Friday, Jan. 22
2 p.m.
The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), in partnership with Sisters Together and Reaching, Inc., and the University of Maryland, College Park School of Public Health’s Center for Health Equity, is excited to host a community conversation featuring Anthony Fauci, MD — “America’s Doctor” — as well as Baltimore faith-based leaders and COVID-19 vaccine research volunteers from the Baltimore/Washington, D.C., area.
This event will feature an open discussion about COVID-19 vaccine research, so we can give members of our communities the opportunity talk about their concerns related to medical research, past and present mistakes, and how we can build trust. The discussion will feature honest dialogue and include individuals who can talk about their experiences as volunteers in vaccine research.
Other topics of this frank discussion will include current COVID-19 vaccine research, the impact this terrible virus has had on certain populations, and the critical need to include members from the Black and Brown community as partners in COVID-19 research.
The event will be hosted via Zoom and be available on the Facebook Live account of the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
Zoom link: www.umaryland.edu/fauci
Facebook page: @universityofmarylandbaltimore
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Keynote Speaker
Anthony Fauci, MD
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Moderators
Rev. Debra Hickman
CEO and Founder, Sisters Together and Reaching, Inc., and Assistant to the Pastor, The City Temple of Baltimore (Baptist)
Stephen Thomas, PhD, MS
Professor, Health Policy and Management, and Director, Center for Health Equity, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park; Founder, Health Advocates In-Reach and Research Campaign
Panelists
Bishop Walter Scott Thomas
Pastor, New Psalmist Baptist Church, Baltimore
Bishop Donte L. Hickman Sr.
Pastor, Southern Baptist Church, Baltimore
Dr. Bowyer G. Freeman
Senior Pastor, New Saint Mark Baptist Church, Baltimore
Dr. Brad Braxton
Founding Senior Pastor, The Open Church of Maryland, Baltimore
Rev. Dr. Robert Young
Senior Pastor, Wayland Baptist Church, Baltimore
Janice Jackson
Volunteer, UMSOM COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, PhD, MA
President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Volunteer, UMSOM COVID-19 Vaccine Trial