BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Association of Health Care Journalists - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://healthjournalism.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Association of Health Care Journalists REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210317T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210317T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T155108Z CREATED:20231103T183507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T155108Z UID:26822-1615942800-1615942800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering the vaccine rollout: How to connect to audiences DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nResources\n\n \n\nMarch 17\, 2021\, 2 p.m. ET\nWith a slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines\, it’s a story for health journalists to cover for the next several months or longer. Learn about more resources and how to reach your audiences with some of the authors of the Vaccine Education Toolkit\, a project geared for journalists. Created after a survey by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute with help from the National Association of Broadcasters and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores\, the toolkit lets you dig through survey findings and finding data sources\, leading experts and more. The webcast can help you find stories and make deadlines. \n\n\nAndrew Finlayson\, executive vice president of digital and social media strategies\, SmithGeiger \n\n\nDan Reines\, senior vice president\, research insights\, SmithGeiger \n\n\nMonique Luisi\, assistant professor of strategic communication\, Missouri School of Journalism \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nAndrew Finlayson is the executive vice president of digital and social media strategies at SmithGeiger\, an international research and consulting company based in California where he works with leading media companies examining opportunities in TV\, digital\, streaming and content monetization. He joined SmithGeiger after being a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University. He is the recipient of numerous Emmy and Edward R. Murrow regional awards\, has reported from Asia\, South America\, Europe\, Russia and across the U.S.\, and before COVID-19\, regularly spoke at industry conferences regarding audience trends. He is also the author of the business book\, “Questions That Work” (Harper Collins) that has been translated into five languages. \nDan Reines is senior vice president\, research insights for SmithGeiger. With nearly two decades of experience in a variety of news and entertainment organizations\, he has a combination of rigorous analytical abilities\, an abiding journalistic perspective\, and a knack for compelling writing and clear storytelling. Reines’ work at SmithGeiger includes strategic research and consulting for news\, entertainment and tech clients\, among them NBC and ABC News\, CNBC\, Participant Media\, Google\, the Discovery Networks\, ESPN\, T-Mobile\, FOX Sports\, the BBC\, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, among many others. His professional background includes nearly two decades in print journalism as a writer and editor for national and local newspapers and magazines. He has reported on everything from the music industry and pop culture to sports to business and business ethics\, and his writing on investing and public relations has appeared in two textbooks. Dan has an MBA with a marketing emphasis from Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Business and Management\, and a BA in Mass Communications from the University of California at Berkeley. \nMonique Luisi is an assistant professor of strategic communication in the Missouri School of Journalism. Her research focuses on media messages and audience interpretation of messages related to disease\, treatments\, and the lives of minority groups. Using both quantitative and qualitative research methods\, she had conducted research on such topics as the HPV vaccine on social media\, Ebola in U.S. newspapers\, mental health in the Black American community\, and coming out in sports. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Vaccine\, Journal of Research in Science Teaching\, Howard Journal of Communication\, Journal of Homosexuality\, and others. Some of these works have also been featured in publications from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. \n\nAndrew Finlayson \n\n\nDan Reines \n\n\nMonique Luisi \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-the-vaccine-rollout-how-to-connect-to-audiences/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T150358Z CREATED:20231103T183440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T150358Z UID:26814-1614301200-1614301200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering airborne transmission and COVID-19: What to know DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\n\n \n\nFeb. 26\, 2021\, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET\nAt the very beginning of the pandemic\, there was lots of uncertainty about the primary transmission route of COVID-19. Increasingly\, the evidence is showing the virus spreads through the air. \nWhy did it take scientists so long to determine this? What do we know now about airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and is it possible to create indoor environments so that schools and businesses can be open safely? How should journalists cover this aspect of the story as President Biden is pushing to reopen schools for in-person learning in March and many state governors are allowing businesses to increase the number of people permitted indoors at the same time? \nHear from two experts on this topic: one an expert on how infectious diseases spread in the air\, and the other an infectious disease epidemiologist and hospital preventionist. \n\n\nJoseph Allen\, D.Sc.\, M.P.H.\, associate professor\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \n\n\nSaskia Popescu\, Ph.D.\, assistant professor\, infectious disease preventionist\, George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nDr. Joseph G. Allen began his career conducting forensic health investigations of sick buildings in several hundred buildings across a diverse range of industries\, including healthcare\, biotechnology\, education\, commercial office real estate and manufacturing. At Harvard\, Dr. Allen directs the Healthy Buildings program\, where he created “The 9 Foundations of a Healthy Building.” He is also the faculty advisor to the Harvard Healthier Building Materials Academy. He works with Fortune 100 companies on implementing Healthy Building strategies in their global portfolios and presents internationally on the topic of Healthy Buildings. \nPopescu is an experienced infectious disease epidemiologist and infection preventionist with a strong background in enhancing healthcare biopreparedness\, infectious disease threats\, pandemic preparedness/response\, project management\, translation of complex issues into frontline applications\, and disease surveillance. She is an assistant professor within the biodefense graduate program at George Mason University\, serving as a consultant with the World Health Organization and helping to lead the Netflix infection prevention efforts for return to production work. She is also an affiliate of the Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security. \n\nJoseph Allen \n\n\nSaskia Popescu \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-airborne-transmission-and-covid-19-what-to-know/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153358Z CREATED:20231103T182703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153358Z UID:26773-1602550800-1602550800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Disrupting disinformation: A skill set for journalists DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nResources\n\n \n\nOct. 13\, 2020; 11 a.m. ET\nWhether it is electoral disinformation or hoaxes about miracle cures for coronavirus\, the information landscape we navigate daily is increasingly polluted. This master class will walk you through the most common types of disinformation we find online\, how to spot them and provide some tools and tips on how to slow its spread. \n\n\nLaura Garcia\, training & support manager\, First Draft News \n\n\nDiara J. Townes\, investigative researcher & community engagement lead\, First Draft News \n\n\nModerator: Keren Landman\, M.D.\, independent journalist \n\n\nLaura Garcia heads First Draft’s training and education across newsrooms and journalism schools. Her work as a multimedia journalist started back in her home\, Mexico\, as a photographer for a newspaper. She also worked for newspapers and film production companies in the US before coming to the UK in September 2011. Garcia has worked in different newsrooms across the UK: ITV Meridian\, BBC South East\, BBC Radio Kent\, NBC News\, R4’s The World Tonight and Channel 5 News. Previously she worked as a lecturer in television and multimedia journalism at the University of Kent\, and produced a politics show for KMTV. She is passionate about access into journalism and diversifying the media and is the co-founder of PressPad and the UK chapter of AMMPE World. Garcia also works as the London correspondent for Bloomberg Mexico and Estrella TV in Los Angeles. \nDiara Townes’ decade of experience in public speaking\, science education and creating online digital media allow me to cultivate a more inclusive approach to science and journalism. As an investigative researcher\, she uncovers misinformation to develop an understanding of social narratives and how they spread and intersect online. She has led on several innovative projects as First Draft’s community engagement lead for the U.S. team. She is developing a career around building relationships using community engagement methodologies to develop sustainable environmental change. She strives to create effective communicative strategies that will combat the climate crisis on local\, regional and international levels. \nKeren Landman\, a member of AHCJ’s board of directors\, is a practicing physician\, epidemiologist\, and journalist who covers topics in medicine and public health. Several years ago\, Landman pivoted to journalism from a career as a physician and epidemiologist. After training in internal medicine\, pediatrics\, and infectious diseases and working as a “disease detective” at the CDC and the NYC health department\, she completed a journalism fellowship at the University of Toronto in 2016. Since then\, she has written for a variety of publications about health disparities and other public health issues. She has served on AHCJ’s freelance committee and\, this year\, as a contest judge. \n\nLaura Garcia \n\n\nDiara Townes \n\n\nKeren Landman URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/disrupting-disinformation-a-skill-set-for-journalists/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153400Z CREATED:20231103T182702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153400Z UID:26770-1601600400-1601600400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Pitching your best stories during the pandemic DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPresentation: Khamsi\nPresentation: Vanchieri\nPresentation: Weintraub\n\n \n\nFriday\, Oct. 2 at noon EST\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a constant news cycle stories covering health and science\, and provided many opportunities for freelancers – if you know how to find and take advantage of them. Editors are busier than ever and pitches now need to be shorter\, and\, at some outlets\, the bar is