Dr. Saad Omer
Director, Yale Institute for Global Health
Associate Dean of Global Health Research, Yale School of Medicine
Saad B. Omer is the Director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, and a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Yale University, Schools of Medicine and Public Health. He has conducted studies in the United States, Guatemala, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and South Africa. Dr Omer's research portfolio includes epidemiology of respiratory viruses such as influenza, RSV, and - more recently - SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19); clinical trials to estimate efficacy of maternal and/or infant influenza, pertussis, polio, measles and pneumococcal vaccines; and trials to evaluate drug regimens to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV He has published over 325 papers in peer reviewed journals and has mentored over 100 junior faculty, clinical, and research post-doctoral fellows and PhD and other graduate students.
8:37 AM EST
Session V: Implications – Trust & Vaccine Hesitancy
Leaders in behavioral science, misinformation, and vaccine trust reflect on the culturally specific reasons distrust exists and how they can be identified and addressed to ensure uptake of vaccines to save lives.