Agenda:
1 – 5 p.m. MST
1:00 – 1:10 OPENING REMARKS and welcome
Corinne Lengsfeld, Ph.D., Sr. Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education, University of Denver
1:10 – 1:40 p.m. Opening Address
"What we can expect in the months to come"
Rachel Herlihy, M.D., Colorado State Epidemiologist, Colorado Department of Public Health
1:40 – 2:40 Panel A
Innovative COVID Response Science/Public Health on Campuses
Facilitated by Derigan Silver, Ph.D., Deputy COVID Response Coordinator and Associate professor in the Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies and the Director of the John Madden Center for Innovation in the Creative and Liberal Arts.
CUSew: Campus Sewer Monitoring for SARS-CoV-2
Cresten Mansfeldt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado-Boulder
High Frequency Saliva Testing (1M+)
Paul Hergenrother, Ph.D., Kenneth L. Rinehart Jr. Endowed Chair in Natural Products Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois
High Frequency Testing Protocols
David Luzzi, Ph.D., Senior Vice Provost for Research and Vice President of the Innovation Campus, Northeastern University
Digital Contact Tracing
Brian Toolan, Sr. Director, Public Sector Strategy at Everbridge
Backwards Contact Tracing
Corinne Lengsfeld, Ph.D., Sr. Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education, University of Denver
Disease Modeling
Erin Kobetz, M.D., MPH, Professor and Vice Provost for Research and Scholarhsip, University of Miami
Indoor risk mitigation strategies
Shelly Miller, Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder
Using a three-pronged strategy of mass testing, wastewater, and contact tracing
David Larsen, Ph.D., MPH, Associate Professor of Public Health in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University
2:45 – 3:45 Panel B
Elevating Campus Connections
Facilitated by Kim Gorgens, Ph.D., ABPP, Professor and Deputy COVID Response Coordinator
Leveraging novel insitutional partnerships
Jay Finigan, M.D., Professor, Director of the Respiratory Centers of Excellence, National Jewish Health
What’s possible? Engaging students and hosting events during COVID-19
Jodi Silotto, Director of Academic Communications, Public Affairs, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Modalities and Delivery of Courses
Jennifer Francis, Ph.D., Executive Vice Provost, Duke University
On-Campus Housing Challenges
Sarah Enos Watamura, Ph.D., COVID Response Coordinator, Professor, University of Denver
A campus embedded in a community: The Tulane Experience
M. Scott Tims, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President, Division of Student Affairs, Campus Health, Tulane University
A Campus Embedded in a Community
Abby Davidson, Program Manager of the Food and Cannabis Section in the Public Health Investigations Division of the Denver Department of Public Health & Environment
3:50 – 4:50 p.m. Panel C
Physical and Mental Health Strategies Winter and Beyond
Facilitated by Sarah Enos Watamura, Ph.D., COVID Response Coordinator, Professor, University of Denver
Vaccine deployment
Anuj Mehta, M.D.
Responding to Student Mental Health Challenges
Jacaranda Palmateer, PsyD, Director of Counseling Services, Health and Counseling Center, University of Denver
Opening in Fall COVID19: A Multitude of Student Challenges
Patricia Whitely, Ph.D., Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Miami
COVID-19 and College Sports: A Team Effort
Stuart Halsall, Associate Vice Chancellor/Deputy Athletic Director – Chief Operating Officer, University of Denver
4:50 – 5:00 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS
Mary Clark, Ph.D., Provost, University of Denver