collaborations, research advancements and outreach initiatives coming out of Temple’s research enterprise during this challenging year.

    Agenda

    12:00 PM – 12:05 PM: Introduction: Michele Masucci, Vice President for Research

    12:05 PM – 12:25 PM: Keynote Address: Jodi Black, PhD, Director Office of Clinical
    Policy and Programs, Office of the Commissioner at US Food and Drug Administration

    12:25 PM – 1:30 PM: A Roundtable of Temple University’s Research Response to the
    Challenge of COVID-19

    Roundtable Panelists:

    Gerard Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP, Chair and Professor, Thoracic Medicine & Surgery,
    Lewis Katz School of Medicine

    Nina Gentile, MD, Professor, Emergency Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine

    Sergei Pond, PhD, Professor of Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology

    Servio H. Ramirez, PhD, Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

    Glenn S. Gerhard, MD, Chair, Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular
    Biochemistry