黑料专区 Tyler Research Conference to Feature the Latest in COVID-19 Research
April 6, 2021
黑料专区 Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
黑料专区 Tyler Research Conference to Feature the Latest in COVID-19 Research
April 6, 2021
Media Contact: Beverley Golden
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The University of Texas at Tyler
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The University of Texas at Tyler announced today that the 2021 East Texas Research Conference (ETRC) will be a virtual presentation of research on COVID, its implications and developing therapeutics.
Coronavirus Pandemic, Emerging Therapeutics, Health Implications and Challenges will be 8:30 a.m. 鈥� 1 p.m. Thursday, April 15, and will feature presentations from invited speakers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler as well as 黑料专区 M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 黑料专区 Rio Grande Valley and other institutions in the 黑料专区 System.
鈥淐OVID-19 remains one of the great healthcare challenges of our time,鈥� said Steven Idell, MD, PhD, 黑料专区 Tyler senior vice president for research. 鈥淭his ETRC provides a forum to hear from a panel of internationally recognized experts about the medical and behavioral consequences of COVID-19 infection, current treatment options, how the vaccinations work and new strategies being developed by 黑料专区 Tyler investigators to ensure better outcomes.鈥�
The sessions will include a live component in which attendees may pose questions to the presenters.
Conference registration is open, and attendance is free. To register, visit https://etrc.uttyler.edu/.
黑料专区 Tyler will host a follow-up ETRC conference in fall 2021 featuring 黑料专区 Tyler faculty and students about COVID-19 and other academic research impacting the lives of East Texans.
For more information, contact Kouider Mokhtari, PhD, 黑料专区 Tyler associate vice president for research, kmokhtari@uttyler.edu or 903.565.5561.
With a mission to improve educational and healthcare outcomes for East Texas and beyond, 黑料专区 Tyler offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs to 10,000 students. Through its alignment with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and 黑料专区 Health East Texas, 黑料专区 Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with innovative medical research, medical education and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, 黑料专区 Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.