COVID-19 Response Inside the Hospitals in Three Countries – Webinar on December 4

Nursing Leaders Tell Their Stories

The UCI Office of Global Engagement hosts a range of events to address timely international topics. The webinar on Friday, December 4 will cover the response to COVID-19 from inside hospitals in three countries. Featured speakers from UCI Health Medical Center, Linköping University in Sweden and Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Ireland will discuss how their teams have responded to the global pandemic. This front-line view will reveal what most members of the general public have never seen and offer diverse viewpoints to compare the pandemic responses in different countries. The event is intended as a resource for faculty, staff, students and the general public.

10 a.m. on Friday, December 4

Speakers include:

Moderator: Mara Rosalsky, Interim Chief Nursing Officer and Executive Director of Perioperative Services, UCI Health Medical Center

• Anna Strömberg, Professor of Nursing, Linköping University, Sweden
• Susanne Phillips, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, UCI
• Serena O’Brien, ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Co-ordinator at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Introduction and Closure: Victoria Jones, Chief Global Affairs Officer, UCI

Additional Resources:

• UCI International Center
• UCI Counseling Center
• UC Advocacy Network
• UCI Graduate Division