Prevention Specialists and Native Communities Webinar Series
August 20, September 17, October 15, November 19, & December 17, 2021, 1 p.m. ET
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Modernizing Research & Development for Pandemic Readiness
This session, hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and the Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Security will examine how Federal agencies, Congress, and the White House can foster greater agility, speed, innovation and coordination to re-imagine research and development for pandemic readiness. Speakers include: Eric Lander, MD, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Dawn O’Connell, JD, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Gigi Gronvall, PhD, Senior Scholar, The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
When/ Where: 1 p.m. ET, November 17, 2021 (virtual)
Visit the organization’s website to register.
“Pitch perfect: everything to know about pitching stories”
Tim Herrera, author, former editor of The New York Times’s Smarter Living and the writer of the Substack newsletter Freelancing With Tim, will be hosting a panel of experts who will dive into the nitty gritty of perfecting the pitch. Tim regularly hosts Zoom panels with industry veterans and also offer advice in the newsletter on pitching, setting rates, building a freelance business and writing.
When/Where: 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. ET, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 (online)
Cost: $3.00
How to Report on Kids and the COVID Vaccine
This National Press Foundation briefing will help journalists explain the clinical trial results in plain language and also look ahead to how vaccinating children will affect family, schools, day care, extracurricular activities and more. And it will offer tips for covering vaccine hesitancy, misinformation and disinformation.
Environmental Racism and Indigenous Communities
Journalists reporting on environmental issues, which often impact health, in Tribal communities may overlook or ignore important Native voices. In this two-day virtual workshop sponsored by the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources on environmental racism and Indigenous communities, journalists will hear from experts about the history of environmental racism in Native nations, how Tribal members are working to protect water sources, common missteps journalists make when covering Indigenous communities and more. This workshop is limited to 25 participants.
2021 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Virtual Annual Meeting
The PCORI Annual Meeting brings together members of the healthcare community, including researchers, patients, caregivers, clinicians, insurers, health system representatives, and other stakeholders. The event serves as a report to the nation on PCORI’s progress in funding initiatives to determine which care approaches work best, for whom, and under what circumstances.
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