Program: Jonathan Mayer, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, “What’s a Syndemic? Monkeypox, Influenza, and COVID in Late 2022,” December 1, 2022

Jonathan Mayer
Jonathan Mayer, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington

For this talk by Dr. Mayer, he will discuss the “syndemic” that we’re seeing–and he will tell us why we will see more. There are some fascinating and challenging features of the whole set: Monkeypox, Influenza, and COVID.

It is hard to imagine anyone more qualified to speak about the pandemic.  Jonathan Mayer is a Professor of Epidemiology and Geography at the University of Washington.  He is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, (Division of Infectious Diseases), Department of Family Medicine, and in Health Services, Global Health. He is Program Director, joint degree: MPH in Epidemiology/PhD Biocultural Anthropology.

This the sixth time we have asked him back to talk about the pandemic. Why? Here is a typical comment:

Dr. Mayer was fantastic.  He is incredibly knowledgeable about this topic and has the rare ability to communicate a complex topic to an audience.