Overview:

This episode reviews the current news updates of this pandemic as well as recently updated guidelines and medical literature. Our moderator also has a powerful discussion with three brilliant women who work in healthcare epidemiology about the impact of COVID-19 on women in healthcare, what women can do to empower themselves and each other, and takeaways such as finding peer mentorship programs, highlighting COVID work on your CV, and getting involved inside and out of your institutional community.

Speakers:

- Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH

- Annabelle De St Maurice, MD, MPH

- Payal Patel, MD, MPH

- Krystina Woods, MD (moderator)

- Jennifer Hanrahan, DO, MSc (news update)

Sources from news update:

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab338/6257082

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/whos-vaccinated-a-closer-look-at-healthcare-workers-covid19-vaccine-hesitancy-and-demographics/F5E1B76339FC81EF8C677F27FF61764A

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2779387

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