What
UNLV and the Southern Nevada Health District to host virtual discussion on COVID-19.
When
Monday, March 30 at 10 a.m.
Where
The discussion will be livestreamed through and available on . It will also stream live on the Las Vegas Review-Journal website () and air live on KUNV Radio (91.5 FM) and . Rebroadcast will be available on Vegas PBS (KLVX-TV 10) at 9 p.m. on March 30 and throughout the month of April on Cox/YurView Las Vegas Ch. 14 and 1014HD.
Details
Nevada is just one of the many states that has taken steps to minimize the risk and spread of COVID-19 as cases increase across the state and the country. Schools have moved to remote instruction, non-essential businesses are temporarily closed, and most residents are now at home.
With public health at the forefront in Nevada and worldwide, accurate, scientifically-based information is needed now more than ever.
At 10 a.m. on Monday, March 30, experts from the UNLV School of Public Health and Southern Nevada Health District will share what you need to know about COVID-19, based on the science of this and other infectious diseases. They will share their expertise on how to minimize your risks, how to slow transmission, and where we go from here.
The discussion will feature:
- Dr. Brian Labus, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the UNLV School of Public Health
- Dr. Francisco S. Sy, Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Environmental and Occupational Health at the UNLV School of Public Health
- Dr. Vit Kraushaar, Medical Investigator at the Southern Nevada Health District Office of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance
As infectious disease epidemiologists, professors Sy and Labus have decades of experience working on the front lines of public health issues at the local and national levels, including responding to the SARS outbreak in 2003. Dr. Kraushaar is an emergency medicine physician and epidemiologist who joined the Southern Nevada Health District as a medical investigator in 2018. Shawn Gerstenberger, professor and dean of the UNLV School of Public Health, will moderate the discussion.
