Dear Honorable Senators Schumer, McConnell, Leahy, Shelby, Burr and Murray, and Honorable Representatives Pelosi, Hoyer, McCarthy, DeLauro, and Granger,
Now is not the time to waver in our response to COVID. As much as we wish for it, the United States is not out of the danger zone of COVID yet. If the United States has learned one lesson from the last two years, it is of vital importance to be ahead of the next variant and next surge.
While COVID cases and deaths are declining in the United States, the country has been here before. In Spring 2020 and May 2021 cases were also declining, only to be followed by surges. Today, COVID cases are rising in more than half of European countries. It remains unclear why the increase of cases is occurring, but may be because of the increasing spread of the more infectious Omicron BA.2 variant, the loosening of public health restrictions, or waning human immunity. These factors could also lead to increased transmission of the virus here fairly soon. This portends another surge in the United States, the magnitude and impact of which cannot presently be determined.
Now is not the time to stall additional funding for COVID relief. There is a legitimate need to account for the resources appropriated and spent on COVID to date. We understand that a reasonable accounting has been provided, and a “full accounting” for every program is likely to take months. The country does not have months.
Today, the federal government is rationing monoclonal antibody treatments, reducing state allocations by 30% to stretch supplies as long as possible. By early April there will be no funds to reimburse physicians and others who provide COVID tests and treatments for uninsured patients. By May there will be no funds to purchase Evusheld to prevent or treat COVID in the immunocompromised. By June, funding for the purchase of COVID tests will run out, reducing availability of tests for the fall. If the FDA authorizes a fourth dose of the COVID vaccine for Americans over 65, there will be no money to purchase those vaccines for Americans. Without funding, USAID will have to stop efforts to distribute and administer vaccines in under vaccinated countries, the very countries that are most likely to spawn a new variant. And maybe most importantly, without funds surveillance for new variants, research and purchase of new oral antiviral drugs, and research into next generation COVID vaccines will be halted or dramatically slowed.
We—non-governmental, non-partisan health professionals and researchers—urge you to quickly appropriate the billions necessary for a robust COVID response in 2022, and just as importantly, the development of an infrastructure to more effectively confront future biosecurity and pandemic threats. Fatigue and frustration cannot lead to forgetting what is needed today and to prevent challenges in the future. The United States’ security is at stake. This money should not be subjected to partisanship or legislative maneuvering.
Now, with all that is going on in the world, is the time to invest in the nation’s health, economic well-being, and biosecurity so the country can be better prepared and truly move beyond the COVID emergency.
SIGNATORIES
Pamela M. Aaltonen, PhD, RN
APHA Past President
Professor Emerita, Purdue University
George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, MACP, FIDSA
President
American College of Physicians
Peter Abt, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division of Transplantation
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Ronald T. Ackermann, MD, MPH
Senior Associate Dean for Public Health
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Sunil Ahuja, MD
President's Council/Dielmann Chair for Excellence in Medical Research
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)
Dolores Albarracín, PhD
Director, Science of Science Communication Division, Annenberg Public Policy Center and Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
American Society for Clinical Pathology
Deverick J. Anderson, MD, MPH
Director, Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention
Duke University
Judith Anesi, MD MSCE
Assistant Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania
Michael Aptman MD
Professor-voluntary faculty
University of Miami Medical School
Vineet Arora MD MAPP
Herbert T Abelson Professor of Medicine | Dean for Medical Education
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Association for Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN)
Paul G. Auwaerter, MD
Sherrilyn and Ken Fisher Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Angie Bakke, MBA
Executive Director
Doctors for America
Katharine J. Bar, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Ruanne V. Barnabas, MBChB, MSc, DPhil, FIDSA
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eileen Barrett, MD, MPH
Chair, Advocacy Committee
American Medical Women’s Association
Ingrid V. Bassett, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Amy J Behrman, MD, FACP, FACOEM
Professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Division Chief, Occupational Medicine
Rinad S. Beidas, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Ethics and Health Policy
University of Pennsylvania
Kaye Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN
President, American Public Health Association
Georges C. Benjamin, MD, MACP
Executive Director
American Public Health Association
Scott Bergman, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA
President
Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists
Meenakshi Bewtra, MD, MPH, PhD
Board Member
Doctors for America
Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS
Founder and Executive Director, Health Justice
Uché Blackstock, MD
Founder and CEO
Advancing Health Equity
Michael S. Blaiss, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Maria Blasi, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Duke University School of Medicine
