Featured speakers included:

• Dr. Radhika Gharpure, epidemiologist on CDC’s Vaccine Task Force and lead author, “Early COVID-19 First-Dose Vaccination Coverage Among Residents and Staff Members of Skilled Nursing Facilities Participating in the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program”
• Dr. Stephen Perez, nurse epidemiologist and clinical lead for CDC’s Vaccinate with Confidence team
• Dr. David Gifford, American Health Care Association’s Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Quality, Research, and Regulatory
• Rev. Dr. Derrick DeWitt, director, Maryland Baptist Aged Home and senior pastor, First Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Baltimore, Md.
• Dr. Krista Capehart, Clinical Associate Professor & Director of Wigner Institute for Advanced Pharmacy Practice, Education & Research at West Virginia University

Additional resources:

• Resources on how to talk to family and friends about COVID-19 vaccines:
  • from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • from the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s long-term care toolkit
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s information on ways long-term care facilities can continue to receive COVID-19 vaccines

Listen to the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project’s February 2021 webinar, “Building Vaccine Confidence in Diverse Communities,” in partnership with WUSA9 – Washington, DC’s CBS affiliate. Moderated by WUSA9’s Lesli Foster, panelists included: Anita Jenkins, CEO, Howard University Hospital; Dr. Uzma Syed, infectious disease specialist and project partner representative on behalf of the American Muslim Health Professionals; Dr. Tinisha Cheatham, Physician in Chief, Baltimore, Kaiser Permanente; and Dr. Reed Tuckson, founding member, Black Coalition Against COVID-19. For more resources from the townhall discussion, click here.