COVID-19

Racing to Beat COVID-19: The Oxford Vaccine and Other Tales from the UK

The Rockefeller University
Virtual Discussions with Genuine Experts Webinar Series
September 22, 2020

Speakers:
President Richard P. Lifton
Carson Family Professor
The Rockefeller University

Sir John Bell
Regius Professor of Medicine
University of Oxford

History is being made as research institutions, companies, and nations work together to deliver vaccines that we all hope will confer immunity against the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. Sir John Bell, a renowned biomedical scientist at the University of Oxford, is the leader of a rapidly advancing effort within this unprecedented campaign. Rockefeller University President Rick Lifton and Professor Bell discuss the extraordinary challenges involved in the development and international testing of new vaccines amid a global pandemic, as well as other medical measures needed to bring COVID-19 under control. For more information, visit: