This lecture on “COVID-19 and Inflammation” is with Hana Akselrod, MD, MPH, an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic shows that having a chronic inflammatory disease (CID) increases the risk for severe COVID-19 illness. The 2020 GW Biomedical Cross-disciplinary Seminar Series focuses on both the treatment and prevention of CIDs. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the series is now online only. This annual series will explore a new cross-disciplinary topic each year. This year’s topic is inflammation. The goal of the seminar series is to promote networking and collaboration in translational health among researchers, health care providers, and policy makers from different disciplines to shift the paradigm—from seeking a cure to developing a strategy of prevention.
The series was organized by the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences’ (SMHS) Department of Pharmacology & Physiology and the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health. The seminar series is supported by departmental funding and the generosity of Ellen J. LaBelle, MD `74, RESD ’78, associate clinical professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and John Pan, MD ’70, RESD ’74, clinical professor, Department of Clinical Research and Leadership and founding medical director, Office of Integrative Medicine and Health.
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