Eve Bloomgarden, MD
Director of Thyroid Care |Director of Endocrine Innovation and Education
Division of Endocrinology NorthShore University Health Systems
Thomas Bollyky, JD
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development
Director of the Global Health Program, Council on Foreign Relations
Jacob Bor
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health
Boston University School of Public Health
Luciana Borio, MD
Venture Partner, Arch Venture Partners
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations
PJ Brennan, MD
Professor of Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania
Lisa M Brosseau, ScD, CIH
Professor (retired)
Research Consultant, University of Minnesota, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
Joan S. Brugge, PhD
Co-Director Ludwig Center At Harvard
Professor
Harvard Medical School
Larry W. Buie, PharmD, BCOP, FASHP
President
Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association
Dennis R. Burton, PhD
Chair, Department of Immunology and Microbiology
The Scripps Research Institute
Helen Burstin, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
Council of Medical Specialty Societies
Frederic D. Bushman
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Melody Butler, BSN, RN
Founding Executive Director of Nurses Who Vaccinate
Stephen M. Carpenter, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor | Department of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Esther Choo, MD MPH
Professor, Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Robert A. Clark, MD
Professor of Medicine, Associate VP for Translational Science
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Myron S. Cohen, MD
Yeargan-Bate Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Epidemiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jennifer Cohn, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
James W. Curran, MD, MPH
James W. Curran Dean of Public Health
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Judith S. Currier, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine | Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Natalie Dean, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
Thomas N. Denny, MSc, M.Phil
Professor of Medicine
Chief Operating Officer, Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Sandra Demaria, MD
Professor of Radiation Oncology | Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Jason T. Eberl, Ph.D.
Director, Albert Gnaegi Center for Health Care Ethics
Saint Louis University
R.P. Eddy
CEO of Ergo
Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD
Vice Provost for Global Initiatives and Levy University Professor
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Michael Emerman, PhD
Professor, Division of Human Biology
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
N. Cary Engleberg, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
University of Michigan Medical School
Joel D. Ernst, MD
Chief of Experimental Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Amy Lauren Fairchild, PhD, MPH
Dean and Professor
College of Public Health, The Ohio State University
Dimitrios Farmakiotis, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Director, Transplant and Oncology Infectious Diseases
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Ferric C. Fang, MD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Jeremy Samuel Faust, MD, MS
Emergency Medicine Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine/Division of Health Policy and Public Health
Harvard Medical School.
Guido Ferrari, MD
Professor
Duke University Medical Center
Kyle R. Fischer, MD, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor | Fellowship Director in Health Policy and Leadership
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Autumn Fiester, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
Howie Forman, MD, MBA
Professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, Economics, & Public Health (Health Policy)
Yale University
Holly Fernandez Lynch, JD, MBe
Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Law
University of Pennsylvania
Joshua Fierer, MD
Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Pathology
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH
Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health
Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Harvey Friedman, MD
Professor of Medicine/Infectious Diseases
University of Pennsylvania
Rajesh Gandhi, MD
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Laura A. Gibson, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
University of Pennsylvania
Robert N. Golden, MD
Dean, School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lynn R. Goldman, MD, MPH, MS
Dean, Milken Institute School of Public Health
The George Washington University
Douglas Golenbock, MD
The Neil and Margery Blacklow Chair in Infectious Diseases and Immunology
UMass Chan Medical School
Jesse L. Goodman, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University
Former Chief Scientist, FDA
Jacob Gutsche, MD
Associate Professor, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Critical Care, UPHS
University of Pennsylvania
Beatrice H. Hahn, MD
Professor, Depts of Medicine and Microbiology
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
John Hamilton, MD
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
William P Hanage PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology | Co-Director Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Barton F. Haynes, MD
Director, Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
Kelly Henry, MD
Community Prevention & Health Vice Chair
Doctors for America
Thomas J. Hope, PhD
Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Peter W. Hunt, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Eric Hunter, Ph.D.
