Need-to-Know Updates on Covid Variants

The COVID-19 virus has evolved consistently, with new virus variants emerging over the past few months. It is critical for healthcare professionals to stay up-to-date on the transforming nature of the pandemic, including the multiple variants that are circulating globally. This 30-minute, free webinar will feature Robert A. Duncan, M.D., MPH, director of Hospital Epidemiology & Infection Control at the Center for Infectious Diseases at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center discussing the current state of the virus, COVID-19 variants, vaccine updates, and prospects for the near future.

Robert A. Duncan, M.D., MPH is the director of Hospital Epidemiology & Infection Control at the Center for Infectious Diseases at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Mass. and Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. He is board-certified in infectious diseases.   Dr. Duncan received a BA from Wesleyan University, an MPH (Infectious Disease Epidemiology) from Yale University, and an M.D. from the University of Connecticut, followed by residency training at New England Deaconess Hospital and an infectious diseases fellowship at Boston City Hospital, Boston University, and the Boston Veterans Administration Hospital. He has been a senior staff physician in infectious diseases at Lahey since 1993, and hospital epidemiologist since 1999. He is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.