Collective[i] Forecast: Featuring Deborah Krakow. February 2 at 5 P.M. ET.

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COVID-19 Vaccines: Everything You Need to Know (but were too afraid to ask)

As COVID-19 vaccines start to become more widely available, many of us have questions around the safety of these vaccines, the differences between various options (eg, Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, etc.), the length of their efficacy, timing and distribution, widespread availability, and what to expect after receiving the vaccination.

This session presents a unique opportunity to pose questions to a renowned expert in the medical field: Dr. Deborah Krakow, Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, as well as Professor of Human Genetics, Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery.

During this interactive discussion, community members can draw on Dr. Krakow’s extensive experience in working with patients with genetic disorders to explain important concepts in the fight against COVID-19, including mRNA vaccines, as well as her startling research that has the potential to address some of the lingering health issues facing those who have previously contracted the virus.

Featuring

Dr. Deborah Krakow

Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology & Professor of Human Genetics, Pediatrics, and Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Dr. Deborah Krakow is Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, as well as Professor of Human Genetics, Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery. She has a 20 year career in caring for patients with genetic disorders and studying the molecular biology that underlies their diseases. She serves on National Institute of Health study sections, the steering committee of COVID19 in Pregnancy Consortium and was a past board member of the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics. She is co-Director of the International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry and one focus in her laboratory is to model rare genetic disorders as a means of understanding more commonly occurring diseases.

Heidi Messer

Co-Founder and Chairperson, Collective[i]

Heidi Messer currently serves as Co-Founder and Chairperson of Collective[i]™. Collective[i] (short for Collective Intelligence) hosts a network and AI/ML powered application that helps companies predict, manage, and grow revenue. Prior to Collective[i], Ms. Messer co-founded and served as President of LinkShare, host to one of the world’s largest online affiliate networks until its sale to Rakuten for USD $425m. She received her B.A. from Brown University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.