A Virtual Presentation for the Beth Am Community by the Beth Am Health Initiative

This presentation will focus on the elements of COVID-19 and its effect on different areas of the population – the elderly, families, school children and preschool children.

Moderator: Diana Guthaner, MD, FACR (Fellow, American College of Radiology; Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology, Stanford University Medical School)

PANELISTS:

• Art Bobrove, MD (Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Immunology/Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical School) will give a summary on how the virus attacks the body and the immune system and how the medical community is dealing with the disease and what tools it needs to deal with the disease.
   
• Peggy Pizzo, M.Ed, ED.M (Director, Early Learning Project, Stanford Graduate School of Education) will discuss issues for families and young children with the stress of working from home, inadequate child care; and intergenerational dynamics (not being able to see grandparents and other family members who act as support systems); standards for safely opening child care facilities.
   
• Ross DeHovitz, MD (Pediatrician, Immunization Committee Chair, Palo Alto Medical Foundation) will discuss immunity of children and vaccine development.
   
• Devin Prouty, PhD (Licensed Psychologist; Senior Research Psychologist at SRI International Human Sleep Research Lab) will discuss how SIP (shelter in place) orders and distance learning are impacting children and families and sleep patterns.

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