higher. This panel of top writers and editors will help you craft pitches for coronavirus and non-coronavirus stories. Panelists will also help you prepare for the virtual PitchFest by providing tips to hone your one-on-one pitching skills. \n\n\nRoxanne Khamsi\, independent journalist \n\n\nCori Vanchieri\, features editor\, Science News \n\n\nPamela Weintraub\, psychology and health editor\, AEON PSYCHE \n\n\nModerator: Maryn McKenna\, independent journalist \n\n\nRoxanne Khamsi is a writer and editor in Montreal. Her articles have appeared in publications such as The New York Times\, The Economist\, Popular Science\, Scientific American\, Slate\, Nature\, New York magazine\, Wired magazine and the MIT Technology Review. For more than a decade\, Khamsi served as chief news editor at Nature Medicine\, a monthly biomedical journal published by Nature Publishing Group. She has received many rewards for her work\, including a first-place award from AHCJ in the trade publication category for her story about insurance issues plaguing medical foods. \nPamela Weintraub is an investigative journalist\, award-winning author\, and narrative storyteller covering science\, medicine\, and psychology at the crossroads of culture. She is a a longtime executive-level editor known for intensive writer and story development. Winner of the American Medical Writers Association book award for “Cure Unknown.” \nCori Vanchieri joined Science News in August 2014 as features editor. She has more than 25 years of experience as a writer\, editor and project manager within the health and science field. She helped launch news sections at Annals of Internal Medicine and the Journal of the National Cancer Institute\, where she covered European cancer research from Milan\, Italy\, and was senior medical editor at Cleveland Clinic Magazine. Before joining Science News\, Vanchieri was the story editor at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s magazine\, the HHMI Bulletin. She earned degrees from Cornell University and Stanford University. \nMaryn McKenna is an independent journalist who specializes in public health\, global health and food policy. She has been published in Wired\, Scientific American\, Self\, the Atlantic\, the Guardian\, Nature and other publications in the United States\, Europe and Asia. She is the author of the 2017 bestseller\, “Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats” (National Geographic 2017); “Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA” (Free Press/S&S 2010) and “Beating Back the Devil: On the Front Lines with the Disease Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service” (FP/S&S 2004). A senior fellow of the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University\, she was a reporter at several newspapers. She has held fellowships with the Dart Center on Journalism and Trauma\, the East-West Center\, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Knight-Wallace Fellows of University of Michigan. She serves on AHCJ’s Freelance Committee. \n\nRoxanne Khamsi \n\n\nCori Vanchieri \n\n\nPamela Weintraub \n\n\nMaryn McKenna URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/pitching-your-best-stories-during-the-pandemic/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200922T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200922T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153408Z CREATED:20231103T182301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153408Z UID:26758-1600736400-1600736400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:GeoHealth: The Impact of Climate Change on Health and Society DESCRIPTION:Sept. 22\, 11 a.m. ET \nConcurrent with Climate Week NYC\, Wiley and AGU will host a webinar on the emerging field of GeoHealth\, which explores the intersections of the Earth and environmental sciences and health sciences. The webinar will focus on the effects of climate change on health and society. Journalists who attend this webinar will:     \n\n\nWalk away with a deeper understanding of the current climate change trends\, how climate change affects individual and population health in the U.S. and abroad\, and which populations are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. \n\n\nHear about research that explores how climate change will affect human health\, and current efforts underway to develop protocols for communities to use in understanding these impacts. \n\n\nUnderstand the most critical factors in climate change-driven health impacts and learn about emerging topics that are of interest to researchers and important for society. \n\n\nLearn where to find information about current research\, and established programs and resources in these areas. \n\n\nREGISTRATION INFORMATION”¯  \nJournalists may register for this complimentary Science Talks webinar HERE \nThe hour-long webinar will include time for questions and answers.”¯”¯  \nIf you are not able to attend the live webinar\, it will be recorded for on demand viewing. Visit WFSJ\, your journalist association website\, or Wiley’s Science Talks YouTube channel to see all webinars.”¯  \nAbout the Program  \nWiley Science Talks provides ongoing education for journalists through free webinars on topics of global importance. Held in partnership with the”¯World Federation of Science Journalists”¯(WFSJ) and the”¯Association of Health Care Journalists”¯(AHCJ) each session connects journalists with research experts who explain complex science topics. Science Talks are recorded and includes access to relevant research and trusted resources to support evidence-based journalism. \nAbout the Speakers \nGabriel Filippelli is a Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Center for Urban Health at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He writes and teaches on a range of topics\, including climate change\, human health\, and science policy. Professor Filippelli is Editor in Chief of GeoHealth\, an Open Access AGU journal publishing high-quality original research articles and commentaries across the intersections of the Earth and Environmental Sciences and Health Sciences. \nSusan Anenberg is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and of Global Health. She serves as the Director of the MPH concentration in Global Environmental Health. Dr. Anenberg studies the health implications of air pollution and climate change\, from local to global scales. \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/geohealth-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-health-and-society-2/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153431Z CREATED:20231103T181759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153431Z UID:26740-1596070800-1596070800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Reporting on school reopenings in the time of COVID-19 DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nBlog post: Community transmission rate key to K-12 school reopening\nEnriqueta Bond’s presentation\nNational Education Association page on COVID-19 action\nAll Hands On Deck: Guidance Regarding Reopening School Buildings\nCDC guidelines on school re-openings\nNational Governor’s Association school reopening guidelines\nEducation Week: Tracking of School District Re-opening Plans\nNYT: Reopening schools is way harder than it should be\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\n\n \n\nThursday\, July 30\, 11 a.m. ET\nEveryone agrees that reopening schools this fall has been a priority for parents\, students and teachers\, but the nation’s inability to curb the COVID-19 outbreak is leading to an extremely challenging environment for deciding when and if to open schools.  \nA July 22 AP-NORC poll found that 46% of Americans believe schools need major modifications to deal with the coronavirus pandemic\, and 31% think they shouldn’t reopen for in-person learning at all. \nCommunities are wrestling to answer questions such as: \n\n\nWhat conditions are needed for schools to reopen safely? \n\n\nWhat role do children play in the transmission of COVID-19? \n\n\nWhat do public schools need to have in place to reopen safely or conduct virtual learning? \n\n\nThree experts\, in education policy\, the education work force and infectious disease\, will help journalists answer these questions and more. \nThere will be time for Q&A during the webcast. You can submit it ahead of time here. \n\n\nEnriqueta Bond\, Ph.D.\, chair\, National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, Medicine advisory committee on Reopening K-12 Schools in the Time of COVID-19 \n\n\nLily Eskelsen García\, president\, National Education Association \n\n\nTina Q. Tan\, M.D.\, professor of pediatrics\, pediatric infectious diseases attending physician\, Northwestern University\, Feinberg School of Medicine \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nTina Q. Tan\, M.D.\, is professor of pediatrics at the Feinberg School of Medicine\, Northwestern University\, and a pediatric infectious diseases attending; medical director of the International Patient Services Program (IPS); co-Director of the Pediatric Travel Medicine Clinic; and director of the International Adoptee Clinic at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Tan received her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed her residency\, chief residency\, and pediatric infectious diseases fellowship in the Department of Pediatrics\, Baylor College of Medicine\, Houston. Tan is the chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Infectious Diseases (SOID). \nLily Eskelsen García (@Lily_NEA) is president of the National Education Association\, the nation’s largest labor union. She began her career in education as a school lunch lady and now leads a professional association of 3 million educators. She is the first Latina to lead the NEA and one of the country’s most influential Hispanic educators. Prior to assuming the top post\, she served two terms as NEA vice president and secretary-treasurer. Most recently\, García was appointed to serve on the Executive Committee as secretary of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute\, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization\, providing leadership development programs and educational services to students and young emerging Latino leaders. \nEnriqueta Bond\, M.A.\, Ph.D.