Infectious Disease

COVID-19 and Frontline Workers: Nurses, Doctors, and Essential Personnel

Past

Mar 9, 2021

4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Video
arranged medical equipment

Just over a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic changed how our world operates. Stores closed, employees set up make-shift home offices, and ‘Zoom’ entered our common daily vocabulary. While many of us worked from home, frontline workers remained at work and faced extraordinary workloads, aiming to protect our health. This program will discuss the role of frontline workers in a crisis, and how we can best support and sustain essential personnel during challenging times.

Cohosted with the idea hub and Lifelong Learning, including SHIELD, PHX, NEPHTC, and LPHI, and the Activist Lab.

Videos

Speakers

Lori T. Freeman

Lori T. Freeman

Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Country & City Health Officials

Vicki Hoak

Vicki Hoak

Executive Director, Home Care Association of America

Phoenix Matthews

Phoenix Matthews

Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion, University of Illinois Chicago

Warren Moore

Warren Moore

Vice President, Walmart Neighborhood Market Pharmacy Operations

Elizabeth Peralta

Elizabeth Peralta

Former Executive Director, National Supermarket Association

Karen Robitaille

Karen Robitaille

Director of School Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Craig Andrade
MODERATOR

Craig Andrade

Associate Dean for Practice, Boston University School of Public Health