From Research to Outreach: A Comprehensive Approach to Fighting Covid-19

Webinar attendees will get to hear from some of the LAS faculty members and researchers who are working to fight COVID-19 in the lab and in the community.

Chris Brooke, professor of microbiology, will discuss efforts to support COVID testing at the local and state level, as well as the development of the SHILED test currently being used on campus.

Erik Procko, professor of biochemistry, will share an overview of his work investigating therapeutic agents, including a potential decoy receptor.

Rachel Whitaker, professor of microbiology, along with several colleagues in the Department of Anthropology (Jessica Brinkworth, Ellen Moodie, Gilberto Rosas, Korinta Maldonado) will present on their outreach collaboration.