DAVIS, Calif. (Feb. 18, 2022) — On February 28 from 5:30 pm–6:30 pm, Healthy Davis Together, UC Davis and Yolo County Public Health will host a virtual town hall to answer community questions about COVID-19. The event — titled “Living With COVID-19: What’s Next?” — will provide an opportunity to hear from local public health experts.
The event will be held on Zoom and will be streamed live to the UC Davis YouTube and Facebook pages. The conversation will be moderated by UC Davis Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan and feature Yolo County Public Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson, UC Davis Campus Medical Director Dr. Cindy Schorzman and Healthy Davis Together Medical Director Dr. Sheri Belafsky. The panelists will speak to the evolving reality of the pandemic and its effect on the UC Davis campus, the City of Davis and the entirety of Yolo County.
Topics will range from loosening COVID-19 restrictions to the differences between PCR and antigen tests and when to use them to the likelihood of future variants and surges in case numbers. Attendees are invited to share their questions when they register with further opportunities for questions during the broadcast itself.
Those interested can register for the town hall and submit questions in advance. A recording of the event will be posted online after it concludes.
For more information on the town hall panelists, see below:
Speakers:
Dr. Aimee Sisson has served as the Yolo County public health officer since October 2020 after working at the California Department of Public Health for 5 years. She is an expert in public health with an MD from UCLA and a Master of Public Health from UC Davis.
Dr. Sheri Belafsky serves as the medical director of the Healthy Davis Together initiative as well as the director of the UC Davis Medical Surveillance Program. She is an occupational and environmental medicine physician with both an MS in Public Health Science and Policy from UC Irvine and an MD from Tulane University School of Medicine.
Dr. Cindy Schorzman serves as the medical director of Student Health and Counseling Services at UC Davis and is a pediatric medicine specialist with over 23 years of experience in the medical field specializing in primary care, women’s health, and LGBTQ health with an MD from the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
Moderator:
Mary Croughan has served as the provost and executive vice chancellor of UC Davis since July of 2020. She is an experienced administrator in higher education and a distinguished professor and researcher in family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and epidemiology.
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