ABRC workshop examines health messaging and COVID-19 with top T-Gen leader, ASU journalists, Navajo Nation past president
Through a one-day, in-person seminar, Arizona’s top journalists, health science professors, a T-Gen scientist, the Navajo Nation president and an Arizona congress member will examine how health messaging from the media and others influenced the COVID-19 pandemic response in the areas of public health, genomic science, policy and media.
This workshop, “Lessons from a Pandemic—Health Messaging, Culture and Pandemic Responses,” is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at the 1899 Ballroom, 307 W. Dupont Ave. in Flagstaff.
Online attendance is also available.
Through a series of presentations and group discussions, the workshop speakers will present a retrospective and lessons-learned look at the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona focusing on how media, the community, schools, health services and policymakers responded and what they learned to improve the state’s response during the next pandemic.
Workshop topics:
- Trust and health messaging in the media
- Pandemics and disinformation
- Pandemic management, policy and response
- Roundtable discussion: Into the future
Workshop speakers:
- Steve Palmer, workshop coordinator, Ph.D. – NAU, Professor, Department of Health Sciences
- Dawn Gilpin, workshop co-host, Ph.D. – ASU, Assistant Dean and Associate Professor, Walker Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Matthew Maurer, workshop co-host, MPH – NAU, Lecturer, Department of Health Sciences
- Jonathan Nez, Navajo Nation past president
- David Engelthaler, Ph.D. – TGen, Professor and Director, Pathogen and Microbiome Division
- Dr. Amish Shah, MD, MPH – Arizona House of Representatives
- Brettania O’Connor, Ph.D., MPH – NAU, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Health Sciences
- Nikki McClaran, Ph.D. – ASU, Assistant Professor, Walker Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Pauline Arrillaga – ASU, Executive Director and Professor of Practice, Walker Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Kristy Roschke, Ph.D. – ASU, Assistant Teaching Professor, Walker Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Shawn Walker, Ph.D. – ASU, Assistant Professor, Walker Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Free parking and lunch are included for all in-person attendees. This workshop is sponsored by the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre (ABRC), in collaboration with NAU’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.