COVID-19 CUIMC Town Halls on Vaccines

On December 14 and December 15, Interim EVP and Dean Anil K. Rustgi and Interim Provost Ira Katznelson led University-wide town halls on vaccine policy and distribution. The town halls offered up-to-date information regarding COVID-19 vaccines with a special focus on the two vaccines likely to be available in the coming weeks. During the sessions, a panel of members of the President’s Advisory Task Force on COVID-19 answered questions regarding vaccines and the Columbia vaccination plan.

The forums featured:

• Anil K. Rustgi, Interim Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine
• Ira Katznelson, Interim Provost, Columbia University
• Donna Lynne, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Chief Executive Officer of ColumbiaDoctors, and University COVID Director
• Wafaa El-Sadr, University Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine and Director of ICAP at Columbia University
• Gerry Rosberg, Senior Executive Vice President, Columbia University