{"id":19467,"date":"2021-03-26T23:01:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T23:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=19467"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:47:35","slug":"nnlm-covid-19-symposium","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/nnlm-covid-19-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"NNLM Covid-19 Symposium. Keynote Speakers Announced. Registration is Open."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"331\">The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) is excited to announce a new, free virtual symposium focused on addressing the COVID-19 infodemic in our communities.<\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"621\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.vfairs.com\/en\/registration\">NNLM Virtual Symposium: Responding to the COVID-19 Infodemic<\/a> is an opportunity to address misinformation and mistrust, raise awareness about the pandemic, and efforts to combat it. Symposium attendees can expect to come away from the 2-day experience with a better understanding of COVID-19 and share strategies and programs to engage with your community.<\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"982\"><strong data-renderer-mark=\"true\">HOW DO I REGISTER?<\/strong><br \/>\n<u data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Free<\/u> registration is now open on the symposium website: <a class=\"sc-bHwgHz ezBJcQ\" title=\"https:\/\/nnlm.vfairs.com\/en\/registration\" href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.vfairs.com\/en\/registration\" data-renderer-mark=\"true\">https:\/\/nnlm.vfairs.com\/en\/registration<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1098\"><strong data-renderer-mark=\"true\">KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Day 1:<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Vin Gupta, MD, MPA, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, WA<br \/>\n<em>Approaching Normalcy: Forecasting the end of the COVID-19 Pandemic<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1271\">Gregg Orton, National Director, The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, Washington, DC<br \/>\n<em data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Presentation title forthcoming<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1399\"><strong data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Day2:<\/strong><br \/>\nJess Kolis, MPH, Global Immunization Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA<br \/>\n<em>De-bunk to Pre-bunk: A Necessary Paradigm Shift for Addressing Health Misinformation<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1594\">Chris Pernell, MD, MPH, FACPM, Chief Strategic Integration and Health Equity Officer, University Hospital, New York, NY. <em data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Presentation title forthcoming<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1747\"><strong data-renderer-mark=\"true\">WHEN<\/strong><br \/>\nApril 8-9,2021<br \/>\nEach day starts at 9:00 am Pacific Time<\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1796\"><strong data-renderer-mark=\"true\">HOW DO I REGISTER?<\/strong><br \/>\n<u data-renderer-mark=\"true\">Free<\/u> registration is now open on the symposium website: <a class=\"sc-bHwgHz ezBJcQ\" title=\"https:\/\/nnlm.vfairs.com\/en\/registration\" href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.vfairs.com\/en\/registration\" data-renderer-mark=\"true\">https:\/\/nnlm.vfairs.com\/en\/registration<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1912\"><strong data-renderer-mark=\"true\">WHERE<\/strong><br \/>\nSessions will be held in Zoom.<\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1950\"><strong data-renderer-mark=\"true\">WHO IS THE SYMPOSIUM FOR?<\/strong><br \/>\nNNLM invites anyone who is interested in learning more about information-related issues during COVID-19, which includes, but is not limited to: health professionals, librarians, researchers, community-based organization staff, and students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) is excited to announce a new, free virtual symposium focused on addressing the COVID-19 infodemic in our communities. The NNLM Virtual Symposium: Responding to the COVID-19 Infodemic is an opportunity to address misinformation and mistrust, raise awareness about the pandemic, and efforts to combat it. Symposium&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/nnlm-covid-19-symposium\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,251,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19467","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-news-from-nnlm","category-pnr-weekly-digest","category-public-health-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19468,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19467\/revisions\/19468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}