Events
A COVID-19 vaccine could bring an end to the pandemic as we know it. But how realistic is this? Who is leading the race for a vaccine, and would a hastily developed one be safe and effective? Will it be widely—and cheaply—available? The answers to these questions will have vast implications for restarting international travel, re-opening societies, and realizing a new normal.
Join Perry World House for our first virtual edition of The World Today this academic year, featuring Penn Medicine’s Dr. Paul Offit, a leading expert on vaccines, immunology, and virology, and co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine that has been credited with saving hundreds of lives every day.
Dr. Offit and PWH Director Michael Horowitz will discuss recent developments in vaccine technology; Dr. Offit’s perspectives on a reasonable timeframe for its deployment; and how countries, universities, and private industry are collaborating—and competing—as the world races towards a vaccine.
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SPEAKERS
Paul Offit is a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases and an expert on vaccines, immunology, and virology. He is the co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine that has been credited with saving hundreds of lives every day. Offit is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology, professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and the director of the Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He has been a member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Overkill: When Modern Medicine Goes Too Far (HarperCollins, 2020) is his ninth book.
Michael C. Horowitz is Director of Perry World House and Richard Perry Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics, and the co-author of Why Leaders Fight. He won the 2017 Karl Deutsch Award given by the International Studies Association for early career contributions to the fields of international relations and peace research. He has published in a wide array of peer reviewed journals and popular outlets. Professor Horowitz previously worked for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy in the Department of Defense. He is affiliated with the Center for a New American Security, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Professor Horowitz received his Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and his B.A. in political science from Emory University.
