Closing plenary
| Friday, July 28, 2023 |
| 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM |
| Ballroom 2 |
Details
In this exclusive, closing session at the third Australasian COVID-19 Conference, journalist and co-host of the ABC’s multi-award winning Coronacast Tegan Taylor, will lead a panel discussion with Professor Yong-Zhen Zhang, Professor Edward Holmes and Professor Dominic Dwyer – three people at the heart of COVID-19’s discovery and subsequent mapping. They’ll discuss what it was like on the ground in those early days, the global response to COVID-19 and finally, what we can learn from all of this.
Speaker
Ms Tegan Taylor
Health And Science Reporter
Abc
Panel Facilitator
Biography
Tegan Taylor is a health and science reporter for the ABC, hosting Coronacast, the Health Report, Quick Smart and Ockham’s Razor. Her work has won a Walkley award, the Eureka Prize for Science Journalism and appeared in the Best of Australian Science Writing.
Professor Yong-Zhen Zhang
Professor
China
Panelist
Biography
His interest has been in virus diversity, evolution and ecology, as well as emerging infectious diseases. His lab has identified SARS-CoV-2 and made the accurate judgments on the virus and disease at the beginning of COVID-19 outbreak, and immediately reported their data and suggestions to related departments, and shared the viral genome sequences with the world.
Professor Edward Holmes
School of Medical Sciences and The University of Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute (Sydney ID)
Panelist
Biography
Eddie Holmes is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow at the University of Sydney, which he joined in 2012. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) in 2015 and of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2017. He received the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science in 2021.
Professor Dominic Dwyer
Staff Specialist
Nswhp-icpmr Westmead
Panelist
Biography
Professor Dominic Dwyer is a virologist and infectious diseases physician at Westmead Hospital. He has an interest in viral diseases of public health importance, including SARS-CoV-2, influenza, respiratory viruses, HIV, antiviral drug resistance and arboviruses. He was a member of the WHO Joint Mission on SARS-CoV-2 Origins in Wuhan in 2021.
Mr Alexis Apostolellis
CEO
ASHM
Conference Close
4:45 PM - 4:50 PMBiography