\, until recently served as president of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund\, an independent private foundation that advances medical science and the treatment of disease by supporting research and other scientific\, scholarly\, and educational efforts. Prior to joining Burroughs Wellcome\, Bond served a distinguished tenure at the National Academy of Sciences\, most recently as chief executive officer of the Institute of Medicine but also as director of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention\, director of the Division of Health Sciences Policy\, and senior staff officer. She holds a Ph.D. in biology-biochemical genetics from Georgetown University\, an M.A. in biology-genetics from the University of Virginia\, and an A.B. in zoology and physiology from Wellesley College. \n\nEnriqueta Bond \n\n\nLily Eskelsen García \n\n\nTina Q. Tan \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reporting-on-school-reopenings-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200630T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200630T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153438Z CREATED:20231103T181700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153438Z UID:26736-1593478800-1593478800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Investigative journalism and the COVID-19 pandemic DESCRIPTION: \n\nRecorded webcast (youtube.com)\n\n\nWebcast\, Tuesday\, June 30\, at 2 p.m. ET \nA collaboration between AHCJ and the Fund for Investigative Journalism \nInvestigative journalism plays a critical role in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications. Journalists are uncovering new information about how the public and private sector are responding to the epidemic – and how millions of people are affected. \nThe Association of Health Care Journalists and the Fund for Investigative Journalism are partnering to hold an online forum\, “Covering COVID: Investigative Journalism and the COVID-19 Pandemic.” This one-hour virtual forum will include insights\, lessons and tips for reporting around this complicated and fast-moving story. \nThe discussion will include: \n\n\nIvan Oransky\, vice president/editorial at Medscape; AHCJ board president \n\n\nAnu Narayanswamy\, data reporter at The Washington Post; FIJ board member \n\n\nMorgan Baskin\, independent journalist covering social welfare \n\n\nDerek Kravitz\, fellow at Columbia University’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation \n\n\nModerator: Mark Greenblatt\, senior national investigative correspondent at Scripps DC and Newsy; FIJ board president  \n\n\nThe Fund for Investigative Journalism is providing emergency rolling grants to freelancers for stories that break new ground related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Association for Health Care Journalists provides comprehensive resources for reporters covering the pandemic. \nResources\nAssociation of Health Care Journalist’s Resource Center re COVID-19 \nFIJ Board President and investigative correspondent for the Scripps Washington Bureau Mark Greenblatt’s coverage on insurance companies during the pandemic: \n\n\nAdvocates Worry Insurance Providers Could Profit From COVID-19  \n\n\nState Farm\, Progressive Join List Of Auto Insurers Issuing Refunds \n\n\nData resources suggested by Washington Post Data Reporter Anu Narayanswamy: \n\n\nCoronavirus counts by county \n\n\nCOVID nursing home data \n\n\nCenters for Disease Control Provider Relief Fund data \n\n\nCOVID related financial assistance via HHS \n\n\nSBA PPP loans to public companies \n\n\nResources suggested by Ivan Oransky and the Association of Health Care Journalists: \n\n\nRetraction Watch \n\n\nSection on retracted coronavirus articles \n\n\nRetraction Watch Searchable Database \n\n\nColumbia Journalism Review op-ed (with tips for journalists re working with scientific papers) \n\n\nMorgan Baskin’s report in the Washington City Paper\, on D.C.’s child welfare system and COVID-19 \nDerek Kravitz and team’s web page at the Brown Institute and Columbia University\, including recent coverage using the documents they obtained \nWatch a recording of this webcast. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/investigative-journalism-and-the-covid-19-pandemic/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200623T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200623T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153443Z CREATED:20231103T181559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153443Z UID:26730-1592874000-1592874000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering antibody tests for the novel coronavirus DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPresentation\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\n\n \n\nTuesday\, June 23\, at 1 p.m. ET\nDuring a webcast on antibody testing for the new coronavirus\, Elitza S. Theel\, Ph.D.\, director of the Mayo Clinic’s Infectious Disease Serology Laboratory\, will explain what clinicians know about antibody testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 illness. \nShe also will explain what journalists can expect to learn in the coming months about these tests. In addition\, she will answer our questions about what we know about immunity to the virus and what we need to know about the specificity and sensitivity of antibody testing\, among other topics. \nThere will be time for Q&A during the webcast. You can submit it ahead of time here. \n\n\nElitza S. Theel\, Ph.D.\, director\, Mayo Clinic’s Infectious Disease Serology Laboratory \n\n\nModerator: Joseph Burns\, AHCJ core topic leader/insurance \n\n\n\nElitza Theel \n\n\nJoseph Burns URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-antibody-tests-for-the-novel-coronavirus/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200617T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200617T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153445Z CREATED:20231103T181451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153445Z UID:26727-1592355600-1592355600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Understanding COVID-19 transmission as communities attempt to reopen DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPresentation\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\nWhat’s the deal with masks?\nFlying in the age of COVID-19\nThe Risks – Know Them – Avoid Them\nIt’s not whether or not you were exposed to the virus\nIdentifying airborne transmission as the dominant route\nerinbromage.com\n\n \n\nJune 17\, noon ET\nAs we move into summer and states are lifting more restrictions on community interactions\, how should reporters be writing about transmission of SARS-CoV-19\, the virus that causes COVID-19? What do we now understand about how people become infected and how can we best inform the public about weighing the risks of returning to some of the normal activities of life\, such as reopening schools\, camps and restaurants\, returning to offices for work and traveling for summer vacations? In the US\, has our approach set us up for a spike in new cases? A biologist who specializes in understanding the spread of infectious diseases will answer these and other questions from AHCJ members in this webcast. \n \n\n\nErin Bromage\, Ph.D.\, associate professor of biology\, University of Massachusetts\, Dartmouth \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ topic leader/infectious disease \n\n\n\nDr. Bromage is an associate professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth\, where he teaches courses in immunology and infectious disease\, including a course this semester on the ecology of infectious disease and the emerging SARS-CoV2 outbreak in China. He graduated from the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences James Cook University\, Australia and received his post-doctoral training at the College of William and Mary\, Virginia Institute of Marine Science in the Comparative Immunology Laboratory. Bromage’s research focuses on the evolution of the immune system\, the design and use of vaccines to control infectious disease in animals and designing diagnostic tools to detect environmental threats in real-time. \n\nErin Bromage \n\n\nBara Vaida \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/understanding-covid-19-transmission-as-communities-attempt-to-reopen/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153448Z CREATED:20231103T181450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153448Z UID:26725-1591750800-1591750800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering the effect of the coronavirus on Native Americans DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nDonald Warne’s presentation\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Insurance\nAHCJ Core Topic: Social Determinants\nWarne’s presentation at Health Journalism 2018\nContact: donald.warne@ndus.edu or701-777-3037\n\n \n\nJune 10\, 1:30 p.m. ET\nFor an in-depth look at how to report on the effect the novel coronavirus is having on Native Americans\, AHCJ will host a webcast with Donald Warne\, M.D.\, M.P.H.\, the director of the Indians Into Medicine program and director of the master of public health program in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota. A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe from Pine Ridge\, S.D.\, Warne will explain how the virus is affecting Native Americans\, the best sources of data about the outbreak in Native American tribes\, and how journalists can cover the pandemic in these underserved communities. \n \n\n\nDonald Warne\, M.D\, M.P.H. \n\n\nModerator: Joseph Burns\, AHCJ topic leader/insurance \n\n\n\nDonald Warne is the associate dean of diversity\, equity and inclusion and the director of the Indians Into Medicine (INMED) and Master of Public Health programs\, and professor of family and community medicine at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of North Dakota. A member of the Oglala Lakota tribe from Pine Ridge\, S.D.\, Warne serves as the senior policy adviser to the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board in Rapid City\, S.D. He received his M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine and his M.P.H. from Harvard School of Public Health. \n\nDonald Warne \n\n\nJoseph Burns \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-the-effect-of-the-coronavirus-on-native-americans/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200603T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153453Z CREATED:20231103T181250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153453Z UID:26716-1591146000-1591146000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Older adults\, coronavirus and food insecurity DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nAnnelies Goger presentation\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Aging\n\n \n\nJune 3\, 1 p.m. ET\nMillions of older adults sheltering at home face another crisis—food insecurity. Many lack the financial cushion to stock up on groceries\, or fear risking a trip to the supermarket. Online ordering is a non-starter for those who lack the technology. Those who relied on senior centers for socialization and hot\, nutritious meals have lost access during the shutdown. Local food banks are overwhelmed and under-funded; many seniors\, especially those in rural areas\, are left with few places to turn and empty pantries. Reporters will learn more about this vital issue\, what policies are in place\, how they can be improved and why seniors need more than short-term triage to address this real and growing problem. \n \n\n\nAnnelies Goger\, fellow\, Brookings Institution \n\n\nModerator: Liz Seegert\, AHCJ topic leader/aging \n\n\n\nAnnelies Goger is an economic geographer\, developing innovative policy solutions to address rising inequality and improve access to economic opportunity. Her research focuses on workforce development policy\, the future of work (processes of industrial transformation)\, and inclusive economic development. \n\nAnnelies Goger \n\n\nLiz Seegert \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/older-adults-coronavirus-and-food-insecurity/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200528T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153455Z CREATED:20231103T181251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153455Z UID:26718-1590627600-1590627600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Understanding the path to a COVID-19 vaccine DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nTara Haelle presentation\nMaria Elena Bottazzi presentation\nLinks for Reporting on COVID Vaccine\nVaccine Development Terminology\nTypes of vaccines\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\n\n \n\nRecorded May 28\nThe race to develop a vaccine against SARS-CoV2\, the virus that causes COVID-19\, is picking up speed. There are more than 100 studies and clinical trials with early promising results. President Trump predicted in mid May there will be “hundreds of millions of doses” of vaccine by the end of 2020. \nBut what is hype and what is real? How can journalists responsibly cover these vaccine studies? A vaccine researcher and AHCJ’s core topic leader on medical studies will talk about how you can write about this topic and where to look for the next story. \nThere will be time for Q&A during the webcast. To ensure your question is addressed\, you can submit it ahead of time here. \n\n\nMaria Elena Bottazzi\, Ph.D.