Join us for this exciting new lecture series featuring UW researchers, covering topics from testing and response measures to vaccine development and social & economic impacts.

Are you a UW student interested in taking this course for credit? Please register for GH 590 B (SLN: 21809): Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

Not a UW student, or not taking this for credit? Each seminar will be available by video, which will be posted below every Thursday (starting April 16 through May 21). No registration is required to watch the videos.

Seminar Series Description

This seminar series will provide a general overview to the COVID-19 pandemic. The series will consist of six sessions, with each session comprised of a 30-minute lecture followed by a 20-minute Q&A session.  The six sessions will encompass the following topics:

These sessions will be facilitated by faculty members at the University of Washington who are coronavirus and pandemic preparedness experts.

NOTE: The live seminar will take place every Monday and is open to UW students who are registered for this course; for all others, a video of each seminar will be available every Thursday. 


Session 1 - April 13, 2020     

Coronavirus emergence & trajectory: Where and how did COVID-19 start, and where has it spread?
Lecture 1 (15 min): Coronavirus epidemiology and pathogenesis
Lecture 2 (15 min): Coronavirus emergence on the international and local level
Q&A Session

Speakers:

  • Judy Wasserheit, Chair, Global Health 
  • Peter Rabinowitz, Professor, Global Health
  • Jason Beste, Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases

Click here to watch a video of the recorded session, view slides from the lecture, and learn more about the speakers.


Session 2 - April 20, 2020    

Pandemic Preparedness and Response Measures 
Lecture 1 (15 min): Containment and Mitigation 
Lecture 2 (15 min): COVID-19 Modeling and Projections
Q&A Session

Speakers:

  • Ruanne Barnabas, Associate Professor, Global Health 
  • David Pigott, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Global Health

Click here to watch a video of the recorded session, view slides from the lecture, and learn more about the speakers.


Session 3 - April 27, 2020    

Diagnostics and Testing
Lecture 1 (15 min): Historical and current diagnostics
Lecture 2 (15 min): Who should be tested?
Q&A Session

Speakers:

  • Lucy Perrone, Assistant Professor, Global Health 
  • Jehan Budak, Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases

Click here to watch a video of the recorded session, view slides from the lecture, and learn more about the speakers.


Session 4 - May 4, 2020 (4:00-4:50 p.m.)

Treatment and Vaccine Development
Lecture 1 (15 min): Treatment
Lecture 2 (15 min): Vaccination Development
Q&A Session

Speakers:

  • Deborah Fuller, Professor, Microbiology
  • Christine Johnston, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Click here to watch a video of the recorded session, view slides from the lecture, and learn more about the speakers.


Session 5 - May 11, 2020 (4:00-4:50 p.m.)   

Personal & Institutional Prevention
Personal and Hospital (15min)
Work place prevention (15 min)
Q&A Session

Speakers:

  • Chloe Bryson-Cahn, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
  • Marissa Baker, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS)

Click here to watch a video of the recorded session, view slides from the lecture, and learn more about the speakers.


Session 6 - May 18, 2020 (4:00-4:50 p.m.)  

Social & Economic Impacts of Coronavirus
Lecture 1 (30 min)
Q&A Session

Speakers:

  • Kevin Bardosh, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS)
  • Jake Vigdor, Professor, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance

Click here to watch a video of the recorded session, view slides from the lecture, and learn more about the speakers.