Starting public hybrid sessions (open to all invited faculty, students, and healthcare professionals). Access the program via Zoom. 

7:00 – 8:00am EDT / 1:00 – 2:00pm CEST

In-person check in and networking

8:00 – 8:15am EDT / 2:00 – 2:15pm CEST

Opening Remarks (Moderated by Antonio Giordano)

• Laura Siminoff
• Emilia Zankina

8:45 – 9:30am EDT / 2:45 – 3:30pm CEST

Keynote 2: Lessons from a Pandemic: COVID-19 in Philadelphia​ (Introduced by Laura Siminoff)

• Cheryl Bettigole (virtual)

9:30 – 9:45am EDT / 3:30 – 3:45pm CEST

Break 1

9:45 – 10:45am EDT / 3:45 – 4:45pm CEST

Responses to the Pandemic: Government policy and clinical practices (Moderated by Ignazio Marino)

• Ignazio Marino (in-person)
• Emilia Zankina (in-person)
• Tony Reed (virtual)
• Ross Silverman (virtual)

10:45 – 11:45pm EDT / 4:45 – 5:45pm CEST

COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery (Moderated by Giuseppe Quintavalle)

• Laura Siminoff (in-person)
• Marco Mattei (in-person)
• Susan VonNessen-Scanlin (in-person)
• Latent class analysis of students’ attitudes about mask adherence and COVID-19 vaccination: Resa Jones (virtual)

11:45 – 12:00pm EDT / 5:45 – 6:00pm CEST

Day one closing remarks

Starting public hybrid sessions (open to all invited faculty, students, and healthcare professionals). Access the program via Zoom. 

8:00 – 8:15am EDT / 2:00 – 2:15pm CEST

Greeting the participants: Deputy Health Minister Pierpaolo Sileri (in-person)

8:15 – 9:00am EDT / 2:15 – 3:00pm CEST

COVID-19 Impacts on Health Systems and Medical Care​ (Moderated by Marco Paggi)

• Cancer and Chronic disease care: Antonio Giordano (In-person)
• Patient Experience during the pandemic: Angelo Venditti (virtual)
• Disparities and Inequities in COVID-19 cases and deaths: Omar Martinez (In-person)
• Public Health Data Analysis & Visualization: Huanmei Wu (In-person)

9:00 – 10:00am EDT / 3:00 – 4:00pm CEST

Panel on Community Engagement (Moderated by Enrico Bucci)

• True science, false science: scientific infodemic in COVID times: Enrico Bucci (In-person)
• Social services during COVID-19 Pandemic: Philip McCallion (virtual)
• Provide burnout & workforces: Jennifer Ibrahim (In-person)
• Community outreach, communication, and contract tracing: Sarah Bass (virtual)

10:00 – 10:15am EDT / 4:00 – 4:15pm CEST

Break 2

10:15 – 11:15am EDT / 4:15 – 5:15pm CEST

Epidemiology (Moderated by Valentina Folgiero)

• Mobility and COVID-19 infections: Abby Rudolph
• COVID-19 vaccine and the effect of the vaccine on breakthrough infections: Eva Piano (In-person)
• Maternal protection of neonates against COVID-19: Rita Carsetti (In-person)
• Prof. Leonardo Palombi, Director of the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, Tor Vergata (in-person)

11:15am – 12:00pm EDT / 5:15 – 6:00pm CEST

Prepare for the future pandemic (a Modified Delphi method) (Moderated by: Laura Siminoff, Emilia Zankina, Huanmei Wu)

10:00-10:45am CEST

Meeting and Visit at Policlinico Tor Vergata - The University Hospital of Tor Vergata (Opening by Giuseppe Quintavalle and Nathan Levialdi)

• Towards personalised medicine in COVID-19: Human genetic determinants and discovery of novel tetravalent antibody drugs neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 variants: Giuseppe Novelli

• The Resilient Hospital: Alberto Siracusano and Cinzia Niolu

10:45-11:30am CEST

Visit

• Breast Unit, Oreste C. Buonomo

• Nuclear Medicine, Agostino Chiaravellotti

• Radiotherapy, Rolando D’Angelillo

• International Nurses Day & Concert in Hospital Gallery