\, associate dean\, National School of Tropical Medicine; professor\, Pediatrics & Molecular Virology & Microbiology\, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital \n\n\nTara Haelle\, AHCJ topic leader/medical studies \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\n\nMaria Elena Bottazzi is a microbiologist\, currently Associate Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine as well as Distinguished Professor at Baylor University and Editor-in-Chief of Springer’s Current Tropical Medicine Reports. Along with Peter Hotez\, Bottazzi runs the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development. The center develops vaccines for neglected tropical diseases and other emerging and infectious diseases. \nTara Haelle guides journalists through the jargon-filled shorthand of science and research and enable them to translate the evidence into accurate information that their readers can grasp. Haelle is a freelance journalist and multimedia photographer who has particularly focused on medical studies over the past five years. She particularly specializes in reporting on vaccines\, pediatrics\, maternal health\, obesity\, nutrition and mental health. Her work has appeared in Scientific American\, The Washington Post\, Politico\, Slate\, NOVA\, Wired and Science\, and she writes regularly for HealthDay\, Frontline Medical Communications\, Forbes and her parenting science blog Red Wine & Apple Sauce. She’s co-author of the 2016 evidence-based parenting book\, “The Informed Parent: A Science-Based Resource for Your Child’s First Four Years.” \n\nMaria Elena Bottazzi \n\n\nTara Haelle \n\n\nBara Vaida \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/understanding-the-path-to-a-covid-19-vaccine/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200521T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200521T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153458Z CREATED:20231103T181250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153458Z UID:26715-1590022800-1590022800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Freelancing during COVID-19: Tips from AHCJ members DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPDF presentation\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Freelance Center\n\n \n\nRecorded May 21\nHealth care reporters across the world have stepped up to cover COVID-19\, and some freelancers have reported that they’re covering “all COVID\, all the time.” This webcast features three AHCJ freelancers who have written a variety of stories for different publications. We’ll talk about their experiences and discuss the unique ways that freelancers can adapt during the pandemic\, whether they cover COVID-focused news or not. Bring questions! \n \n\n\nElaine Howley\, freelance writer \n\n\nEmily Sohn\, freelance writer \n\n\nSerena Gordon\, freelance writer \n\n\nModerator: Carolyn Crist\, AHCJ freelance community correspondent \n\n\n\nElaine Howley is a freelance writer\, editor and researcher in Boston who writes about health and sports. Her stories have been published in U.S. News & World Report\, AARP.org\, Medscape\, Atlas Obscura\, espnW\, SWIMMER\, Outdoor Swimmer and others. During COVID-19\, she has written news pieces for U.S. and sports-related updates for Outdoor Swimmer and U.S. Masters Swimming. \nEmily Sohn is a freelance writer in Minneapolis who focuses on health\, science and environmental stories. Her work has appeared in Nature\, Discovery News\, Nautilus\, U.S. News & World Report\, Science News\, Smithsonian and National Geographic. During COVID-19\, she has written pieces for National Geographic\, NYT Parenting\, Outside\, Popular Mechanics and Medscape. \nSerena Gordon is a freelance writer and editor in New York who primarily focuses on health news. She often writes for HealthDay\, and her stories appear in U.S. News & World Report\, WebMD and United Press International. During COVID-19\, she has written more than two dozen HealthDay stories focused on the coronavirus\, which have appeared in several outlets\, including CBS and U.S. News. \n\nElaine Howley \n\n\nEmily Sohn \n\n\nSerena Gordon \n\n\nCarolyn Crist URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/freelancing-during-covid-19-tips-from-ahcj-members/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200515T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153626Z CREATED:20231103T175949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153626Z UID:26650-1589504400-1589504400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:GeoHealth: The Impact of Climate Change on Health and Society DESCRIPTION:Wiley Science Talks webinar with AGU (American Geophysical Union) \nWednesday April 15\, 2020. 11 a.m. ET (4 p.m. GMT) \nThe”¯Association of Health Care Journalists”¯(AHCJ) is pleased to provide ongoing training and support for new and seasoned health reporters. As part of our partnership with Wiley\, we offer members access to an educational series of webinars called Wiley Science Talks.”¯ \nAhead of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22\, Wiley and AGU will host a webinar on the emerging field of GeoHealth\, which explores the intersections of the Earth and environmental sciences and health sciences. The webinar will focus on the effects of climate change on health and society. Journalists who attend this webinar will: \n\n\nWalk away with a deeper understanding of the current climate change trends\, how climate change affects individual and population health in the U.S. and abroad\, and which populations are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. \n\n\nHear about research that explores how climate change will affect human health\, and current efforts underway to develop protocols for communities to use in understanding these impacts. \n\n\nUnderstand the most critical factors in climate change-driven health impacts and learn about emerging topics that are of interest to researchers and important for society. \n\n\nLearn where to find information about current research\, and established programs and resources in these areas. \n\n\nThe webinar will include time for questions and answers. \nNOTE: Wiley Science Talks webinars are recorded for on-demand viewing. \nEarth Day takes place on April 22\, 2020 to raise awareness on climate change\, drive positive outcomes for sustainability of our planet\, and encourage ongoing support for environmental protection. \nHOW TO REGISTER \nWiley Science Talks webinars are complimentary to AHCJ members.”¯Register for the webinar today!”¯”¯  \nIf you are not able to attend the live one-hour session\, the webinars will be recorded for later viewing on the AHCJ website and on Wiley’s Science Talks YouTube channel.”¯”¯ \nOne of your AHCJ membership benefits is access to health science evidence on Wiley Online Library\, including the Cochrane Library. Contact tina@healthjournalism.com to get your access code.  \n”¯  \nWiley Science Talks – An Educational Webinar Series for Journalists”¯  \nWiley Science Talks is an educational webinar series for journalists presented by Wiley in partnership with the”¯World Federation of Science Journalists”¯(WFSJ) and the”¯Association of Health Care Journalists”¯(AHCJ).”¯These complimentary sessions are hosted by”¯Wiley”¯to provide journalists with on-going training in science topics of particular global importance. \nAbout the Speakers \nGabriel Filippelli is a Professor of Earth Sciences and Director of the Center for Urban Health at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He writes and teaches on a range of topics\, including climate change\, human health\, and science policy. Professor Filippelli is Editor in Chief of GeoHealth\, an Open Access AGU journal publishing high-quality original research articles and commentaries across the intersections of the Earth and Environmental Sciences and Health Sciences. \nSusan Anenberg is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and of Global Health. She serves as the Director of the MPH concentration in Global Environmental Health. Dr. Anenberg studies the health implications of air pollution and climate change\, from local to global scales. \nAbout AGU \nAGU (www.agu.org) is an international association of more than 60\,000 advocates and experts in Earth and space science. Through our initiatives\, such as mentoring\, professional development and awards\, AGU members uphold and foster an inclusive and diverse scientific community. AGU also hosts numerous conferences\, including the largest international Earth and space science meeting as well as serving as the leading publisher of the highest quality journals. Fundamental to our mission since our founding in 1919 is to live our values\, which we do through our net zero energy building in Washington\, D.C. and making the scientific discoveries and research accessible and engaging to all to help protect society and prepare global citizens for the challenges and opportunities ahead. \nAbout the GeoHealth journal GeoHealth is a transdisciplinary\, Gold Open Access AGU journal publishing high-quality original research articles and commentaries across the intersections of the Earth and environmental sciences and health sciences.  \nAbout Wiley”¯”¯  \nWiley drives the world forward with research and education. Through publishing\, platforms and services\, we help students\, researchers\, universities\, and corporations to achieve their goals in an ever-changing world. For more than 200 years\, we have delivered consistent performance to all of our stakeholders. The Company’s website can be accessed at”¯www.wiley.com  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/geohealth-the-impact-of-climate-change-on-health-and-society/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200513T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153630Z CREATED:20231103T180950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153630Z UID:26701-1589331600-1589331600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:How to cover health disparities and COVID-19 DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\n \nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\nAHCJ Core Topic: Social determinants and disparities\nCOVID-19 is hitting some patients with obesity particularly hard\nAre people of color hit harder by COVID-19 in your state or city?\nGovernments Providing COVID-19 Data Broken Down by Race and Ethnicity\, assembled by Matthew Kauffman\, matthew@solutionsjournalism.org\nThe color of coronavirus: COVID-19 deaths by race and ethnicity in the U.S. \nA terrible price: The deadly racial disparities of COVID-19 in America\nCOVID-19 poses unique challenges for people with disabilities\nDepartment of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy\nStigma and obesity: This is happening right now\nState Medical Examiners and Coroners Organizations\n\n \n\nMay 13\, 2 p.m. ET\nLong-standing racial disparities and gaps in access to health care services are having an impact on communities across the country in different ways during the COVID-19 outbreak. \nData has begun to emerge that the virus is having a disproportionate affect\, in terms of illness and death\, on vulnerable populations and minority communities. How can and should reporters be shining a light on this aspect of the outbreak? \nObesity physician and scientist Fatima Cody Stanford\, M.D.