Research Forum: Resilience and Reinvention: Lessons from the Pandemic
OCTOBER 15, 2021
The McDonnell International Scholars Academy at Washington University in St. Louis convened its bi-annual International Symposia to explore and connect with its global partners on pressing issues of common concern.
The virtual two-part forum presented exciting new research arising from ongoing international collaborations involving McDonnell Academy partner institutions featuring presentations by researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and their collaborators around the globe on the impacts and lessons of Covid-19.
Program
Public health issues stemming from Covid-19
Chair: Bill Powderly, Larry J. Shapiro Director, Institute for Public Health
Topics & SpeakersTopics & Speakers
Impact of Covid-19 on HIV care in Ghana
George Kyei, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis and Director, Medical and Scientific Research, University of Ghana
Collaborative team: University of Ghana
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on HIV care in Campinas, Brazil and St. Louis, USA
Shanti Parikh, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and of African and African-American Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
Paulo Dalgalarrondo, Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Campinas (Unicamp)
Collaborative team: University of Campinas
Improved Antibody surveillance in Indonesia
Peter Fischer, Professor of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
Collaborative team: University of Indonesia
PM2.5 exposure and Covid-19 spread in the US & India
Rajan Chakrabarty, Harold D. Jolley Career Development Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Collaborative team: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Collaborator joining Q&A Session
Collins Ahorlu, Head of Epidemiology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana
Johnelle Lamarque, Instructor, Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
Monica Jacques de Moraes, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Campinas
Societal impact of the pandemic
Chair: Feng Sheng Hu, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Professor of Biology and of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences
How are Children Faring During the Pandemic and What Can Be Done?
Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Oren Heller, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University in St. Louis
Collaborative team: Reichman University (IDC Herzliya) and Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Role of political ideology on Covid-19 mitigation
Guillermo Rosas, Professor of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis
Collaborative team: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Universidad de Los Andes, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Tec de Monterrey
Linguistic diversity & Covid-19
Cindy Brantmeier, Professor of Applied Linguistics, Global Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
Collaborative team: University of Ghana
Collaborators joining Q&A Session
Andrea Ramirez Varela, MD, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Research Highlights
Throughout Fall 2020, the McDonnell Academy hosted various virtual workshops and panel discussions with colleagues from our partner universities. Key takeaways and highlights from the workshops are available in the 2020 Symposium executive summary.