COVID SIG lectures dating back to April 2020 are archived.
Understanding SARS-CoV-2 Transmission
Wendy Barclay, Ph.D.
January 18, 2024
From Second Thoughts on the Germ Theory to a Full-Blown Host Theory
Jean Laurent Casanova M.D., Ph.D.
November 2, 2023
NIH RECOVER Initiative: Early Findings and Other Emerging Long COVID Science
Clinton Wright, M.D., M.S., NINDS, NIH
September 14, 2023
Neurological Complications and Sequelae of COVID-19
Avi Nath, M.D., NINDS, NIH
June 22, 2023
COVID-19: B Cell Response to Vaccination in Humans
Ali Ellebedy, Ph.D., WUSTL
May 18, 2023
Comparison of Immunogenicity and Vaccine Effectiveness of Inactivated and RNA COVID-19 Vaccines
Joseph Sriyal Malik Peiris, Ph.D., University of Hong Kong
May 4, 2023
NIH–FDA COVID SIG Lecture: Towards Universal Smell Testing
Valentina Parma, Ph.D., Monell Chemical Senses Center
April 20, 2023
Immune Protection Against Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Michael S. Diamond, M.D., Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine
March 16, 2023
Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Inhibitors of Host and Viral Factors Required for Replication
Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai
February 16, 2023
Looking Below the Surface - COVID-19 Burden, Severity and Transmission in South Africa
Cheryl Cohen, Ph.D., National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa
January 19, 2023
SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines & Antibody Landscapes
John Beigel, M.D., Associate Director for Clinical Research, NIAID, NIH
January 5, 2023
Interpreting the Evolution of SARS-CoV-2
Jesse Bloom, Ph.D., Fred Hutch
December 1, 2022
Trust as a social determinant of health and the role of science communication for SARS-CoV-2
Jessica Malaty Rivera, M.S., Rockefeller Foundation
November 17, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination during perinatal and pregnancy
Andrea G. Edlow, M.D., Mass General
November 3, 2022
Understanding adaptive immunity and immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 RNA vaccines, with lessons for vaccines against other pathogens
Shane Crotty, Ph.D., La Jolla Institute
October 20, 2022
Neural-immune interactions in cognitive impairment following cancer therapy or COVID
Michelle Leigh Monje-Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University
October 6, 2022
Pandemic Preparedness and Response: Lessons from COVID-19
Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, NIAID, NIH
September 15, 2022
COVID Lecture: SARS-CoV-2: What We Have Learned So Far
Yoshi Kawaoka, PhD., University of Wisconsin and University of Tokyo
May 26, 2022
The Mystery of Central Nervous System Complications of COVID-19: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Learn?
Serena Spudich, MD, MA, Yale
March 17, 2022
Age, time, and treatment-related immunopathological signatures in pediatric COVID-19 and MIS-C
Luigi Notarangelo, MD, NIH
March 3, 2022
Antivirals for Coronaviruses: Mechanism, Resistance, and Regulation
Mark Denison, MD, Vanderbilt
February 17, 2022
SARS-CoV-2 Evolution and Potential Variant Emergence in Immunocompromised Individuals
Veronique Nussenblatt, MD and Elodie Ghedin, PhD., NIH
February 3, 2022
Heterologous Prime/Boost Covid-19 Vaccine Schedules Emerging Data From the COM-COV and COM-Boost Studies
Matthew Snape MBBS, FRCPCH, MD, University of Oxford
January 20, 2022
COVID-19 Two Years Later—The Impact on Research and Public Health in Diverse Communities
Diversity Round Table (NIAID/DMID Diversity Series) moderated by Shannon N. Zenk, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FAAN, NIH
January 13, 2022
New Approaches to Detect, Study and Treat SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Melanie Ott, MD, PhD., UCSF
January 6, 2022
COVID-19, International Law, and Data Governance
Alexandra Phelan, S.J.D., Georgetown University
December 16, 2021
Human Antibody Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination
Michel Nussensweig, M.D., Ph.D., The Rockefeller University
December 2, 2021
Strategies for Development of Coronavirus Vaccines that Induce Broadly Reactive Neutralizing Antibodies
Barton F. Haynes, M.D., Duke Human Vaccine Institute
November 18, 2021
Acute Severe COVID-19 and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in U.S. Children and Adolescents
Adrienne G. Randolph, M.D., Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
November 4, 2021
New Insights into Coronavirus Emergence, Pathogenesis and Control
Ralph S. Baric M.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
October 21, 2021
The Evolutionary Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Variants
Adi Stern Ph.D., Tel Aviv University