\, and two investigative journalists\, Matthew Kauffman and Dawn Fallik\, will offer you tips and ideas on how to use data and how to write about this topic. \n \n\n\nDawn Fallik\, professor and investigative journalist\, University of Delaware \n\n\nMatthew Kauffman\, investigative reporter\, Solutions Journalism Network \n\n\nFatima Cody Stanford\, MD\, MPH\, MPA\, FAAP\, FACP\, FAHA\, FTOS\, Obesity Medicine\, Health Policy\, Health Disparities\, Health Broadcast and Print Media\, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ core topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\n\nFatima Cody Stanford is an obesity medicine physician scientist and media professional who specializes in the care of adults\, adolescents\, and children with overweight and obesity. After completing her fellowship in obesity medicine & nutrition at MGH and HMS and a Zuckerman fellowship as a mid-career Master of Public Administration student at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2015\, she joined the faculty where she provides clinical care\, supervises trainees\, administers a clinic\, and conducts research on obesity\, health policy\, and health disparities to enhance our knowledge and quality of patient care. \nMatthew Kauffman is an investigative journalist and a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. He is part of the Solutions Journalism Network\, an independent\, nonprofit organization that advocates an approach of solutions journalism\, an evidence-based mode of reporting on the responses to social problems. As manager of SJN’s Positive Deviance Data Project\, he oversaw the development of a database to illustrate the racial impact of COVID-19 on communities. Kauffman also teaches data journalism at Central Connecticut State University. Prior to SJN\, he was a reporter for several decades at The Hartford Courant. There he specialized in computer-assisted reporting and edited his blog\, The Scoop\, which covered investigative and data-driven journalism. \nDawn Fallik teaches beginning and advanced reporting classes at the University of Delaware’s department of English and is an investigative reporter. Previously\, she was a medical reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer\, co-director of the National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting and an Associated Press reporter in Baltimore\, Philadelphia and Omaha. She freelances on medical issues for publications such as Science News\, where she recently wrote about the social determinants of health and COVID-19. \n\nDawn Fallik \n\n\nMatthew Kauffman \n\n\nFatima Cody Stanford \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/how-to-cover-health-disparities-and-covid-19/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200507T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153634Z CREATED:20231103T180550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153634Z UID:26683-1588813200-1588813200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:How COVID-19 will impact rising insurance premiums DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPowerPoint presentation\nCoronaviruses and COVID-19 resources\nCoronavirus experts: A Twitter list\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\nAHCJ Core Topic: Insurance\nSabrina Corlette\, J.D.Sabrina.Corlette@georgetown.edu @SabrinaCorlette202-687-3003\n\n \n\nThursday\, May 7\, noon ET\nIn May\, health insurers will submit health insurance premium rate requests for 2021 to state insurance commissioners. Sabrina Corlette\, a research professor at the Center for Health Insurance Reform at Georgetown\, will outline some of the questions journalists should ask given that rates are expected to be extraordinarily high due to the costs of covering patients during the coronavirus pandemic. In a report last month\, the marketplace Covered California estimated that premiums next year would rise in the individual and employer markets by 40 percent or more solely because of COVID-19 costs. Also\, state health insurance departments should report on how many residents are enrolled in short-term\, limited duration plans and other non-ACA-compliant insurance plans that expose policyholders to staggering costs if they get sick with the virus or any other condition requiring treatment. \n\n\nSabrina Corlette\, research professor\, Center for Health Insurance Reform at Georgetown University \n\n\nModerator: Joseph Burns\, AHCJ core topic leader/insurance \n\n\nSabrina Corlette\, J.D.\, is a research professor\, founder\, and co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. At CHIR she directs research on health reform issues\, with a focus on state and federal regulation of private health insurance. Previously\, Corlette was Director of Health Policy Programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families. \n\nSabrina Corlette \n\n\nJoseph Burns URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/how-covid-19-will-impact-rising-insurance-premiums/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200430T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200430T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153642Z CREATED:20231103T180750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153642Z UID:26693-1588208400-1588208400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Responsible coverage of coronavirus preprint research DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nJohn Inglis presentation\nIvan Oransky presentation\nCovering Health postings about preprints\nCoronaviruses and COVID-19 resources\nCoronavirus experts: A Twitter list\nAHCJ Core Topic: Coronaviruses/COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\nAHCJ Core Topic: Medical studies\n\n \n\nApril 30\, 2 p.m. ET\nIt’s virtually impossible to report on the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic and not have come across preprints. These scientific studies and research papers are published on preprint servers\, primarily bioRxiv and medRxiv\, before the papers have been peer-reviewed and published in a medical journal. Preprint servers do have a basic level of review before papers are hosted\, but the idea is that the scientific community at large can see the research and ask questions or point out limitations that give authors a chance to consider that feedback on the way to peer-reviewed publication. AHCJ’s panel of experts will discuss what preprints are\, why they exist\, how they fit into the scientific research ecosystem\, and how to cover them responsibly for the general public\, particularly during the pandemic. \n\n\nJohn Inglis\, Ph.D.\, executive director\, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press \n\n\nIvan Oransky\, M.D.\, president of AHCJ\, co-founder of Retraction Watch\, vice president of editorial at Medscape\, and Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University’s Carter Journalism Institute \n\n\nAngela Rasmussen\, Ph.D.\, associate research scientist in virology\, Columbia University School of Public Health \n\n\nModerator: Tara Haelle\, AHCJ core topic leader/medical studies \n\n\n\nIvan Oransky\, M.D.\, earned his bachelor’s degree at Harvard University\, where he was executive editor of The Harvard Crimson\, and he received his medical degree at the New York University of School of Medicine\, where he holds an appointment as clinical assistant professor of medicine. In 2015\, he was awarded the John P. McGovern Award for excellence in biomedical communication from the American Medical Writers Association\, and in 2017\, he received an honorary doctorate of civil laws from The University of the South (Sewanee). Oransky was vice president and global editorial director of MedPage Today\, executive editor of Reuters Health\, managing editor\, online\, of Scientific American and deputy editor of The Scientist. \nAngela Rasmussen\, Ph.D.\, is a virologist studying host responses to infection by combining classical virology with modern systems biology approaches. Her research objectives are to identify host response signatures predictive of infection severity or disease outcome and host pathways to target drug development or repurposing. She is particularly interested in viruses that are highly pathogenic\, newly emergent or likely to emerge because of climate change\, land development\, or ecological disruption. \nJohn Inglis\, Ph.D.\, graduated from Edinburgh University Medical School with a doctorate in immunology and soon afterwards joined the editorial staff of the weekly medical journal The Lancet. Three years later\, he founded the monthly review journal\, Immunology Today (now Trends in Immunology) and edited it for seven years while launching and managing other journals. In 1987\, Ingles came to the United States to found Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Ingles also co-founded and manages bioRxiv\, a service of the Laboratory launched in 2013 that is the largest source of preprints of research papers in the life sciences\, and medRxiv\, a preprint server for health sciences that was launched in June 2019. \n\nJohn Inglis \n\n\nIvan Oransky \n\n\nAngela Rasmussen \n\n\nTara Haelle URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/responsible-coverage-of-coronavirus-preprint-research/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200427T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200427T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153647Z CREATED:20231103T180550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153647Z UID:26682-1587949200-1587949200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Understanding health evidence — A COVID-19 case study DESCRIPTION:Recorded: Wiley Science Talks with Cochrane\nMonday\, April 27\, 11 a.m. ET (4 p.m. BST) \n \nA health crisis like the coronavirus pandemic generates volumes of information that is ever-changing. Journalists must interpret medical data to determine what is reliable and investigate countless sources to uncover trustworthy experts. Cochrane Reviews are a dependable source of high-quality health evidence that journalist can trust to inform their news articles. In this webinar Cochrane Library Editors will share their expertise to help reporters:     \n\n\nUnderstand the Cochrane systematic review methodology and apply it to critical health questions \n\n\nRecognize the importance of using the right data \n\n\nLearn how to spot bad research studies or reviews \n\n\nIdentify reliable research experts and data sources \n\n\nAppreciate that communicating science results is hard and how to avoid incorrect interpretations \n\n\nRegistration information\nJournalists may register for this complimentary Science Talks webinar here. \nThe hour-long webinar will include time for questions and answers.”¯”¯  \nIf you are not able to attend the live webinar\, it will be recorded for on demand viewing. Visit WFSJ\, your journalist association website or Wiley’s Science Talks YouTube channel to see all webinars.”