
Disease Prevention & Control Summit
- Start Date:
28 Jul 2020
- End Date:
29 Jul 2020
- Location:
Virtual Conference
Presentations given by PPD experts at the 2020 conference:
The clock is ticking: Accelerating Vaccine Development During a Pandemic
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Time: 2-2:20 p.m. ET
Speakers: Martina Kovac, M.D., Vice President, Global Product Development – Vaccines, PPD; Tim Rich, Executive Director, Innovation and Virtual Trials, PPD; and Debra Schaumberg, ScD, OD, MPH, Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Real-World Evidence, Evidera|PPD
- Vaccine development during a pandemic requires accelerated timelines compared to traditional vaccines to address the public health crisis.
- Innovative and collaborative thinking must be implemented to drive these expedited solutions.
- Epidemiology studies, including the use of novel modeling, to inform site selection and hasten access to the right patients.
- Scaling digital and virtual trial capabilities plays a vital role in bringing the clinic to the patient while also ensuring data quality and integrity.
Panel: VACCINES The Search for the Key
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Time: 1:10-2 p.m. ET
Moderator: Jerald Sadoff, Senior Advisor, Vaccine Development; Janssen Vaccines & Prevention B.V.
Panelist: Lisa Kierstead, PH.D., Executive Director, Lab Operations, PPD Laboratories Vaccine Sciences Lab, PPD