vaccines

You're invited: A Fireside Chat with the CDC's Dr.​​ Nancy Messonnier

Kira Peikoff
November 24 | 2020
Events

EVENT INFORMATION

DATE:

Monday, December 7th, 2020 12:00pm - 12:45pm PST

This virtual fireside chat will provide Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, an opportunity to speak candidly to the public about the scientific integrity of the CDC, to address concerns regarding the speed and safety of coronavirus vaccines, and to discuss the government's work to distribute them quickly and equitably. She will appear in conversation with Nsikan Akpan, science editor at National Geographic. A public Q&A will follow the fireside chat.

CONTACT:

kira@goodinc.com

LOCATION:

Zoom webinar

HOSTS:

LeapsMag and the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program

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Nancy Messonnier, MD
Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC

LAUREN BISHOP - CDC

Nsikan Akpan

Science Editor, National Geographic

This free, virtual event will address public concerns about the coronavirus vaccines' speed and safety, and their pending rollout.
Alexander Limbach/Adobe
Kira Peikoff

Kira Peikoff was the editor-in-chief of Leaps.org from 2017 to 2021. As a journalist, her work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, Nautilus, Popular Mechanics, The New York Academy of Sciences, and other outlets. She is also the author of four suspense novels that explore controversial issues arising from scientific innovation: Living Proof, No Time to Die, Die Again Tomorrow, and Mother Knows Best. Peikoff holds a B.A. in Journalism from New York University and an M.S. in Bioethics from Columbia University. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two young sons. Follow her on Twitter @KiraPeikoff.