¯  \nAbout the Program \nWiley Science Talks provides ongoing education for journalists through free webinars on topics of global importance. Held in partnership with the”¯World Federation of Science Journalists”¯(WFSJ) and the”¯Association of Health Care Journalists”¯(AHCJ) each session connects journalists with research experts who explain complex science topics. Science Talks are recorded and includes access to relevant research and trusted resources to support evidence-based journalism. \nAbout the Speakers\nKarla Soares-Weiser\, Editor in Chief\, Cochrane Library Karla Soares-Weiser is a trained psychiatrist\, holds a master’s degree in epidemiology and a Ph.D. in evidence-based healthcare from the University of São Paulo. She has been working in evidence-based health care since 1997 and is an author of over 60 systematic reviews\, including 33 Cochrane Reviews. She has held numerous positions in Cochrane Groups\, including as a Visiting Fellow at the Ibero-American and UK Cochrane Centres\, where she provided training in systematic review production. Karla became the first female Editor in Chief of the Cochrane Library in 2019 saying\, “I am committed to working with the Cochrane community to improve health care decision making by consistently publishing timely\, high priority\, high-quality reviews that strengthen diversity\, deliver an excellent author experience and exceed the needs of our end-users.” \nToby Lasserson\, Deputy Editor in Chief\, Cochrane Library Toby Lasserson works closely with the Editor in Chief to deliver the objectives and targets of the Cochrane’s Editorial and Methods Department. Toby supports the Editor in Chief by leading Cochrane’s global review production operations and helps to implement our goal of offering high-quality\, relevant\, up-to-date systematic reviews and other synthesized research evidence that informs health decision-making around the world. Toby also supports the strategic and editorial development of the Cochrane Library according to user needs\, and ensures the Library remains a premier international source of healthcare evidence. Toby works closely with and supports the Cochrane Review Group Networks. \nAbout Cochrane\nCochrane is a global independent network of researchers\, professionals\, patients\, carers and people interested in health. Cochrane produces reviews which study all of the best available evidence generated through research and make it easier to inform decisions about health. These are called systematic reviews. Cochrane is a not-for profit organization with collaborators from more than 130 countries working together to produce credible\, accessible health information that is free from commercial sponsorship and other conflicts of interest. Our work is recognized as representing an international gold standard for high quality\, trusted information. \nFind out more at www.cochrane.org.  Follow us on twitter @cochranecollab \nAbout Wiley”¯”¯ \nWiley drives the world forward with research and education. Through publishing\, platforms and services\, we help students\, researchers\, universities\, and corporations to achieve their goals in an ever-changing world. For more than 200 years\, we have delivered consistent performance to all of our stakeholders. The Company’s website can be accessed at”¯www.wiley.com  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/understanding-health-evidence-ae-a-covid-19-case-study/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200427T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200427T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153648Z CREATED:20231103T180350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153648Z UID:26673-1587949200-1587949200@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:COVID-19: Health\, Science and Business Writers on Covering the Pandemic DESCRIPTION:Join Freedom Forum fellow Jill Geisler as she debriefs leaders of journalism organizations whose members focus on health\, science and the economic impact of COVID-19. \nApril 27 at 1 p.m. ET \nRegister here.\nThis webinar will be available on the Power Shift Project site after the event. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covid-19-health-science-and-business-writers-on-covering-the-pandemic/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200421T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200421T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153659Z CREATED:20231103T180549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153659Z UID:26680-1587430800-1587430800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:COVID-19: How to cover dwindling health resources\, workforce burnout DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPowerPoint presentation\nCoronaviruses and COVID-19 resources\nCoronavirus experts: A Twitter list\nAHCJ Core Topic: Patient safety\nAHCJ Core Topic: COVID-19\nAHCJ Core Topic: Medical studies\nECRI Coronavirus Outbreak Preparedness Center\n\n \n\nTuesday\, April 21\, 1 p.m. ET\nWant to know where the next wave of COVID-19 shortages will be\, and who is most likely to be affected in the months to come? For what supplies are health providers most likely to be in hot pursuit? Tune in for AHCJ’s webcast about supplies\, equipment\, and personnel issues to come. \nWhat specialties will be in short supply because so many in their field will be burned out\, exhausted\, sick or in quarantine and unable to work and who will fill their roles? Marcus Schabacker\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, president and chief executive officer of ECRI\, an independent nonprofit organization focused on patient safety. He will talk about what hospitals\, clinics and private practices will be dealing with through the fall as they struggle to bring the country back\, meet demands for patient care and fill the backlog. \nThere will be time for Q&A during this webcast and you can submit your questions ahead of time to be sure they are addressed. \n\n\nMarcus Schabacker\, M.D.\, Ph.D.\, president and CEO\, ECRI \n\n\nModerator: Cheryl Clark\, AHCJ core topic leader/patient safety \n\n\nMarcus Schabacker became president and chief executive officer of ECRI in January 2018. He is a board-certified anesthesiologist and intensive care specialist with more than 35 years of health care experience in complex global environments\, and more than 20 years of senior leadership responsibilities serving the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. \n\nMarcus Schabacker \n\n\nCheryl Clark URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covid-19-how-to-cover-dwindling-health-resources-workforce-burnout/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200414T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200414T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153705Z CREATED:20231103T180251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153705Z UID:26669-1586826000-1586826000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:How will health researchers evaluate COVID-19 response? DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPowerPoint presentation\nCoronaviruses and COVID-19 resources\nCoronavirus experts: A Twitter list\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\nAHCJ Core Topic: Medical studies\n\n \n\nNoon ET\, Tuesday\, April 14\nWhen the aftermath of the Coronavirus outbreak arrives in your region\, how are experts going to begin evaluating success or failure in efforts to slow transmission through methods from voluntary self-isolation to authorities banning crowds? Their answers might be the difference between life and death\, especially absent a vaccine. \nIn North America\, we’ve seen the cycle before: A disease hits a peak during cold weather months\, subsides and moves to the southern hemisphere\, then resurfaces in the fall. If this seasonal experience hold for COVID-19\, it bodes for preparations by governments\, providers\, the public – and journalists\, who will face the prospect of covering a potential resurgence. We’ll hear from a global health expert from the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health\, who can give an overview and answer questions to help journalists covering the local impact. \n\n\nRobert A. Bednarczyk\, Ph.D.\, assistant professor of global health and epidemiology\, Hubert Department of Global Health\, Rollins School of Public Health\, Emory University \n\n\nModerator: Maryn McKenna\, independent journalist and author \n\n\nRobert Bednarczyk’s primary appointment is in the Hubert Department of Global Health\, with a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology. His work on human papillomavirus vaccine has led to his affiliations with both the Emory Vaccine Center and the Cancer Prevention and Control Program of the Winship Cancer Institute. Originally trained as a biochemist\, he worked as a chemist and a laboratory systems validation specialist for seven years before going to graduate school to study epidemiology. He has conducted research on vaccination with extensive experience working with large databases and conducts qualitative research to provide a framework for developing and evaluating interventions to increase vaccine acceptance. URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/how-will-health-researchers-evaluate-covid-19-response/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200410T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200410T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153707Z CREATED:20231103T180150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153707Z UID:26661-1586480400-1586480400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Battling COVID-19 in senior care settings DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nJoseph Ouslander’s PowerPoint presentation\nLiz Seeger’s resource list\nCoronaviruses and COVID-19 resources\nCoronavirus experts: A Twitter list\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\nAHCJ Core Topic: Aging\nAHCJ Core Topic: Medical studies\nCoronavirus-19 in Geriatrics and Long-Term Care\n\n \n\nFriday\, April 10\, at noon ET\nOlder adults and those with underlying chronic conditions are most susceptible to COVID-19. As numerous media have reported\, those in long-term care facilities face particular risk; many infected residents have died. Warning signs of infection in older adults may be overlooked\, since symptoms often present differently. \nWhat should reporters be asking geriatricians\, long term care administrators and policy makers about managing risk\, mitigating infections and improving testing and treatment in this patient population? What can nursing home inspection reports tell us when it comes to keeping the institutionalized older population safer?  \nThere will be the opportunity to ask questions during the webcast but we also will take questions ahead of time to make sure we address what journalists need to know. \n\n\nJoseph Ouslander\, M.D.\, professor of geriatric medicine; senior advisor to the dean for geriatrics\, Florida Atlantic University \n\n\nModerator: Liz Seegert\, AHCJ core topic leader/aging \n\n\nJoseph Ouslander\, M.D.\, is an internationally recognized geriatrician and is a past-president of the American Geriatrics Society\, and serves as the executive editor of the Society’s Journal. He is a co-author of Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics and an editor of Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. \n\nJoseph Ouslander \n\n\nLiz Seegert URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/battling-covid-19-in-senior-care-settings/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200403T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200403T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153716Z CREATED:20231103T180050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153716Z UID:26656-1585875600-1585875600@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Explaining coronavirus testing for your audience DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPowerPoint presentation\nCoronaviruses and COVID-19 resources\nCoronavirus experts: A Twitter list\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\nAHCJ Core Topic: Insurance\nAHCJ Core Topic: Medical studies\n\n \n\nFriday\, April 3\, at noon ET\nTo understand how many Americans have the new coronavirus\, the United States needs more clinical lab tests but labs nationwide have been slow to respond. David Louis\, M.D.