Dr. Rebecca Christofferson & Dr. Beverly Ogden, COVID-19 Testing (2020)
Newsmakers
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Speech
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2020-05-27
Duration: 00:45:34
Subjects: Rotary Club of Baton Rouge | Public health | COVID-19 pandemic | Coronaviruses
Contributors:
- Christofferson, Rebecca Speaker
- Ogden, Beverly Speaker
Description
This episode of the series “Newsmakers” features a speech by Dr. Rebecca Christofferson and Dr. Beverly Ogden before a virtual meeting of the Baton Rouge Rotary Club on May 27, 2020. Dr. Christofferson is an infectious disease researcher at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine and Dr. Ogden is a pathologist at Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge. They discuss the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine’s role in providing temporary COVID-19 testing capabilities to Baton Rouge area hospitals at the LSU River Road Testing Lab. They also answer questions from the audience.