6-7:30 p.m. EST
National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor
Panel discussion organized by the NPC Journalism Institute and the NPC’s professional development team.
Confirmed speakers include:
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Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and the spokesperson for the CDC’s response to the current coronavirus crisis.
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Amanda McClelland, registered nurse and senior vice president of Resolve to Save Lives’ Prevent Epidemics team. McClelland has extensive experience coordinating the Red Cross response to the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
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Ann Marie Pettis, director of Infection Prevention for University of Rochester Medicine and the president-elect of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. Pettis worked as a volunteer health professional during the SARS epidemic in 2003.
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Andrew Siddons, CQ Roll Call health policy reporter, will moderate. Siddons has been covering the policy implications of coronavirus from Capitol Hill.
$5 for National Press Club members; $10 for general public available here.