Vaccine
Jan 7, 2021 | In the Media, News
With the mutated coronavirus being detected in a number of countries, Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, global director of ICAP, urges for continued testing. “There’s a need for the laboratory infrastructure to be there to be doing this kind of work, because it...
Dec 28, 2020 | In the Media, News
“It is premature to jump to conclusions about the new virus variant identified in the U.K.,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, a professor of epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. “This will require careful scientific research to link the rise...
Dec 28, 2020 | In the Media, News
Speaking at a December 21st virtual town hall hosted by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, public health experts — including ICAP’s Wafaa El-Sadr — discussed the new vaccines. The two newly approved vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna have shipped...
Dec 22, 2020 | News
The COVID-19 Research Working Group has issued a report that outlines urgent recommendations for a coordinated federal COVID-19 research agenda that covers pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical approaches to the pandemic response. While the United States has seen...
Aug 21, 2020 | News
“When COVID-19 emerged, we realized that we had to pivot to quickly mobilize the resources needed in order to respond to the urgent calls for assistance that we were receiving.” — Wafaa El-Sadr, ICAP Director Since the first evidence of the coronavirus pandemic...