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Emory University
Emily P. Hyle, MD MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Akiko Iwasaki, PhD
Sterling Professor of Immunobiology
Yale School of Medicine
Donna M. Jacobsen
Executive Director/President
International Antiviral Society-USA
Jeffrey M. Jacobson, MD
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Shikha Jain MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine| Division of Hematology and Oncology
Director of Communication Strategies in Medicine| University of Illinois Chicago
Steven Joffe, MD, MPH
Interim Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
The John A. Hartford Foundation
Mallory O. Johnson, PhD
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Melissa Johnson PharmD, MHS, AAHIVP
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Duke University
Steven L. Kanter, MD
President and CEO
Association of Academic Health Centers
Jonathan Karn, PhD
Reinberger Professor and Chair
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Sara Keller, MD MPH MSHP
Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Brendan J. Kelly, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Microbiology
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
P. J. Klasse, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University
Andrea Kline-Tilford, PhD, CPNP-AC/PC, FCCM, FAAN
President
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Bob Kocher, MD
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
Adjunct Professor, Stanford Medicine
Edward Kreider, MD, PhD
Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM
Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Yale School of Medicine
Emily A. Largent, JD, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine
Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD
Dean
Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
Elena Lister MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
New York Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center
LeadingAge
Jeffrey Levi, PhD
Professor of Health Policy and Management
Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University
Stuart M. Levitz, MD
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology and Physiological Systems
UMass Chan Medical School
Andrew W. Lo, A.M., PhD
Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor, MIT
Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering
Justin Lowenthal, PhD
Board Member
Doctors for America
Michael C Lu, MD, MS, MPH
Dean, School of Public Health
University of California, Berkeley
Nicole Lurie MD MSPH
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
John B. Lynch, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD
Dean and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Syra Madad, DHSc, MSc, MCP
Infectious Disease Epidemiologist
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Boston University
Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN
President and CEO
National League for Nursing
Michael C Margulies MD, FAAD
Ariela Marshall, MD
Director, Women’s Thrombosis and Hemostasis
University of Pennsylvania
Matthew McCoy, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Ross McKinney, MD
Chief Scientific Officer
Association of American Medical Colleges
Daniel P. McQuillen, MD, FIDSA, FACP
President
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Maxwell J. Mehlman JD
Distinguished University Professor, Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law
Case Western Reserve University
Peter A. Merkel, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Rheumatology | Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
University of Pennsylvania
Leonard A. Mermel, DO, ScM, AM (Hon), FSHEA, FIDSA, FACP
Professor of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Medical Director, Dept. of Epidemiology & Infection Prevention, Lifespan Hospital System
Joshua P. Metlay, MD, PhD
Interim Chief of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Donna Meyer MSN RN ANEF FAADN FAAN
Chief Executive Officer
Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
David Michaels, PhD, MPH
Professor, Milken Institute School of Public Health
The George Washington University
Michael Mina, MD, PhD
Chief Science Officer
eMed
M. Anthony (Tony) Moody, MD FAAP
Director, Duke CIVIC Vaccine Center (DCVC)
Co-Director, Coordinating Center for the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Disease (CREID) Network
John Moore, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Weill Cornell Medicine
Jonathan D. Moreno, PhD
David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Ethics
University of Pennsylvania
Krishnan Narasimhan, MD
Board Chair
Doctors for America
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
National League for Nursing
William M. Nauseef, MD
Emeritus Professor
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
Anne H Norris, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Nurses Who Vaccinate
Michel C Nussenzweig MD PhD
Zanvil A Cohn and Ralph M Steinman Professor, HHMI Investigator
The Rockefeller University
Jennifer Nuzzo, ScD
Associate Professor,John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations
Judith A. O’Donnell, MD
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Hospital Epidemiologist and Director, Department Infection Prevention & Control
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Saad B. Omer, MBBS MPH PhD
Director, Yale Institute for Global Health
Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH
Regents Professor | McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health
Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), University of Minnesota
Julie Overbaugh, PhD
Professor of Human Biology
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Julie Parsonnet, MD
Board Member
Doctors for America
Stavonnie Patterson, MD
Community Health & Prevention Leader
Doctors for America
David A. Pegues, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Michael G. Perri, PhD
Dean, College of Public Health and Health Professions
University of Florida
Maureen Phipps, MD, MPH, FACOG
Chief Executive Officer
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Brad H. Pollock, PhD, MPH
Associate Dean for Public Health Sciences and Distinguished Professor,
University of California Davis School of Medicine
Saskia Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC
Assistant Professor - Biodefense
George Mason University
Paul Pottinger, MD
Director, Infectious Diseases Training Program
University of Washington
David Putrino, PhD
Director of Rehabilitation Innovation
Mt Sinai Health System
Farheen Qurashi, MD, FACS
Board Member
Doctors for America
Sanjay Ram, MBBS
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology,
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Megan L Ranney MD MPH
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Academic Dean, School of Public Health, Brown University
Angela L. Rasmussen, PhD
Research Scientist, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
University of Saskatchewan
Irwin Redlener, MD
Senior Research Scholar | Founding Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Columbia University
Josiah “Jody” Rich, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Brown University
Douglas D. Richman, MD
Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Medicine (Active Emeritus), University of California San Diego
Director, The HIV Institute
Vivian Riefberg, MBA
Professor of Practice, Walentas Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professorship Chair
University of Virginia
Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH, MPH
Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Elena Rios, MD, MSPH, MACP
President & CEO
National Hispanic Medical Association
Christina A. Roberto, PhD
Mitchell J. Blutt & Margo Krody Blutt
Presidential Associate Professor of Health Policy
Sir Richard J. Roberts PhD F.R.S.
