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February 9, 2018, 12:00 PM

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Description

In the past several years, the United States has struggled to respond to viral outbreaks, such as Ebola and Zika. There is now an awareness of the need to rapidly develop vaccines and treatments for epidemics that can quickly spread from country to country. But questions remain as how to best conduct clinical trials and development of vaccines in the context of an epidemic or outbreak.

At this panel discussion, two health policy experts examined the appropriate conduct of clinical trials during public health emergencies.

Panelists

  • Susan Ellenberg, Professor Of Biostatistics, Biostatistics And Epidemiology, the Hospital of the University Of Pennsylvania and Director, Biostatistics And Data Management Core, Penn Center For AIDS Research

  • Jason Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Public Health (Health Policy), Yale School of Public Health and Assistant Professor, Program in the History of Science and Medicine, Yale University

  • Moderator: Carmel Shachar, Executive Director, the Petrie-Flom Center, and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School

This event was free and open to the public.

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Slide Presentations

The Health Policy and Bioethics Consortia is a monthly series that convenes two international experts from different fields or vantage points to discuss how biomedical innovation and health care delivery are affected by various ethical norms, laws, and regulations. They are organized by the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School and the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Support provided by the Oswald DeN. Cammann Fund at Harvard University.


Videos

VIDEO: Aaron S. Kesselheim, Welcoming Remarks

VIDEO: Carmel Shachar, Welcoming Remarks

VIDEO: Susan Ellenberg, Evaluating Treatments in Settings Demanding Urgency: Lessons from the 2014-2015 Ebola Epidemic

VIDEO: Jason Schwartz, Clinical Trials and Public Health Emergencies

VIDEO: Audience Q&A

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bioethics   clinical research   global health   health law policy   health policy and bioethics consortia   infectious diseases   medical safety   public health   vaccines