On July 29, 2020, the Faculty of Science and Technology hosted a virtual forum entitled: “Fighting COVID-19: Science in Action”. The forum was moderated by Dr. Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot and detailed how science, and in particular UWI science, is helping our region in the fight against COVID-19. The forum has been viewed over 700 times since it first aired. In case you missed it click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkST60TBI6Q

The must see presentations included:

“The Faculty of Science and Technology and its capacity to respond to COVID-19” presented by Dr. Andre Coy, Faculty of Science & Technology (Minute 5:15)

“The UWI Mona Demystifying COVID-19 Screening” presented by Dr. Sandra Jackson-Betty, Virologist & Public Health Infectious Disease Consultant (Minute 16:56)

“The UWI Mona Tracking and Predicting COVID-19” presented by Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr., Director, Mona Geoinformatics Institute (Minute 57:32)

“The Regional Response to COVID-19” presented by Prof. Clive Landis, PVC and Director, the UWI COVID-19 Task Force (Minute 1:20:24)

“Tracking COVID-19 Misconceptions” presented by Dr. Ainka Brown, Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology (Minute: 1:53:31)

“The UWI Mona Student Response to COVID-19” presented by Ms. Danielle Mullings, Guild Representative, Faculty of Science and Technology, the UWI Mona (Minute: 2:09:45)

This is the second COVID forum hosted by FST Mona. To see the first forum entitled: “COVID and the Environment: For Better or Worse?” click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxplDq1x_wk