Date: October 27, 2021, 7:30 P.M.
Location: Online

Sponsored by:

UI College of Public Health, UI Carver College of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Dr. Gupta is a Critical Care Pulmonologist, Senior Principal Scientist and Chief Medical Officer of COVID-19 Response at Amazon, and Affiliate Faculty at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. In his role at Amazon, Dr. Gupta provides medical and scientific leadership over all aspects of the company’s pandemic and health crisis response, including the scaling of on-site testing and vaccination efforts at all sites worldwide and direct workforce health education to more than 1.4 million global employees. His background in public health has focused on epidemic preparedness, including roles at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility, the China CDC, and the Pentagon’s Center for Global Health Engagement. Dr. Gupta is a Major in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps Reserves; a senior medical advisor to organizations including T-Mobile, the Seattle Seahawks, and Seattle Mariners; and a medical analyst for NBC News.

This lecture made possible by Cassandra S. Foens, M.D., F.A.C.R..