Please join us in-person for the next VCR Distinguished Lecturer, presented in collaboration with the Tennessee Population Health Consortium and the UTSHC Cancer Center.
We’ve warned before about scams about out-of-town or out-of-the-country family members that had an emergency (wallet stolen, in jail, sick) and need you to wire money to them, or have a “friend” pick up cash. With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), these scams are using technology to make the scammers sound exactly like that family member, as reported by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Read more about this scam and what was reported to Abuse this past week.
Dr. Mallikarjun Bidarimath will present a seminar, “COVID-19 Effects on Pregnancy and Prenatal Development.” Pregnant women are at increased risk for severe COVID-19 illness due to the immunological and cardiopulmonary changes that result in pregnancy complications such as pre-term delivery. Dr. Bidarimath’s current research is focused on using a combination of pathological and toxicological approaches to evaluate potential effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and therapeutic administration in COVID-19 animal models in adults, during pregnancy, and during development Welcome to join & learn more!