Faith Osier, Jenny P. Y. Ting , John Fraser, Bart N. Lambrecht,
Marta Romano, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, Karina R. Bortoluci , Dario S. Zamboni , Arne N. Akbar , Jennie Evans, Doug E. Brown, Kamala D. Patel, Yuzhang Wu, Ana B. Perez, Oliver Pérez, Thomas Kamradt, Christine Falk, Mira Barda-Saad, Amiram Ariel , Angela Santoni, Francesco Annunziato, Marco A. Cassatella, Hiroshi Kiyono , Valeriy Chereshnev, Alioune Dieye, Moustapha Mbow, Babacar Mbengue, Maguette D. S. Niang and Melinda Suchard

Abstract | The COVID-19 pandemic is shining a spotlight on the field of immunology like never before. To appreciate the diverse ways in which immunologists have contributed, Nature Reviews Immunology invited the president of the International Union of Immunological Societies and the presidents of 15 other national immunology societies to discuss how they and their members responded following the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Can you highlight some of the ways in

which your immunology society and its members have contributed to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic?

International Union of Immunological Societies: Faith Osier. Unprecedented times call for unprecedented actions. Immunologists and vaccine developers across the world have committed to producing vaccines against COVID-19 in timelines previously considered unthinkable. Immunologists globally have partnered and engaged with epidemiologists, clinicians, public health officials, regulatory agencies and funding bodies to fast-track research to better understand the disease. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic: within ...

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