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2023 SHIELD Illinois COVID-19 Research Symposium
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A Forum on COVID-19 Research and Response
Apply for funding, network with peers, and hear from experts
Researchers, public health leaders, and industry professionals will share how we came together in protecting our communities during the global pandemic. Seminars will spotlight the vital role of research in confronting future public health emergencies.
March 30 - March 31, 2023
JW Marriott
151 W. Adams St., Chicago, IL 60603
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Arti Barnes, Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer, Illinois Department of Public Health
"Public Health and Academia: Research for Sustainable Public Health Programs and Community Impact" - Thursday, March 30, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
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Dr. Barnes joined as the Medical Director of IDPH in 2021. Previously, she was the Medical Director for the Departments of Infectious Diseases and Specialties at the Cornell Scott Hill Health Center in New Haven. She has an M.P.H. with a focus in International Health and Humanitarian Aid from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Barnes' extensive background in academia includes the Yale School of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, and the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She served as the Clinical Director for the South Central AIDS Education and Training Centers (HRSA Region 6). She has expertise and experience in infection prevention, HIV, transgender care, sexually transmitted infections, and HPV. She organized the COVID-19 clinical response in her former role and has delivered care for inpatients and outpatients with COVID-19 during the entire pandemic.
Dr. Martin Burke, May and Ving Lee Professor for Chemical Innovation and creator of the covidSHIELD test
"The SHIELD Mission: An Inspiring Prototype for Democratized Health Innovation" - Thursday, March 30, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Martin Burke is the May and Ving Lee Professor for Chemical Innovation in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Burke is the founding Director of the Molecule Maker Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and a founding member of the Molecule Maker Lab Institute at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. He received his undergraduate education at Johns Hopkins University, a PhD at Harvard University, and an MD at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Burke also helped launch the Carle Illinois College of Medicine and served as its inaugural Associate Dean of Research. He led the SHIELD program for mitigating SARS-CoV-2 transmission at UIUC using a novel rapid-result COVID-19 saliva test. During the pandemic, Burke advised the U.S. Center for Disease Control, U.S. Marine Corps, Council on Foreign Relations, American Public Health Association, Rockefeller Foundation, National Academy of Science Engineering and Medicine, Office of the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health, White House COVID-19 Response Team, and Biden Presidential Transition Team, along with many K-12 schools, colleges, and universities.
Agenda
(click links for videos of presentations on YouTube)
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
6:00 pm: Networking Reception
Thursday, March 30, 2023
9:00 am — 12:15 pm: Main Room
12:15 pm — 1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 pm — 5:15 pm: Main Room
Breakout Sessions
Main Room
5:30 pm — 7:00 pm: Networking Reception
Friday, March 31, 2023
9:00 am — 12:15 pm: Main Room
- University of Illinois System President Timothy L. Killeen’s Address
- Impact of SHIELD Illinois COVID-19 Saliva-based Testing on Incidence and Deaths During the Delta and Omicron Transmission Waves (Dr. Alicia Kraay, Enky Mhlongo, and Moin Vahora)
- Panel Discussion: Campus and Community Wastewater Surveillance Testing Program (Dr. Barrie Bodie, Dr. Kartikeye Kekre, Dr. Rachel Poretsky, Dr. Jared Schuetter, and Charles Williams; moderator Kelley Bemis)
- Getting a Head Start on Air Quality: Indoor Air Assessment, Improvement, and Its Health Impact on Schools (John Emerson and Maureen Johnson León)
- Informational Value of Visual Nudges During Crises: Improving Public Health Outcomes Through Social Media Engagement Amid Covid-19 (Dr. Anton Ivanov and Dr. Sebastian Souyris)
- Federal, Regional, and State-Level Coordination to Keep Congregate Settings and K-12 Safe: The Midwest Coordinating Center Successes, Challenges, and Recommendations for Future Public Health Response (Dr. Lisa John)
- Closing Remarks (Ron Watkins and Rhiannon Clifton)
Funding Information
- SHIELD is looking to provide funding to research that could provide public health insights by the analysis of SHIELD’s impact, organizational growth, strengths, capabilities, data processes, and operations to serve as guidance during a future pandemic.
- The budget for the Research division within SHIELD is approximately $1,500,000.
- SHIELD will select research projects from all responses. SHIELD expects project funding to vary and will provide a range of funding from $20,000 to upwards of $150,000+.
Our full notice of funding opportunity can be downloaded here.
Any further questions? Please send them to shieldmeetings@uillinois.edu. And you can register for the symposium here.