INDY members:
The next INDY lunch meeting will be Tuesday, December 10th 2024.
From 11:15 am until lunch service (approx. 11:30am) you have an opportunity to socialize.

Menu:
Mixed Green Salad with Ranch and Italian
Warm Rolls with Butter
Sliced Sirloin with Rosemary Demi
Grilled Salmon with Creamy Lemon Dill
Orzo Pasta with Petite Peas and Garlic Butter
Broccoli and Roasted Red Peppers
Red Velvet Cake

**Speaker**: **Dr Michael Sweat**
Title: “Preparing for the next pandemic: an update on COVID-19, RSV, Influenza, and newly emerging infectious diseases”
Brief Introduction – This presentation will review the current status of prevalent infectious diseases, including COVID-19, RSV, and influenza. Topics will include: (1) who is at greatest risk, (2) the risks and benefits of vaccination, (3) the effectiveness of prevention strategies, (4) the risk of newly emerging infectious diseases, and (5) challenges society faces in avoiding new pandemics.
**Bio:**
**Dr. Michael Sweat** is a tenured Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina and Director of the MUSC Center for Global Health. Dr. Sweat’s work has primarily focused on infectious disease prevention, and global HIV prevention and care. He has been funded by NIH for his international research for over 25-years and has been principal investigator on a host of NIH-funded studies. He is also currently the project leader for the MUSC COVID-19 Epidemiology Intelligence Project, which provides regular analyses on the status and trends of the pandemic in areas that MUSC operates in, as well as mathematical modeling and projections of the impact of the pandemic. He also leads a CDC-funded study for MUSC developing an epidemic data information system for South Carolina using novel surveillance methods to mathematically model emerging infectious diseases and provide rapid information at the ZipCode-level to affected communities, health system leaders, and policy makers.

Our lunch cost is **$32.00 please try to bring exact change.** If paying by Dunes West account please ensure you are also signed in on the Master List

Guests **will** be allowed

Please RSVP on this INDY web page. We give the staff at Dunes West a financial undertaking (lunch count) 2 days prior to the meeting.
If your plans change please alter your (and your guest if applicable) RSVP by 9am Sunday before the meeting to avoid being billed a $32 penalty.

Members who have not submitted a RSVP via the website are not assured admittance, and will be asked to wait until all members who did RSVP have been accommodated.

I look forward to seeing you.

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