In this UCSF Medical Grand Rounds, three world-renowned speakers will address a variety of issues surrounding the development of vaccines for Covid-19 – both scientific and political. Professor Peter Hotez is an authority on vaccine development and use in both the U.S. and internationally. He has become one of the most sought-after speakers and interviewees in national media as the issue of vaccines has risen in importance. Jaime Sepulveda, head of UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences, will discuss some of the issues that relate to vaccine distribution around the world, including issues of equity. Heidi Larson, who leads the Vaccine Confidence Project at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will discuss why people do and don’t take vaccines, and what can be done to influence uptake rates. The session is moderated by UCSF Department of Medicine chair Bob Wachter.
Session co-sponsored with UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences
Program
Bob Wachter: Introduction
00:05:03 – Vaccine Development: Peter Hotez, Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine; Professor, Depts. of Pediatrics, Molecular Virology and Microbiology; Health Policy Scholar, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy; Co-director, Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development
00:29:40 – Q&A for Dr. Hotez
00:37:21 – Vaccine Distribution: Jaime Sepulveda, UCSF Professor of Global Health; Executive Director, Institute for Global Health Sciences
00:47:51 – Vaccine Hesitancy: Heidi Larson, Professor of Anthropology, Risk and Decision Science, Dept. of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Director, The Vaccine Confidence Project
00:58:39 – Discussion with Drs. Hotez, Sepulveda and Larson
Bob Wachter: Closing
See previous Covid-19 Medical Grand Rounds:
• September 10: Covid-19: Current State, Falling Mortality Rates, and “AeroNabs”
• August 13: New Approaches to Covid-19: Rapid Testing, Herd Immunity, and the Role of Narrative
• August 6: A Conversation with Ashish Jha
• July 30: An Update on Covid-19 Testing, Treatments, and Vaccines
See all UCSF Covid-19 grand rounds, which have been viewed nearly 925,000 times, here:
