Hacking Coronavirus
Channel: Center for Excellence in Education
Date: 19/05/2020

HACKING CORONAVIRUS – USING CUTTING EDGE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO FIGHT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) hosted “Small Foundation, Big Achievements: How science and technology are meeting the challenges of pandemics…present and future”, a 90-minute virtual panel discussion on May 14, 2020.

The panel was moderated by Aaron Kesselheim (RSI ’91), M.D., J.D., M.P.H. Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and included distinguished alumni of CEE’s Research Science Institute: 

• Lauren Ancel Meyers (RSI ’90), Ph.D.  
Professor of Integrative Biology 
The University of Texas at Austin 

• Ben Silbermann (RSI ’98) 
Co- Founder and CEO of Pinterest

• Patrick Tan (RSI ’86), M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, NUS and Professor, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore

• Feng Zhang (RSI ’99), Ph.D.
Investigator, MIT McGovern Institute and pioneer of the revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing technology 

“I’m so proud of CEE’s Research Science Institute alumni, who personify CEE’s role in nurturing excellence in STEM research,” said CEE’s President Joann P. DiGennaro. “This event will provide viewers with informative and consequential facts, and expose the results of the Center’s STEM programs to nurture the next generation of global scholars.”

The Q & A is downloadable at https://tinyurl.com/yayoujeu
The transcript is downloadable at https://tinyurl.com/ybsdh74g 

About the Center for Excellence in Education 

CEE was founded in 1983 by the late Admiral H.G. Rickover and Joann P. DiGennaro, President of the Center. The Center's mission is to nurture high school and university scholars to careers of excellence and leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and to encourage collaboration between and among scientific and technological leaders in the global community. CEE sponsors the Research Science Institute (RSI), the USA Biolympiad (USABO), and the Teacher Enrichment Program (TEP). For more information, visit CEE’s web site, https://www.cee.org

Help support the Center's cost-free programs for students and teachers. Donations may be made at https://www.cee.org/donate