Einstein scientists Kartik Chandran, Ph.D., and Liise-anne Pirofski, M.D., discussed their research advances on SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging viruses during the fifth Presidential Lecture, held Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in Robbins Auditorium. The annual lecture series was established to spotlight the outstanding research conducted at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System.
This year’s honored speakers worked on two urgent missions during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic: Dr. Pirofski described her studies of convalescent plasma, which was taken from people who had recovered from the infection and was then transfused into hospitalized patients; Dr. Chandran described his group’s work with emerging viruses—including SARS-CoV-2—aimed at preparing for and responding to new epidemics and pandemics…
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