October 7, 2021
Lessons Learned from COVID-19: A 'Fireside Chat' with Dr. Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci, M.D., NIAID
June 17, 2021
Outbreak Response in the Genomic and Information Age
Pardis Sabeti, M.D., Ph.D., Broad Institute
June 3, 2021
Chasing SARS-CoV-2 Mutations Through Time and Space
Sharon Peacock, Ph.D., University of Cambridge
May 20, 2021
Health Disparities and SARS-CoV-2
Akilah Jefferson, M.D., Arkansas Children's Hospital
May 6, 2021
The Mental Health Impact of the COVID Pandemic: A Major Life Stressor
Naomi Simon, M.D., NYU Langone Health
April 15, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 and the VRC’s Structural Biology Section
Peter Kwong, Ph.D., NIAID VRC
April 1, 2021
Protective and Pathogenic B Cell Responses: COVID-19 and Autoimmunity
Ignacio Sanz, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine
March 18, 2021
Integrating Inflammation and Coagulation in COVID-19
Yogen Kanthi, M.D., NHLBI Lasker Scholar
March 4, 2021
The RECOVERY Trial: Science in a Crisis
Peter Horby, Ph.D., University of Oxford
February 18, 2021
COVID-19: Developing a Vaccine During a Pandemic
Dan Barouch, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
February 4, 2021
COVID-19 Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics: Contrasting South Africa, China and the US
Cécile Viboud, Ph.D., NIH Fogarty International Center
January 21, 2021
Antiviral and Anti-inflammatory Approaches to COVID-19
John Beigel, M.D., NIAID
January 7, 2021
Genetic Studies Illuminating Pathways Important for Controlling COVID Disease
Helen Su, M.D., Ph.D., NIH NIAID
December 3, 2020
Harnessing Synthetic Biology and Deep Learning to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic (HHS-only)
Jim Collins, Ph.D., MIT
December 17, 2020.
Ethical Quandaries in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Christine Grady, M.S.N., Ph.D., NIH CC
November 19, 2020.
Immune Profiling to Understand COVID-19 Pathogenesis
John Wherry, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
November 5, 2020
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Development Enabled by Prototype Pathogen Preparedness
Kizzmekia Corbett, Ph.D., NIH NIAID
October 15, 2020.
Neutralizing Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2
Paul Bieniasz, Ph.D., The Rockefeller University
October 1, 2020
SARS CoV2 T Cell Responses in Exposed and Non-Exposed Subjects
Alessandro Sette, La Jolla Institute for Immunology
July 29, 2020
Nucleic Acid Delivery Systems for RNA Therapy and Gene Editing
Dan Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT
July 15, 2020
Lessons Learned: Management and Treatment during COVID-19 Pandemic
Judith Aberg, M.D.
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
July 8, 2020
High Seroprevalence, Drastic Decline of Incidence and Low Infection Fatality Rate of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Children and Adults in the Ski Resort Ischgl, Austria
Dorothee von Laer, M.D.
Director, Division of Virology, Innsbruck Medical University
July 1, 2020
A SARS-CoV-2 Protein Interaction Map Reveals Targets for Drug Repurposing
Nevan Krogan, Ph.D.
Director, Quantitative Bioscience Institute (QBI), University of California, San Francisco
June 24, 2020
COVID-19: The Australian Experience and a Perspective Through a SARS-1 Lens
Kanta Subbarao, M.B.B.S.
Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Doherty Institute
June 17, 2020
Toward Understanding COVID-19 Infection, Transmission, and Pathogenesis at Single-Cell Resolution with the Human Cell Atlas
Aviv Regev, Ph.D.
Director of the Klarman Cell Observatory and Cell Circuits Program at the Broad Institute
June 3, 2020
Structural Studies of Coronavirus Fusion Glycoproteins
David Veesler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Washington
May 27, 2020
Clinical Trials in Public Health Emergencies: The Ebola and COVID Experiences
Lori Dodd, Ph.D.
Mathematical Statistician, Biostatistics Research Branch, NIAID
May 13, 2020
Animal Models for COVID-19: A Critical Component of the Response to the Pandemic
Emmie de Wit, Ph.D.
Chief, Molecular Pathogenesis Unit, NIAID
May 6, 2020
COVID-19 Diagnostics: The Challenge of Rapid, High-Volume Detection of SARS-CoV-2
Karen Frank, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center
April 29, 2020
Rapid COVID-19 Vaccine Development: An Example of the Prototype Pathogen Approach for Pandemic Preparedness
Barney Graham, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID
April 22, 2020
The Biomedical Research Response to COVID-19: A View from NIAID
Hilary D. Marston, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Officer, Policy Advisor for Global Health, NIAID
April 15, 2020