“As COVID-19 burns its way across the globe, we must pause to absorb the lessons learned so that we make the necessary adjustments in how we live our lives to safeguard those we must protect,” said James. “This course, offered by highly respected authorities, is that pause.”
Participating experts include U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro, chairs of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations subcommittees; President Barack Obama's Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Program Andrew Weber; Jennifer Nuzzo, who designed Johns Hopkins University's COVID-19 tracker; and Columbia professors Wafaa El-Sadr, Stephen Morse, Irwin Redlener and Jeffrey Shaman with the Mailman School of Public Health. Mayor of Seattle Jenny A. Durkan, and South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation G. Naledi Pandor will also participate, along with representatives from the World Bank and World Economic Forum. Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will share his recorded message.