Science Cafe Rochester (NY)

How to join our on-line Zoom Science Cafes Hello to all the devoted friends and attendees of the Rochester Science Cafe! Starting this Fall, and continuing on until it is deemed safe for us all to meet in person again, the Rochester Science Cafe is moving to Zoom (the Rochester Zience Cafe?). See below for details on how to join, and how to ask questions.... Our Fall 2020 series will begin on September 22, and continue on monthly. The first talk will be: September 22, 7pm: https://rit.zoom.us/j/96028743897 The Road to a Pandemic COVID-19 Vaccine Dr. Angela Branche Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases University of Rochester Medical Center To join the Cafe, simply follow the Zoom link above (blue text). Please note that Cafes will be recorded, so we can reach the broadest audience possible. There will be two ways to ask a question: Write it down in the "Chat", and one of the MCs, either David or Josh, will ask it for you Go to "Participants", and use the "Raise Hand" feature. Josh or David will unmute you and ask you to go ahead with the question. We will allow the audience to leave their video on, but we recommend turning it off while you are just listening to save bandwidth, turning it on to ask a question.HO

7 PM TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22. ONLINE! Join us for an extraordinarily timely presentation by an working expert in the field of COVID19 vaccine development at the University of Rochester: Dr. Angela Branche, M.D. This cafe will use Zoom, so you will need to be on-line to participate. Instructions will follow for those who have not used Zoom. Our Zoom cafes will be interactive, allow questions and discussion. Unfortunately, each participant will be responsible for their own c...ookies and coffee. Biography: Angela Branche, M.D. Professional Background Dr. Branche is an assistant professor at the University of Rochester, School of Medicine. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology at the University of Pennsylvania and Doctorate in Medicine at American University of the Caribbean. She completed residency in Internal Medicine at NYU Lutheran in Brooklyn, NY and infectious disease fellowship at the University of Rochester. She currently has a clinical inpatient practice comprised of both general infectious diseases and HIV medicine patients. Dr. Branche is also a New York State designated HIV/AIDS provider and has a practice comprised of adult patients ages 18 and older at the URMC HIV Clinic. Research During her years at the University of Rochester her focus in research involved the use of viral molecular and immunological diagnostic assays to explore the pathogenesis and host response to acute viral respiratory illnesses in adults. She is currently the clinical director of the NIH Center for Excellent in Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS) New York Influenza Center of Excellence (NYICE) and Co-Principle Investigator for the UR Vaccine Treatment and Evaluation Unit (UR VTEU). Her current research activities explore clinical disease, pathogenesis, development of therapeutics and vaccine biology related to infection with viral and bacterial respiratory pathogens. Studies include assessment of asymptomatic carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and the impact of pneumococcal vaccination, surveillance of epidemic influenza infections and immunologic mechanisms of protection following natural infection versus vaccination, the development of pandemic influenza vaccines, population-based studies of RSV infection and the development of vaccine and anti-viral agents for RSV. Current efforts also include the study of the pathogenesis and immune response to pandemic SARS Coronavirus 2 infections and clinical interventional trials for the development of COVID19 therapeutic agents and vaccines. She is a member of the Infectious Disease Society of America and the NIH Human Cohorts Steering Committee and NIH IDCRC Emerging Infectious Expert Working Group. Dr. Branche has published several peer-reviewed articles, reviews and book chapters related to respiratory viral pathogens in adults.

Rochester Science Cafes will reconvene in September on-line using Zoom. Look for the date and time. Instructions for joining Zoom and participating in the discussion will be posted. See you soon!