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The 2022 Graduate Research Symposium showcases a wide variety of presentations from many different academic programs with poster sessions and a keynote presentation from Dr. Tara Smith, Professor of Epidemiology, on Thursday.

Dr. Smith's keynote address is titled ": Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic". 2020 saw the beginning of the first major new respiratory virus pandemic in a century. Despite being ostensibly one of the most-prepared countries to handle such an event, the United States has floundered in its response, and has one of the highest per capita death rates from COVID-19 among wealthy nations. This talk will discuss missteps in the response and what has been learned (or, not) for future pandemic events