\, pathologist in chief at Massachusetts General Hospital\, will join us to answer questions about why the United States has lagged so far behind other countries in testing\, what kinds of tests labs are using\, whether serological tests will provide faster results than molecular tests\, how fast we can expect new point-of-care tests to be available nationwide\, and what Americans can expect as more testing is done nationwide. \nThere will be the opportunity to ask questions during the webcast but we also will take questions ahead of time to make sure we address what journalists need to know. Submit your questions in advance with this form. \n\n\nDavid Louis\, M.D.\, pathologist in chief\, Massachusetts General Hospital \n\n\nModerator: Joseph Burns\, AHCJ core topic leader/insurance \n\n\nDavid Louis\, M.D.\, is the Benjamin Castleman Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and pathologist-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital. Under Louis\, the department has become a national leader in molecular diagnostics and pathology informatics. During the novel coronavirus pandemic\, the scarcity of tests has led the department to work with other hospitals and researchers to develop new tests to expand the number of patients who can be tested each day. \n\nDavid Louis \n\n\nJoseph Burns URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/explaining-coronavirus-testing-for-your-audience/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200327T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200327T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153719Z CREATED:20231103T175951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153719Z UID:26653-1585270800-1585270800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering COVID-19: Two experts offer up-to-date answers DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nPowerPoint presentation\nCoronaviruses and COVID-19 resources\nCoronavirus experts: A Twitter list\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious Diseases\n\n \n\nRecorded March 27\nThe COVID-19 pandemic is quickly evolving and finding up-to-date answers to questions from experts has been challenging for many journalists. Join two experts from Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security – a physician\, with a specialty in emergency medicine\, critical care\, pandemic preparedness and infectious diseases and a public health expert ­– who will answer your questions about what is known about the virus\, how the health system is responding\, how the outbreak might end and strategies for journalists to combat misinformation. \nTo ensure that we address your questions\, you are invited to submit them ahead of time using this form. \n\n\nAmesh Adalja\, M.D.\, F.I.D.S.A.\, senior scholar\, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security \n\n\nTara Kirk Sell\, Ph.D.\, M.A.\, senior scholar\, assistant professor \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ core topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nAmesh Adalja (@AmeshAA) is a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security. His work is focused on emerging infectious disease\, pandemic preparedness\, and biosecurity. He has served on U.S. government panels tasked with developing guidelines for the treatment in mass casualty settings and the system of care for infectious disease emergencies. He has served as an external advisor to the New York City Health and Hospital Emergency Management Highly Infectious Disease training program\, as well as on a FEMA working group on nuclear disaster recovery. Adalja is a native of Butler\, Penn.\, and actively practices infectious disease\, critical care and emergency medicine in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area\, where he serves on the City of Pittsburgh’s HIV Commission and on the advisory group of AIDS Free Pittsburgh. \nTara Kirk Sell (@skirkell) is a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. At the Center\, she conducts\, manages\, and leads research projects to develop a greater understanding of potentially large-scale health events. She serves as an associate editor of the peer-reviewed journal Health Security (formerly Biosecurity and Bioterrorism). Sell leads a number of projects focused on improving responses to emerging outbreaks. These include efforts to understand and find solutions for misinformation during highly feared infectious disease outbreaks and utilizing the wisdom of the crowd through an infectious disease prediction platform that develops forecasts about infectious disease outcomes. Sell completed her doctorate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management\, where she was a Sommer Scholar. Her dissertation work focused on public policy responses to emerging epidemics and specifically how the media and policy intertwine in the case of Ebola and the health consequences of these policy actions. \n\nAmesh Adalja \n\n\nTara Kirk Sell \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-covid-19-two-experts-offer-up-to-date-answers/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200310T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200310T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153723Z CREATED:20231103T175850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153723Z UID:26647-1583802000-1583802000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Covering COVID-19: What do you need to know? DESCRIPTION:Resources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nCOVID-19 reporting tip sheet\nMaryn McKenna’s presentation\nSaskia Popescu’s presentation\n@angie_rasmussen\n@SaskiaPopescu\n\n@marynmck\n\n\n@barav\n\nCoronavirus experts: A Twitter list\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious Diseases\n\n \n\nMarch 10\, 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET\nThe COVID-19 outbreak story is evolving quickly and there are many unknowns about the epidemic\, including how contagious the virus is\, its mortality rate and whether there is undetected spread occurring outside of China. Providing accurate information to the public is more important than ever in this moment of uncertainty. Hear a panel of infectious disease experts and a journalist explain what is known\, what to watch out for\, where to find trusted resources and how to combat misinformation and confusion. \n\n\nMaryn McKenna\, independent journalist\, author; Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of Human Health at Emory University \n\n\nSaskia Popescu\, senior infection preventionist\, ELBI Fellow and managing editor; HonorHealth\, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security\, Pandora Report \n\n\nAngie Rasmussen\, Ph.D.\, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health\, Associate Research Scientist \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida\, AHCJ core topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nSaskia Popescu is an experienced infectious disease epidemiologist and infection preventionist with a strong background in project management\, translation of complex issues into frontline applications\, and enhancing healthcare biopreparedness. She is passionate about healthcare biopreparedness\, antimicrobial resistance\, and driving change across sectors in global health security. \nAngie Rasmussen\, Ph.D.\, is an associate research scientist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She is a virologist studying host responses to infection by combining classical virology with modern systems biology approaches. Her research objectives are to identify host response signatures predictive of infection severity or disease outcome and host pathways to target drug development or repurposing. She is particularly interested in viruses that are highly pathogenic\, newly emergent or likely to emerge because of climate change\, land development\, or ecological disruption. \nMaryn McKenna is a journalist and book author and teaches health and science writing and storytelling\, and media literacy. She has reported from epidemics and disasters\, and farms and food production sites\, on most of the world’s continents\, including a field hospital in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina\, to Midwestern farms devastated by the 2015 epidemic of avian flu. She writes for The New York Times Magazine\, The New Republic\, WIRED\, Smithsonian\, The Atlantic\, NPR\, and numerous other magazines and sites. She is the author of the 2017 bestseller Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats (National Geographic Books\, Sept. 2017)\, which received the 2018 Science in Society Award\, making her a two-time winner of that prize. \n\nMaryn McKenna \n\n\nAngie Rasmussen \n\n\nSaskia Popescu \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/covering-covid-19-what-do-you-need-to-know/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200225T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200225T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T153726Z CREATED:20231103T175551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T153726Z UID:26633-1582592400-1582592400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:“Obamacare” at 10: Thinking about the coverage DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nSpeaker’s presentation\nAHCJ Core Topic: Health Reform\n\n\nRecorded Feb. 25\, 2020\nUniversity of Minnesota health policy expert Sarah Gollust has looked at media coverage of the Affordable Care Act – and how the coverage (particularly on local television) affects public attitudes toward the health law and has intensified the partisanship around the ACA. Her observations about the coverage in the past\, and how it might look different in the future\, are timely as we come up on the 10th anniversary of the ACA in March. \n\n\nSarah Gollust\, Ph.D.\, associate professor\, health policy and management\, University of Minnesota School of Public Health \n\n\nModerator: Joanne Kenen\, AHCJ topic leader/health reform \n\n\nAn associate professor at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health\, Sarah Gollust has examined how the media translates health information\, how it shapes public attitudes and influences health policymaking. Looking at political\, social\, ethical\, and psychological factors\, her research yields insight into how communication to the public and policymakers can be more effective. In addition to looking at the Affordable Care Act\, she has also studied media and obesity\, food and nutrition\, health disparities\, and cancer screening and prevention. Gollust studied biology as an undergraduate at Wesleyan before going on to get her doctorate at the University of Michigan. She was also a pre-doctoral fellow in bioethics at the NIH’s\, National Human Genome Research Institute. She’s been at the University of Minnesota since 2010. \n\nSarah Gollust \n\n\nJoanne Kenen URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/aeoeobamacareae%c2%9d-at-10-thinking-about-the-coverage/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200205T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200205T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154116Z CREATED:20231103T175551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154116Z UID:26634-1580864400-1580864400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Addressing the youth vaping epidemic DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nSpeaker’s presentation\n \nAHCJ Core Topic: Oral Health\n\n\nFeb. 5\, 1 p.m. ET\nAccording to federal data\, more than 5 million American young people are using e-cigarettes. The trend\, with its negative health implications\, is alarming to parents\, public health officials\, lawmakers and educators. Brookings Institution Research Analyst Diana Quintero has been exploring the rise of youth vaping through the lens of educational policy. In this webinar\, she will discuss what she has learned about trends in the use of e-cigarettes among teens and the health and disciplinary implications of vaping among young people. She will also share her findings about federal and state responses to the problem\, as well as local approaches being taken by some schools and communities. \n\n\nDiana Quintero\, research analyst\, The Brookings Institution \n\n\nModerator: Mary Otto\, AHCJ core topic leader/oral health \n\n\nQuintero\, who has served as a research analyst at Brookings since 2015\, implements analytic strategies to answer and develop fundamental research questions within topics related to education policy. As part of her work\, she coauthors reports and blog posts\, including a recent piece\, “The Youth Vaping Epidemic: Addressing the Rise of E-Cigarettes in Schools\,” which she coauthored with Nandeeni Patel. \n\nDiana Quintero \n\n\nMary Otto \n\n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/addressing-the-youth-vaping-epidemic/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200121T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200121T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154119Z CREATED:20231103T175451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154119Z UID:26628-1579568400-1579568400@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Cancer and the impact of modifiable risk factors DESCRIPTION:Wiley Science Talks with the American Cancer Society  \nTuesday\, Jan. 21\, 2020. 