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Long-COVID webinar features Lessons from Israel

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The Long-COVID webinar series continues Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. ET with a presentation by Dr. Michael Edelstein from Bar-Ilan University in Israel. His topic will be, "Impact of COVID-19 Vaccines on Long-COVID Related Changes in Quality of Life: Lessons from Israel."

By Gerald Sonnenberg, ILEAD senior marketing and communication specialist, USAF retired
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

The Long-COVID webinar series continues Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. ET with a presentation by Dr. Michael Edelstein from Bar-Ilan University in Israel. His topic will be, "Impact of COVID-19 Vaccines on Long-COVID Related Changes in Quality of Life: Lessons from Israel."

Prof. Edelstein is a public health MD who specializes in infectious diseases and vaccine epidemiology. His career spans academia and national, as well as international public health service in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He is currently associate professor of population health at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University in Israel, where he focuses on vaccination equity for COVID-19 and other vaccine programs in the multi-ethnic population of Northern Israel.

Professor Edelstein previously worked as a senior medical epidemiologist at Public Health England (now UK Health Security Agency). He was also a global health policy researcher at the Chatham House Centre on Global health Security and has served as a technical expert with the World Health Organization on a range of vaccine-related issues. He is also deputy editor of the journal Epidemiology and Infection, and he has over 80 peer-reviewed publications.

Attendees can register at this TMS link to receive credit for the webinars. Just select the correct class start date when registering.

These one-hour presentations include question and answer sessions toward the end of the event. To access the webinar, please see below:

Date and time: Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. ET.

You may join the webinar.

  • Webinar number: 2763 401 3157
  • Webinar password: nQeDxrP$329 (67339770 from phones and video systems)
  • Join by phone: 1-404-397-1596 USA Toll Number
  • Access code: 2760 090 9740

The 2023 series will conclude on Dec. 6 with Dr. Kathryn Bach.

All past lecture recordings and slides are on the VHA Long COVID Resource page for all VA employees. Feel free to share.

To be added to the Long COVID Lecture Series distribution list, please email Alysha Hunter.

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