For the past three years, the LAist newsroom’s public affairs show “AirTalk” — which airs weekdays on 89.3 FM — has dedicated hundreds of on-air hours to COVID-19 coverage. One of the ways AirTalk has been able to deliver this information is through a powerhouse roster of COVID-19 experts working on the frontlines who offered their time and answered your questions.
We brought the experts together for a special live event at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, and asked them how their lives have personally changed, what they’d change about public messaging looking back and how we use what we’ve learned to prepare for the next global health crisis — and much more.
The panelists
AirTalk host Larry Mantle moderates a discussion on COVID-19 Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium with a panel of infectious disease experts. From left to right: Mantle, UC Davis’ Dr. Dean Blumberg, UCSF’s Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, UCLA’s Prof. Kristen R. Choi, UC Irvine’s Dr. Shruti Gohil, and UCLA’s Dr. Robert Kim-Farley. Not pictured: Huntington Hospital’s Dr. Kimberly Shriner.
- Dr. Dean Blumberg, professor of medicine and chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital
- Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the UCSF Medical Center
- Kristen R. Choi, professor of nursing and public health at UCLA and a registered nurse practicing at…
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