Episode Topic: In a Pandemic, Science Matters

This session will include a brief introduction to SARS-CoV-2 biology, a presentation of the current data in our community, and a conversation around recent headlines and rumors. Speaker Marie Lynn Miranda, Charles and Jill Fischer Provost of the University of Notre Dame, will discuss Indiana’s COVID-19 Registry and a new University of Notre Dame initiative, “Moment to See, Courage to Act.”

Featured Speakers: 

• Heidi Beidinger-Burnett, Director, Eck Institute for Global Health Masters Program; Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame; President of the St. Joseph County Board of Health
• Mary Ann McDowell, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Member of the Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame
• Marie Lynn Miranda, Charles and Jill Fischer Provost and Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame.

Read this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: go.nd.edu/47dedb.

This podcast is a part of the Consider This! ThinkND Series titled “Consider This! Simplifying the COVID-19 Conversation”.

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