Call for Essays

Conference on "Vaccines for All" at MIT

December 11th, 2020 | 1:00 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST
Submissions for the next conference due here on January 7th
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An exciting opportunity to write research essays about the complexities of vaccination distribution during the coronavirus pandemic.

Submissions

Suggested Topics

The scope for vaccine essays is fairly broad. For example, essay content can expand into topics such as:

  • Managing the logistical complications of vaccine delivery over time
  • Resolving technological barriers in developing/underdeveloped socio-economic regions while providing mechanisms that ensure vaccine delivery
  • Creating privacy-centric systems to verify if an individual has received a vaccine
  • Creating feedback mechanisms for vaccine recipients that allow data exchange on severely varying effects/experiences after using a vaccine

Submit your essay at pathfinders.mit.edu/submit.

Guidelines
  1. Your essay must not exceed 1500 words (excluding Abstract and References)

  2. Essays must use 12 pt font size and the Times New Roman font.

  3. We suggest that your essay use the below outline:

    • Abstract (300-500 words)
    • Intro/Background
    • Methods
    • Discussions


    Here are the suggested Latex and Word templates that you may use for your submission.

Agenda

All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time (EST)

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, December 11, 2020

Spotlight Presentations [Slides]

Moderators: Vivek Sharma, MIT, Harvard Medical School and Abhishek Singh, MIT
Presentations:

  • Age, gender and education and acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine: a country-level analysis, Ayman El-Mohandes
  • COVID-19 Vaccine acceptance in NYC and the influence of the 2020 Presidential election, Scott C. Ratzan
  • Future of COVID-19 vaccination: lesson from successful vaccination campaigns, Namrata Hange
  • Conversational Agents to Convince Vaccine Skeptics, Victor Nikhil Antony
  • COVID-SCORE Spain: Public Perceptions of key government COVID-19 control measures, Jeffrey V Lazarus
  • National Student Response Network, Apurv Hirsh Shekhar
  • Vax India Tech - Provident Vaccine Distribution Strategy for India, Preethi Chandirasekeran
  • Addressing the Herd Immunity Paradox Using Symmetry, Convexity Adjustments and Bond Price Formulas, Peter Cotton
  • Challenges to Equitable Vaccine Distribution, Joseph Bae
  • Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analysis of the Initial Allocation Plans of CDC’s Jurisdictions with Implications for Disparate Impact Monitoring, Harald Schmidt
  • VacSIM: Learning Effective Strategies for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution, Tavpritesh Sethi

Open Q&A Discussion on Challenges in Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

  • Ayman El-Mohandes, Dean, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
  • Scott C. Ratzan, Distinguished Lecturer, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
  • Harald Schmidt, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania
  • Mauricio Santillana, Assistant Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Jeffrey V. Lazarus, Associate Professor, Barcelona Institute for Global Health