Messenger RNA: This Breakthrough Will affect More Than Vaccines
Code: SL51806
Dates: March 25, 2022
Meets: 12 N to 2:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Location: Creutzburg Center
Course Fee: $49.00
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Messenger RNA was the technique that nobody wanted to fund, and yet a few intrepid researchers refused to give up on the technology that has broken all records for how fast a vaccine could be developed. Moderna had trouble raising enough money to continue to function, and Merck refused to get involved in Moderna's vaccine development. The Pfizer vaccine was developed by a German oncology company that had no experience in vaccines. Messenger RNA will be used for a lot more than just Covid-19 vaccines, and Dr. Kent Bottles will discuss future applications. Lunch is included.
Kent Bottles
Dr. Kent Bottles teaches health policy and payment reform at The Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health in Philadelphia and regularly consults and presents on population health, health care reform, digital medicine, and the future of the doctor patient relationship. He has been a Professor and Chair of academic medical school pathology departments, a Chief Medical Officer of a state-wide integrated delivery system, a President and CEO and DIO of an educational and research collaborative in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a President and CEO of an evidence-based medicine health care consortium in Minneapolis, and a President and Chief Knowledge Officer of a genomics bio-tech start-up company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Bottles has received the following awards and honors: Phi Beta Kappa, The Rodney T. West Literary Achievement Award for the most important article on medical management in 2001 from the American College of Physician Executives, the Resident Teacher of the Year Award from the University of Iowa Department of Pathology, the UC San Francisco Class of 1991 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for a Major Contribution, the UC San Francisco Class of 1990 Certificate of Distinction in Teaching for a Stimulating Lecture Series, and the Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching at UC San Francisco for Basic Science.kentbottles@gmail.com
