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Long COVID: Journeying together through the fog
Wednesday 25 May, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Zoom symposium | All welcome
Long COVID is such an emerging issue for Aotearoa and globally. This symposium provides an excellent opportunity to hear the latest thinking from a range of perspectives – please take a look at the outstanding programme of presentations and panel discussions.
The speakers include:
* Long-COVID expert Professor Trish Greenhalgh from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford;
* Dr Martin Chadwick, physiotherapist and Chief Allied Health Professions Officer at the Ministry of Health;
* Jenene Crossan, long-COVID sufferer and advocate;
* Professor Nicola Kayes, Director of the Centre for Person Centred Research and Professor of Rehabilitation in the AUT School of Clinical Sciences;
* Professor Michael Baker, epidemiologist and public health physician from University of Otago, Wellington;
* Dr Paul Skirrow, clinical psychologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Otago, Wellington;
* Drs Lynne Russell, Marianna Churchward and Mona Jeffreys, leaders of the major Victoria University of Wellington study on the impact of COVID-19 in Aotearoa.
We hope you can join us as we share learnings and ideas, and journey together through the fog.
Please register in advance via the event website.