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Join us on Thursday, June 11, to hear about the latest in COVID-19 testing from two clinicians. Nam Tran and Larissa May will answer questions on the different types of tests, their accuracy and how they are being used as health officials take steps to reopen the state and the country.

The guests:

• Nam Tran, associate clinical professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ. At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in California, Tran worked with colleagues to develop ºÙºÙÊÓƵ’ own in-house test for SARS-CoV-2 based on samples from the first patient treated at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ. In April, he was appointed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 Testing Task Force, a public-private collaboration to more quickly increase coronavirus testing capacity.
• Larissa May, professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ, is the principal investigator for a study of antibodies to coronavirus in employees. As part of the study, selected ºÙºÙÊÓƵ employees are being offered a test for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 developed at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ. Dr. May is also the director of the Emergency Department Antibiotic Stewardship Program and has been involved in emergency preparedness around infectious disease outbreaks.

The conversation, hosted by Soterios Johnson, will be streamed live on , and beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Questions can be submitted via  or  either in advance or during the show.

This event has been rescheduled from June 4.