The COVID-19 Health Briefing, hosted by Chancellor Brian Strom, offers important information on COVID-19-related topics ranging from the state of the pandemic to health agency guidance, campus testing news, clinical updates, and other news. Future health briefings will be scheduled on an as-needed basis.
Topic: COVID-19 Health Briefing
Featured Guest:
Shobha Swaminathan, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
New Jersey Medical School
Clinical Research Site Leader, Clinical Trial Unit
Director of Infectious Disease Practice at University Hospital
Topic: Update on the Pandemic and Vaccination Rollout
Featured Guest:
Jeffrey Carson, MD
RBHS Provost - New Brunswick
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Richard C. Reynolds, MD, Chair in General Internal Medicine
Topic: Statewide Vaccination Rollout and Implementation
Featured Guest:
Vicente Gracias, MD
Vice President for Health Affairs, Rutgers University
Senior Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences
Professor, Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Topic: COVID-19 Vaccines: How Does J&J's New Trial Results Impact the Choice of Vaccine?
Featured Guest:
Jeffrey Carson, MD
RBHS Provost - New Brunswick
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Richard C. Reynolds, MD, Chair in General Internal Medicine
Topic: Rutgers Vaccination Planning Update
Featured Guest:
Vicente Gracias, MD
Vice President for Health Affairs, Rutgers University
Senior Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences
Professor, Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Topic: COVID-19 Vaccine Update: Emergency Use Authorization of Johnson & Johnson's Single Dose Vaccine
Featured Guest:
Jeffrey Carson, MD
RBHS Provost - New Brunswick
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Richard C. Reynolds, MD, Chair in General Internal Medicine