7 - Opening Plenary - The Challenge of Communication During an Evolving Pandemic: Finding Common Ground

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM US ET

Location: Ballroom ABC (3rd Floor)

Watch the live stream on the conference website.

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Paul Sax, MD, FIDSA

Clinical Director
Division of ID
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Panelist(s)

Carlos Del Rio, MD

Executive Associate Dean
Emory School of Medicine at Grady Health System
Atlanta, GA, United States

Disclosure(s): ACTHIV: Board Member (Ongoing); IAS-USA: Board Member (Ongoing); Mass Medical Society/NEJM: Section Chief, JournalWatch Infectious Diseases (Ongoing); Resverlogix: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing)
Baruch Fischhoff, PhD

Howard Heinz University Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH

Director of Health
City of St. Louis Department of Health
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
David Leonhardt

The New York Times
New York, NY, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Emily Oster, PhD

Professor of Economics
Brown University
Providence, RI, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Paul Sax, MD, FIDSA: No financial relationships to disclose

Carlos Del Rio, MD: ACTHIV: Board Member (Ongoing); IAS-USA: Board Member (Ongoing); Mass Medical Society/NEJM: Section Chief, JournalWatch Infectious Diseases (Ongoing); Resverlogix: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing)

Baruch Fischhoff, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

David Leonhardt: No financial relationships to disclose

Emily Oster, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.75 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.75 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.75 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.75 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-22-002-L01-P

This will be a candid dialogue on respectful scientific communication, in media & social media. A skilled moderator will explore how different judgments, values, evolving data and uncertainty were considered and communicated during the pandemic. Different perspectives will be considered in the context of where we were in the pandemic at that time.

The opinions expressed by the panelists at this session do not necessarily represent the opinions of IDSA, SHEA, HIVMA, PIDS, SIDP and the IDWeek Program Committee. The mission of IDSA, SHEA, HIVMA, PIDS, SIDP and the IDWeek Program Committee is the equitable and optimal management of infectious diseases.

Immediately following this panel discussion, a performance from the sell-out musical about Scottish Scientist Alexander Fleming, the discovery of antibiotics, the risks of drug-resistant infections and the importance of prudent antibiotic use!

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

discuss how how different judgments, values, evolving data and uncertainty were considered and communicated during the pandemic;
describe how different perspectives need to be considered in context to where we were in the pandemic at any given time;
discuss how we can become better scientific communicators

Presentations:

3:30 PM – 4:10 PM US ET

Welcome & Awards Ceremony
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM US ET

The Mold That Changed the World: A performance from the sell-out musical about Scottish Scientist Alexander Fleming, the discovery of antibiotics, the risks of drug-resistant infections and the importance of prudent antibiotic use!