Rutgers COVID-19 Research Retreat
The Rutgers Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness presented the inaugural Rutgers COVID-19 Research Retreat, that took place virtually on December 2, 2021.
Sessions featured both biomedical research and social science research projects led by faculty from across Rutgers University. The retreat offered a great opportunity to share findings, learn about the tremendous diversity of research projects taking place, and find potential collaborators with shared interests.
Catherine Blish, MD, PhD, professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Stanford University Medical Center, presented the keynote with a seminar entitled “Innate immune dysfunction in COVID-19.”
Retreat Agenda
9:00 a.m. - Zoom link live allowing attendees to join
9:15 a.m. - Welcome, Opening Remarks
David Alland, MD, Director, Center for COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness (CCRP2)
Jonathan Holloway, PhD, President, Rutgers University
William Gause, PhD, Director, Rutgers Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases
Session 1: Basic, Clinical, and Translational Science
Moderated by Amariliz Rivera, PhD (Center for Immunity and Inflammation)
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11:00 a.m. - Break
Session 2: Public Health and Epidemiology
Moderated by Henry Raymond, DrPH, MPH (School of Public Health)
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12:15 p.m. - Break
12:30 p.m. - Keynote Speaker Presentation
Introduced by Amariliz Rivera, PhD (Center for Immunity and Inflammation)
Innate immune dysfunction in COVID-19
Catherine Blish, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
1:30 p.m. - Break
Session 3: Social Sciences
Moderated by Jason Yang, PhD (Center for Emerging Pathogens)
| 2:00 p.m. | COVID-19 policy response and population mental health in Uganda |
Slawa Rokicki, PhD School of Public Health |
| 2:15 | Carceral ethnography in a time of pandemic: examining the detention and deportation of migrants during COVID-19 |
Ulla Berg, PhD Department of Latino & Caribbean Studies |
| 2:30 | COVID-19 vaccine misperceptions, uncertainty, and health outcomes |
Katherine Ognyanova, PhD School of Communication and Information |
| 2:45 | Racial and ethnic differences in vaccine hesitancy among registered nurses in New Jersey: a cross-sectional survey |
Pamela de Cordova, PhD School of Nursing |
| 3:00 | Mental health issues for front line hospital staff during height COVID-19 pandemic |
Cheryl Ann Kennedy, MD New Jersey Medical School |
| 3:15 | Are the needs of immunosuppressed pediatric patients and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic being met? Preliminary data from a single institution |
Lauren Freidenrich Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
3:30 p.m. - Adjourn