1993 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Chief Scientific Officer, New England Biolabs
Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, FACP, FAMWA
Professor of Medicine
Athens, GA
Paul Root Wolpe, PhD
Raymond F. Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair in Jewish Bioethics
Director, Center for Ethics | Emory University
Lanny J. Rosenwasser, MD
Past President, WAO, AAAAI
Adjoint Professor of Medicine, A/I, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Jonathan M. Samet, MD, MS
Dean and Professor
Colorado School of Public Health
Pamela Sankar, PhD
Dept of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
University of Pennsylvania
Joshua T. Schiffer, MD, MSc
Professor, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle
Harald Schmidt, PhD
Assistant Professor, Perelman School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania
Heather Schofield, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Health Policy
University of Pennsylvania
Robert T. Schooley, MD
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Aaron L. Schwartz, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Policy
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
David. R. Sherman, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology
University of Washington
Gary L. Simon, MD, PhD, MACP
Walter G. Ross Professor of Clinical Science
George Washington University School of Medicine
Dominic A. Sisti, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
University of Pennsylvania
David J. Skorton, M.D.
President and CEO
Association of American Medical Colleges
Andy Slavitt
Former White House Senior Advisor COVID Response
Former Acting CMS Administrator
Katrinka Smith Sloan, MA
President and CEO
LeadingAge
The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Craig Spencer, MD, MPH
Director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center
Stanley M. Spinola, MD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Medicine (Infectious Diseases), and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Jason Stout, MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Duke University
David Thomas, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Shirley Tilghman, PhD
President and Professor Emerita
Princeton University
Sarah Tishkoff, PhD
David and Lyn Silfen University Professor
Departments of Genetics and Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Eric Topol, MD
Professor and Executive Vice-President, Scripps Research
Founder and Director, Scripps Research Translational Institute
Seth Trueger, MD, MPH, FACEP
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Northwestern University
Judy Tung, MD
Associate Dean, Faculty Development
Weill Cornell Medicine
Allan R. Tunkel, MD, PhD, MACP, FIDSA
Professor of Medicine and Medical Science
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Elizabeth Turk-Karan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Harold Varmus, MD
University Professor
Weill Cornell Medicine
Atheendar Venkataramani MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Rachel Villanueva MD FACOG
President, National Medical Association
Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD
Mark V Pauly Presidential Distinguished Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Robert M. Wachter, MD
Professor and Chair, Dept. Of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Grace Walter, MD
Community Prevention & Health Chair
Doctors for America
Andrew Ward, PhD
Professor, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology
Scripps Research
Judith N. Wasserheit MD, MPH
Co-Director, UW Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness | Professor of Global Health & Medicine
University of Washington
David B. Weiner, PhD
Executive Vice President, The Wistar Institute
Professor Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania - SOM
Drew Weissman, MD, PhD
Roberts Family Professor in Vaccine Research
Director Penn Institute for RNA Innovation
Anna Wexler, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
University of Pennsylvania
John Wherry, PhD
Chair, Department of Systems Pharmacology & Translational Therapeutics
University of Pennsylvania
Ian A. Wilson, D.Phil., D.Sc., FRS, FSRE
Hansen Professor of Structural Biology
The Scripps Research Institute
Steven M. Wolinsky, MD
Samuel J. Sackett Professor of Infectious Diseases
Northwestern University
Charles I. Wohl, MD, FACP
Former Medical Director, Neighborhood Health Center, Pittsfield, MA, former Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, retired.