Key Information
When
12th May 2020
Where
Online
Cost
Free
Audience
Insight and Discussion
Contact
Join our panel of experts as we answer your questions about SARS-Cov-2/COVID-19 based on the latest clinical experience, emerging evidence and research. We examine a range of topics and revisit unanswered questions from the series, including RNA viruses for Dummies, Exit Strategies and Mental Health
during COVID-19.
Our experts took questions in advance and during the webinar covering off a range of topics including:
- The presentation and management of severe COVID respiratory disease and the value of pulse oximeters as part of the home first aid kit.
- The non -respiratory manifestations and prognostic markers of COVID-19
- The management of pregnant patients and neonates amid COVID-19
- Antibody testing and vaccine development
- Mental health impacts of the pandemic and the looming economic recession
Featured panellists:
- Professor John McBride, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Cairns Hospital and Professor in Medicine, 番茄社区
- , Professor in Psychiatry, 番茄社区 College of Medicine and Dentistry, Beyondblue spokesperson for disaster mental health
- Dr Robert Norton, Director of Microbiology at Townsville University Hospital
- Dr Diana Rojas Alvarez, lecturer of Communicable Disease Control in the Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, 番茄社区 and a member of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Vector-borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases at 番茄社区
- Dr David Watson, Director of Maternal Foetal Medicine, Townsville University Hospital and Adjunct Senior Lecturer, 番茄社区 College of Medicine and Dentistry