Two Countries, One Border: COVID and the Future of Pandemic Prevention in Mexico and the United States | May 3, 2021

The UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences and Bay Area Global Health Alliance presented an online panel highlighting the findings and recommendations of the Mexico and US reports for the World Health Organization’s Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness & Response.

Moderated by Ben Plumley, host of A Shot in the Arm podcast, this webinar featured authors and contributors from both case studies and leading voices on the COVID-19 pandemic. They focused on lessons learned and the ramifications for regional coordination and cooperation for future pandemic prevention.

Participants included:

• Lucia Abascal, MD, MS, PhD student, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences

• Neelam Feachem, MS, Associate Professor, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences and the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

• Eric Goosby, MD, Professor, UCSF School of Medicine and UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences

• Mary Pittman, DrPH, President and Chief Executive Officer, Public Health Institute, and Bay Area Global Health Alliance Board Chair

• Carlos del Rio, MD, Executive Associate Dean, Emory School of Medicine & Grady Health System, Professor, Hubert Department of Global Health-Rollins School of Public Health, Co-Director, Emory Center for AIDS Research

• Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer, PhD, Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics

• Jaime Sepulveda, MD, Director, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences, and Bay Area Global Health Alliance Board Member

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