By djpotts - December 16, 2020

Tuesday, January 19, 2021, from 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. (PST) - Online by Zoom

With the recent release of the COVID-19 vaccines, you, your faculty, or perhaps even your students may have questions. We have scheduled a special CAMEL Webinar for you to provide background on the development, scientific understanding, and clinical trials related to these vaccines. By the time of the webinar, we expect to be able to have our speakers discuss the Pfizer and Moderna products.

Speakers:

  • The Dean of the LLU School of Pharmacy, Michael Hogue, PharmD, serves on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Infection (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) work group on the COVID-19 vaccine. In that role, he has been carefully reviewing scientific data on the various vaccines.
  • Jennifer Veltman, MD, is the Chief of Infectious Diseases at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. 
Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 a.m. (PST) - convert to your local time zone here
Please submit your questions prior to the event here.
 
About Zoom
To participate in webinar events, create a Zoom account for free. Download the latest version: desktop here, mobile/tablet app for Apple here or Android here.
 
Speaker Biography
 
Michael D. Hogue is Dean and Professor of Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Loma Linda, California. He is the 165th president of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). Hogue is a national expert in the area of vaccines and immunization practice. Among his other credentials, he has published extensively on implementation science related to vaccines particularly in pharmacies in the United States. Additionally, he served six years on the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases Board of Directors, and he is a Fellow of the National Academies of Practice. He was appointed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in April of 2020 to serve on the Advisory committee on Immunization Practices COVID-19 Vaccines Workgroup as one of 45 medical professionals advising the CDC on COVID-19 vaccine policy for the U.S. He regularly participates in high level meetings with officials in the Department of Health and Human Services, and is part of the local county health department’s planning team for COVID-19 for the area around Loma Linda in San Bernardino County. Hogue also been a part of the team that planned and implemented our vaccine rollout here on campus.