Fauci to Speak at Brown Virtually - Jha and Oster to Discuss Reopening Economy
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Fauci to Speak at Brown Virtually - Jha and Oster to Discuss Reopening Economy
Jha will moderate the conversation with Fauci.
Fauci is the most public face of the American response to the coronavirus and is often in conflict with President Donald Trump regarding the strategy in responding to the pandemic.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTFauci has been an adviser to six presidents on pressing domestic and global public health issues. The virtual event will be held on Friday, August 7.
About Event
In the live-streamed, publicly accessible event, Fauci will discuss COVID-19 and the challenges and responsibilities facing public health scholars and practitioners as they work to limit the pandemic’s spread.
“There is no one whose expertise is more valuable and more trusted right now than Dr. Tony Fauci," Jha said. "I’m thrilled he is joining us to share his wisdom about how we fight this pandemic and keep people safe.”
A member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Fauci has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health since 1984. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science, among many other prestigious recognitions, Fauci brings decades of experience and deep expertise to global and national efforts to combat COVID-19.
Titled “A Conversation with Dr. Anthony S. Fauci,” the discussion will take place on Friday, August 7, beginning at 1 p.m. The event will be live-streamed and accessible to viewers across the globe via the Brown website at https://www.brown.edu/go/fauci.
Jha and Oster Discuss Reopening
In a separate virtual event held earlier in the same week, Jha and Emily Oster, a Brown professor and economist and creator of the facts-based COVID-Explained website, will host an hourlong Q&A session on the public health crisis.
Organized by Brown’s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs, School of Public Health and Department of Economics, the event will focus on the country’s readiness as economies reopen, schools look to solidify fall plans and case numbers fluctuate in different regions.
“COVID Today: Is America Really Ready to Reopen?” will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 12 noon and will be live-streamed across the web at https://watson.brown.edu/live.