11a.m. ET (4 p.m. GMT) \nThe”¯Association of Health Care Journalists”¯(AHCJ) is pleased to provide ongoing training and support for new and seasoned health reporters. As part of our partnership with Wiley\, we offer members access to an educational series of webinars called Wiley Science Talks.”¯ \nJournalists interested in finding out more about the link between lifestyle and cancer\, common modifiable risk factors\, and preventive measures will: \n\n\nHear about the types of evidence that show a high proportion of cancer is preventable. \n\n\nLearn where to find information about established programs that identify both modifiable and non modifiable factors that cause or prevent cancer. \n\n\nUnderstand the fraction (or proportion) of cancer that can be attributed to common modifiable risk factors. \n\n\nWalk away with a deeper understanding of the current evidence on tobacco\, alcohol\, excess body weight\, and other cancer risk factors\, how they impact the cancer burden in the US (and worldwide) and potential strategies to reduce their impact. \n\n\nWorld Cancer Day takes place on Feb. 4\, 2020 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention\, detection\, and treatment. \nThe”¯one-hour”¯webinar will include time for questions and answers.”¯  \nHOW TO REGISTER \nWiley Science Talks webinars are complimentary to AHCJ members.”¯Register for the webinar today!”¯”¯  \nIf you are not able to attend the live one-hour session\, the webinars will be recorded for later viewing on the AHCJ website and on Wiley’s Science Talks YouTube channel.”¯”¯ \nOne of your AHCJ membership benefits is access to health science evidence on Wiley Online Library\, including the Cochrane Library. Contact tina@healthjournalism.com to get your access code.  \n”¯  \nAbout the Speaker  \nSusan Gapstur\, Ph.D.\, M.P.H.\, American Cancer Society\, Inc. \nAs Senior Vice President of Behavioral and Epidemiology Research at the American Cancer Society\, Dr. Gapstur is responsible for providing strategic oversight and planning for all epidemiology and behavioral research activities and is the principal investigator of the Cancer Prevention Study II (CPS-II) and the Cancer Prevention Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program. Dr. Gapstur’s research focuses on lifestyle\, medical and hormonal determinants of cancer risk and prevention. Her research has contributed significantly to the scientific evidence on the role of alcohol consumption\, excess body weight\, and glucose homeostasis in cancer etiology. \nAbout the Journal CANCER is a peer-reviewed publication of the American Cancer Society integrating scientific information from worldwide sources for all oncologic specialties. The objective of CANCER is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of information among oncologic disciplines concerned with the etiology\, course\, and treatment of human cancer. CANCER is published on behalf of the American Cancer Society by Wiley and can be accessed online. \nAbout Wiley”¯”¯  \nWiley drives the world forward with research and education. Through publishing\, platforms and services\, we help students\, researchers\, universities\, and corporations to achieve their goals in an ever-changing world. For more than 200 years\, we have delivered consistent performance to all of our stakeholders. The Company’s website can be accessed at”¯www.wiley.com  \n  \n \n  URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/cancer-and-the-impact-of-modifiable-risk-factors/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191218T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191218T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154124Z CREATED:20231103T175351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154124Z UID:26622-1576630800-1576630800@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Reducing the cost and risk of dementia DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast (For a better experience\, choose the Adobe Connect app instead of your browser to view the webcast.)\nSpeaker’s presentation\nCenter for the Future of Aging\nReducing the Cost and Risk of Dementia\nTwitter: @MIAging\nAHCJ Core Topic: Aging\nDementia Friendly America\n\n\nDec. 18\, 2:30 p.m. ET\nOver the next 20 years\, the number of people living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias in the United States is expected to nearly double. Women and certain minority populations\, including African Americans and Latinos\, will continue to be disproportionately impacted by the disease – both as patients and caregivers. The Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging’s new report offers five key recommendations to improve brain health and decrease disparities\, ideally helping to change the course of this devastating disease. \n\n\nNora Super\, senior director\, The Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging \n\n\nModerator: Liz Seegert\, AHCJ topic leader/aging \n\n\nAs senior director\, Super provides strategic direction of CFA’s three primary focus areas: Age-Forward 2030\, the Business of Aging\, and Healthy Longevity. She is responsible for managing and creating data-driven research\, meaningful policy initiatives\, and impactful convenings in the United States as well as internationally. She is a recognized thought leader\, frequent speaker\, and prolific writer on healthy longevity\, and the economic and social impacts of population aging across the globe. \n\nNora Super \n\n\nLiz Seegert URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/reducing-the-cost-and-risk-of-dementia/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191121T010000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191121T010000 DTSTAMP:20231109T154129Z CREATED:20231103T175151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231109T154129Z UID:26614-1574298000-1574298000@healthjournalism.org SUMMARY:Vaccines\, civil liberties & mandates: What is the balance? DESCRIPTION: \nResources\n\nRecorded webcast\nSpeaker’s presentation: Saad B. Omer\nSpeaker’s presentation: Dorit R. Reiss\nAHCJ Core Topic: Infectious diseases\nAre state bans on vaccine exemptions the right choice?\n\n\nRecorded Nov. 21\, 2019\nThe measles outbreak over the past year shines a spotlight on the challenges of finding the right public health approach to vaccine hesitancy and refusal. Join this webcast in which three public health experts will discuss the following questions: Do vaccine mandates work? What are some ways to counter misinformation about vaccines? How far should governments go when it comes to mandating vaccines for preventing measles or other infectious diseases? When does public health outweigh individual liberty? What can public health officials do better when communicating about vaccines or responding to vaccines hesitancy or refusal? Learn some answers to these questions and new angles on public health and vaccines. \n\n\nDoug Levy (@sfdoug)\, independent journalist and author\, The Communications Golden Hour: The Essential Guide to Public Information When Every Minute Counts \n\n\nSaad Omer (@SaadOmer3)\, M.B.B.S.\, M.P.H.\, Ph.D.\, F.I.D.S.A.\, director\, Yale Institute for Global Health \n\n\nDorit Reiss (@doritmi)\, professor of law and the James Edgar Hervey ’50 chair of litigation\, University of California\, Hastings College of the Law\, San Francisco \n\n\nModerator: Bara Vaida (@BaraV)\, independent journalist\, AHCJ core topic leader/infectious diseases \n\n\nDoug Levy has spent more than 20 years at the intersection of technology\, science\, health\, policy\, and ethics and now is a consultant to corporations\, academic institutions\, and other organizations on crisis communications and reputation management. As a freelance journalist\, Levy writes mostly about health\, science\, and technology. His first book\, The Communications Golden Hour: The Essential Guide to Public Information When Every Minute Counts reached No. 1 in the public relations and public administration categories on Amazon.com when it was released in April 2018. \nSaad Omer is an infectious disease specialist and has an extensive research portfolio in numerous countries. Omer’s work includes clinical trials to estimate efficacy of maternal and/or infant influenza\, pertussis\, polio\, measles and pneumococcal vaccines and trials to evaluate drug regimens to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Moreover\, he has conducted several studies on interventions to increase immunization coverage and acceptance. Omer’s work has been cited in global and country-specific policy recommendations and has informed clinical practice and health legislation in several countries. He has also served on several advisory panels including the U.S. National Vaccine Advisory Committee. \nDorit Reiss’ undergraduate degree in law and political science is from the faculty of law in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where she served as editor in chief of the Law Review. Following graduation from law school\, Reiss clerked for a year and a half in the Israeli Ministry of Justice’s Department of Public Law\, working on constitutional and administrative law issues. She received her doctorate from the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program at the University of California Berkeley. During her studies in Berkeley she worked as a teaching assistant in 10 courses\, winning the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. Professor Reiss’ research examined accountability of agencies at the state\, national and international level\, with agencies studied including the FAA\, and other agencies in the United States and Europe. Increasingly\, however\, her research and activities are focused on legal issues related to vaccines\, including exemption laws and tort liability related to non-vaccination. \n\nDoug Levy \n\n\nSaad Omer \n\n\nDorit Reiss \n\n\nBara Vaida URL:https://healthjournalism.org/event/vaccines-civil-liberties-mandates-what-is-the-balance/ CATEGORIES:Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR