COVID-19

Johns Hopkins Experts Brief Capitol Hill on Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 6, 2020 – Johns Hopkins experts brief Capitol Hill staffers in Washington, D.C. about the coronavirus. More information about COVID-19 can be found at

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Moderator: Lauren Sauer, Director of Operations with the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR). Start/Intro: 0:08

Experts presenting include:
+ Jason Farley: Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Start: 44:10.
+ Lauren Gardner: Co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering, whose lab created the coronavirus tracking map being used worldwide. Start: 14:11.
+ Tom Inglesby: Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Start: 03:51.
+ Lisa Maragakis: Senior director of infection prevention for the Johns Hopkins Health System and an epidemiologist. Start: 31:20.
+ Andy Pekosz: Co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center of Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance and a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Start: 27:12