University Life COVID-19 Forum Monday, April 13

April 08, 2020

Dear Columbia Community,

We invite you to join a University Life Forum: Your Questions Answered on COVID-19 this Monday, April 13 at 12:15 pm on Zoom.  Please register here.

You can submit questions for our panel here or through event registration. This Q&A will focus on the scientific, public health and medical aspects of COVID-19, following up on our March forum.

Our featured panelists are:

  • Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA. Director, ICAP at Columbia University, University Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine and Mathilde Krim-amfAR Professor of Global Health
  • Scott Hammer, MD. Harold C. Neu Professor of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Melanie Bernitz, MD, MPH. Associate Vice President and Medical Director of Columbia Health and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (in the Center for Family and Community Medicine)

This event is open to all in our community. We will send a Zoom link to guests shortly after registration and in a separate reminder email on Friday morning. If you can’t make the event, please check the University Life website midweek for a recording.

As a reminder, here are resources for the Columbia community that you may find useful:

  • The University’s COVID-19 website has up-to-date information for the entire Columbia community.
  • Columbia Health’s COVID-19 hotline is available Monday to Friday, 9 am-5 pm for your general questions. Call 212-854-9355. To speak with a medical professional, students on Morningside may call Columbia Health at 212-854-7426 and Medical Center students can contact the CUIMC Student Health Service at 212-305-3400.  Faculty and staff, please contact your primary care provider.  
  • University Life’s website and app list many Columbia student health and wellness resources.

In community,  

Suzanne B. Goldberg
Executive Vice President for University Life
Herbert and Doris Wechsler Clinical Professor of Law