David Hafler MD, Chair of the Department of Neurology at Yale School of Medicine, Professor of Immunobiology, and Neurologist-in-Chief at Yale New Haven Health, recently served on the panel of a webinar led by the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA). The webinar presented strategies to support early-career residents, fellows, and junior faculty, as well as insights into how this group is affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to Dr. Hafler, the webinar’s panel included:
· Francis Collins MD PhD, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
· Nancy J. Brown MD, Dean of the Yale School of Medicine
· Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo PhD MD MAS, Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity in the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine, Chair of the UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
· Sindy Escobar-Alvarez PhD, Senior Program Officer for Medical Research, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation