Below is the schedule for the spring semester. Please check off all sessions that you plan to attend.
Thursday, January 28th at 3-4pm - Computational Approaches to Study COVID-19
Talk 1: Meta Analysis of COVID-19 Combining Multiple Omics Data Sets, Dr. Wei Zhu
Talk 2: The Analysis of Binding SARS-CoV-2 to Various Substrates, Dr. Peng Zhang
Monday, February 8th at 4-5pm - Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 and Implications for Well-Being
Talk 1: Behavioral Underpinnings of Vaccine Hesitancy and Implications for Vaccine Acceptance, Dr. Stacey Finkelstein
Talk 2: Effect of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on the Academic, Career, Mental, Psychosocial, and Physical Functioning of the SBU Community, Dr. Brady D. Nelson
Thursday, February 25th at 4-5pm - Models to Predict and Control COVID-19
Talk 1: Using Demographic Pattern Analysis to Predict COVID-19 Fatalities on the US County Level, Dr. Klaus Mueller
Talk 2: Pandemic Control in ECON-EPI Networks, Dr. Marina Azzimonti
Thursday, March 11th at 3-4pm - Impacts of Social Distancing
Talk 1: The Impact of Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Outbreak on Mental Health and Substance Use Outcomes: Examining Risk and Protective Factors in Young Adult Populations in New York, Dr. Sana Malik & Dr. Ijeoma Opara
Talk 2: Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19-Induced Social Isolation (PICSI) on Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Longitudinal Study, Dr. Matthew Lerner & Alan H. Gerber
Monday, March 22nd at 4-5pm - COVID-19 Life Cycle: From Viral Infection to Novel Therapeutics
Talk 1: Viral Infection and Initiation of Thrombosis, Dr. Miriam Rafailovich
Talk 2: Targeted Degradation of SARS-CoV-2 Proteins, Dr. Peter Tonge
Thursday, April 29th at 4-5pm - Structure-based Design of Coronavirus Vaccine Antigens
Discussion by special guest speaker Jason S. McLellan, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin