ORCHESTRA-Interviews Unites Experts to Address Lessons Learned and Future Pandemic Preparedness

15.11.2024 In a series of insightful video-interviews from the partner meeting, leaders of the ORCHESTRA WPs and an EMA representative shared their project highlights and lessons learned from the ORCHESTRA project and discussed strategies for tackling future pandemics. The experts emphasized not only the significant research findings generated through ORCHESTRA but also highlighted the project’s enduring impact through scientific collaboration and the establishment of a secure and interoperable infrastructure that extend beyond its nearing conclusion.

 
 

The following experts were interviewed on these key topics:

 

• Marco Cavaleri, EMA – “Long COVID and the need for evidence-based treatments: EMA’s strategic vision for future preparedness”

 

• Paolo Boffetta, University of Bologna – “Healthcare workers as a `healthy control´ in COVID-19 research: insights from an 80,000-strong European cohort”

 

• Elisa Sicuri, Barcelona Institute for Global Health – “Global inequities and fragile populations: lessons from COVID-19 on vaccine access and healthcare challenges”

 

• Surbhi Malhotra, University Antwerpen – “Viral evolution and therapy resistance: ORCHESTRA’s contributions to research on COVID-19 variants and quasi-species”

 

• Elisa Rossi, CINECA and Eugenia Rinaldi, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité – “Creating a secure and interoperable data network for COVID-19 research across Europe”

 

• Evelina Tacconelli, University of Verona – “ORCHESTRA: advancing long COVID understanding and building a European data infrastructure for future pandemics”