Hybrid -Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS): "Covid-19 Lessons Learned from an FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee Vantagepoint" - Paul A. Offit, MD

12:00pm - 1:00pm • Hybrid: RCH B102AB, Richards Bldg., 3700 Hamilton Walk (and virtual via Zoom)

2024-11-13 12:00:00 2024-11-13 13:00:00 America/New_York Hybrid -Research Ethics and Policy Series (REPS): "Covid-19 Lessons Learned from an FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee Vantagepoint" - Paul A. Offit, MD Covid-19 Lessons Learned from an FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee Vantagepoint Paul A. Offit, MD Director of the Vaccine Education Center Professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Paul A. Offit, MD, is Director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Offit is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of virology and immunology, and was a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is a member of the Food and Drug Administration Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, and a founding advisory board member of the Autism Science Foundation and the Foundation for Vaccine Research, a member of the Institute of Medicine and co-editor of the foremost vaccine text, Vaccines. During this talk, Dr. Offit will discuss what went well and what went wrong during the Covid-19 pandemic from an FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee vantagepoint. Lunch provided. Streaming available via Zoom. Hybrid: RCH B102AB, Richards Bldg., 3700 Hamilton Walk (and virtual via Zoom) Penn Medical Ethics

Paul A. Offit, MD, is Director of the Vaccine Education Center and professor of pediatrics in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Offit is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of virology and immunology, and was a member of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He is a member of the Food and Drug Administration Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, and a founding advisory board member of the Autism Science Foundation and the Foundation for Vaccine Research, a member of the Institute of Medicine and co-editor of the foremost vaccine text, Vaccines.

During this talk, Dr. Offit will discuss what went well and what went wrong during the Covid-19 pandemic from an FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee vantagepoint.