SDCCD : Virtual Town Hall - COVID-19 Vaccination Awareness

Press release from San Diego Community College District:

October 4, 2021

Join us for a live COVID-19 Vaccination Awareness webinar with nationally renowned
Dr. Keith Norris, M.D., Ph.D. from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday, October 28, 2021.
Register here

Learn crucial information about the importance of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations.
This informative town hall will address misconceptions and the importance of vaccination
as well as vaccine hesitancy in communities of color.

Dr. Norris is Professor of Medicine, UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and
Health Services Research. Dr. Norris is an internationally recognized clinician scientist
and health policy leader who has been instrumental in shaping national health policy
and clinical practice guidelines in the area of kidney disease. He has been one of
most highly funded National Institutes of Health (NIH) investigators in the nation,
and one of the most highly cited scientists in the world in the area of chronic kidney
disease and health disparities. He has been a powerful advocate for minority institutions
and served for 7 years as the president of the Research Centers in Minority Institutions
Program Association. See his full biography.

Attendees are asked to please register by Monday, October 25, 2021. Request for accommodations
should be made at least 5 business days in advance. Contact Dr. Krystal Henderson,
Acting Dean, Educational Support Services at khenderson@sdccd.edu.

Register here for the Virtual Town Hall

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This press release was produced by San Diego Community College District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.