Please note: All past COVID-19 Community Town Hall information may/may not be obsolete. For current information, please check your local, state, national public health agencies:

1) Local |  Santa Clara County Public Health Department, San Mateo County Health, Alameda County Public Health Department

2) State | California Department of Public Health

3) National | Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

May 27, 2021 | COVID-19 Community Town Hall

What's next on the horizon? Address Emerging Issues Around COVID-19 Vaccines for Children, Variants of the Virus, and Masking Guidelines

REUNIÓN PUBLICA SOBRE EL COVID-19 | Qué hay en el horizonte? Abordar los problemas emergentes en torno a las vacunas COVID-19 para niños, las variantes del virus y pautas de mascarilla

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Yvonne (Bonnie) A. Maldonado, MD, FAAP, FPIDS, FIDSA |Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity, Taube Endowed Professor of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Population Health, Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control and Attending Physician, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford | Hector F. Bonilla , MD |  Associate Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Medical Director, ME/CFS Clinic, Stanford University | Neel D. Patel, MD, FAAP | Commissioner for First 5 San Mateo County, American Academy of Pediatrics Member at Large for San Mateo, Medical Advisor Pandemic Recovery Framework with San Mateo County Office of Education, Palo Alto Medical Foundation Social Determinants of Health Committee, Department Lead San Carlos Pediatrics at Sutter Health, Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group | Nancy Magee, MLIS |  San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools | Moderator Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health and the Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health at Stanford School of Medicine, Faculty Director for the School of Medicine Office of Community Engagement and Stanford Cancer Institute Community Outreach and Engagement Program

Additional Announcements:

June 3, 2021 | County of Santa Clara Public Health Department Announcement "County Bay Area Health Officers Support Full In-Person School This Fall"

April 29, 2021 | COVID-19 Community Town Hall | Challenges and Successes of Community-Led Vaccination Campaigns : Insights and Applications for Future Public Health Emergency Responses

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February 25, 2021 | COVID-19 Community Town Hall: Mental Well-being of Adolescents

Addressing the impact of COVID-19 on our adolescent’s mental well-being during the pandemic.

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FEATURED SPEAKERS: Steven Sust, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford Medicine, Stanford Children’s Health | Ana Lilia Soto, MA, Youth Development Manager, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Center for Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing, Stanford Medicine | Jules Villanueva-Castaño, Supported Education and Employment Specialist, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Center for Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing, Stanford Medicine | Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH (Moderator), Assistant Professor and Epidemiologist, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Faculty Director, Office of Community Engagement, Stanford Medicine

YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP (YAG) SPEAKERS: Almah Galan, Mohan Morusupalli, Emily Wang, Zoe Adelsheim

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January 21, 2021 | COVID-19 Community Town Hall: Vaccine Readiness

Vaccines are here!  Everything you need to know about the vaccine

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• Featured Speakers:
  
• Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH (Moderator), Epidemiologist, Stanford Medicine | Grace Lee, MD, MA, Professor of Pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine and Associate Chief Medical Officer for Practice Innovation at Stanford Children’s Health | Holly Tabor, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, Associate Director for Clinical Ethics and Education for the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE), and Co-Chair of the Ethics Committees at Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital | Martin Fenstersheib, MD, MPH, Santa Clara County COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Officer | Julianne McCall, PhD, Co-Director of Precision Medicine at the California Governor's Office of Planning and Research | Erica Pan, MD MPH, FAAP California State Epidemiologist, Deputy Director, Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department of Public Health, UCSF Clinical Professor Pediatric Infectious Diseases 

Any Questions? Please contact us at communityengagement@stanford.edu

November 19 | COVID-19 Community Town Hall | Clinical Vaccine Trials

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COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials: Making Sense of the Evidence

Topics included:

• How do vaccine clinical trials work?
• What do we know about the current vaccine trials underway in the United States? 
• How do we know if it’s safe to participate in a trial?
• Who can/should participate in vaccine trials?
• Perspectives from a current vaccine trial volunteer.

• Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH (Moderator), Epidemiologist, Stanford Medicine | Steven Goodman, MD, MHS, PhD, Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health and in Medicine | Philip Grant, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (infectious Diseases) Stanford University Medical Center | Vivian Levy, MD, Chief, Infectious Diseases, San Mateo Medical Center & Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University, Infectious Diseases | Chyke A. Doubeni, MBBS, MPH, Professor of Family Medicine, Center for Health Equity and Community Engagement Research, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

October 29 | Cancer & COVID Community Town Hall

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Stanford Cancer Institute | Community Outreach & Engagement town hall was designed for the local and regional community to provide education about the impact of COVID-19 and cancer. 
Topics will include:

• Cancer Screening and Prevention
• Cancer Patients and Survivors
• Cancer Patient Finances
  

Our featured speakers are: Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH (Moderator), Epidemiologist, Stanford Medicine | Melissa Bondy, PhD, Epidemiologist, Stanford Medicine | Elwyn Cabebe, MD, Medical Oncologist, University Health Care Alliance | Steve O’Brien, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Alameda Alliance for Health | Lidia Schapira, MD, Medical Oncologist, Stanford Medicine

Co-Sponsored by:
Stanford Cancer Institute Community Outreach and Engagement and
Stanford Medicine Office of Community Engagement

Please direct any questions for this event to Maria Locsin at mlocsin@stanford.edu

August 27 | COVID-19 Community Town Hall: Key Updates and Implications for this Fall

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Stanford Medicine's Office of Community Engagement hosted its 4th virtual Town Hall on the COVID-19 outbreak. Nearly 6 months since the United States declared this a national health emergency, learn what our public health landscape looks like today and suggestions on navigating through the pandemic this Fall:

• Promoting evidence-based COVID-19 prevention strategies as we prepare for the cold/flu season this fall
• Importance of a "Gendered Lens"
  
• Latest information on access COVID-19 testing and receiving testing results
• General information and resources for parents, children, educators, and the public at large

Panelists:

Michele Barry, MD, FACP, Drs. Ben & Jess Shenson Professor, Senior Associate Dean, Global Health, Director, Center for Innovation in Global Health and Professor of Medicine & Senior Fellow at The Woods Institute & at The Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford Medicine | Lorene Nelson, PhD, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Population Health and Associate Director, Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, Stanford Medicine | Upinder Singh, MD, Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases & Geographic Medicine) & Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford Medicine | N. Kenji Taylor, MD, MSc, Instructor, Medicine-Primary Care & Population Health, Masters Student in Health Policy, Stanford Medicine | Primary Care Physician, Roots Community Health Center | Founder & Director of Cut Hypertension Program

Moderator: Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health; Faculty Director, Stanford Medicine Office of Community Engagement

Previous Stanford Medicine OCE Town Halls from this Series

• April 23, 2020 COVID-19 Community Town Hall I
• May 21, 2020 COVID-19 Community Town Hall II: What Does the “New Normal” Look Like in Healthcare, Education, and Workplace settings?
• June 27, 2020 COVID-19 Latino Community Town Hall III 
  
  

OCE COVID-19 Resources | Stanford Medicine Research Registry | CA Coronavirus COVID-19 Response

Any Questions? Please contact us at communityengagement@stanford.edu

June 27 | COVID-19 Latino Community Town Hall

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May 21 | COVID-19 Community Virtual Town Hall  

What Does the “New Normal” Look Like in Healthcare, Education, and Workplace settings?

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Having been sheltering in place since mid-March, our local community is eager to return to some form of normal life outside their homes. But in the absence of an effective vaccine and treatment options, what will the “new normal” look like? What kinds of changes can we expect to see when we seek routine healthcare, return to school (K-12 and higher education), or return to work? This second community virtual town hall event, organized by the Stanford School of Medicine Office of Community Engagement, brings together Stanford researchers, administrators, and local leaders to share their work on preparing the public to return to normalcy safely in the age of coronavirus.  

Panelists:

David Studdert, ScD, MPH, LLB Professor of Medicine and of Law, Stanford University | Nancy Magee, MLIS,  San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools, San Mateo County Office of Education | Megan Mahoney, MD, Chief of Staff, Stanford Health Care; Clinical Professor, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford Medicine | Russell Furr, MPH, CIH Associate Vice Provost for Environmental Health and Safety, Stanford University

Moderator: Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health; Faculty Director, Stanford Medicine Office of Community Engagement

For general inquiries, please email us at communityengagement@stanford.edu

April 23 | COVID-19 Community Virtual Town Hall

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A panel of health experts provided trusted evidence and resources on the epidemiology, medical management of COVID-19, current recommendations for sheltering-at-home, social distancing, shared latest research efforts at Stanford, and answered community questions.

Moderated by: Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health
Faculty Director, Stanford Medicine Office of Community Engagement

Panelists: Julie Parsonnet, MD, George DeForest Barnett Professor in Medicine and Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health | Melissa Bondy, PhD, Chair and Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health | Steven Goodman, MD, MHS, PhD, Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health and in Medicine | Yvonne Maldonado, MD, Professor, Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) and Epidemiology & Population Health | Evelyn Ho, MPH, Lead Public Information Officer,  Santa Clara County Public Health Department