Feb. 22
1:00–2:00 pm
Zoom
Diversity Dialogues are designed to bring together individuals from the University to learn about and act upon issues related to diversity and inclusion. This session, titled COVID-19 Prevention and Vaccination Hesitancy in the United States, will feature John Schneider MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Social Work. Dr. Schneider is a network epidemiologist and infectious disease specialist in the Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences and the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago. He is also Director of the University of Chicago Center for HIV Elimination.
Schneider will share results from a population-based survey of COVID-19 prevention and vaccination among US adults with a specific focus on disenfranchised communities like those criminal justice involved. In addition, he will share insights from inception of the largest community contact tracing program in the Midwest that aims to engage communities most impacted with important resources and services. He will close with public health network interventions that may help us move towards COVID-19 elimination.