Dr. Lael Yonker, MD Pediatric Pulmonary Physician-Scientists, Director of MGH Cystic Fibrosis Center and C0-Director of MGH Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutic Development Center, and Lead Pediatric COVID-19 Child Response MGH
6:00 PM Cocktail Hour, 7:00 PM Speaker Begins
We will be back in-person at the Hampshire House for this event!
Please bring your mask, as we will be required to abide by the mask guidelines set by the specific establishments we visit - although the city of Boston's mask mandate for businesses has been lifted as of March 5, certain areas may still require it. Members who are not fully vaccinated, immunocompromised, or otherwise “MIGHT feel uncomfortable attending” in-person will still have the option to enjoy recordings of the speakers. As always, this is an ever evolving situation, and we are doing our best to have a safe and fun season!
Lael Yonker, MD is a pediatric pulmonary physician-scientist, committed to improving the care of children with pneumonia and respiratory diseases. Dr. Yonker is the Director of the MGH Cystic Fibrosis Center and Co-Director of the MGH Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutic Development Center. Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has led the Pediatric COVID-19 Biorepository at the Massachusetts General Hospital and has helped shape our understanding of how SARS-CoV-2 affects newborns, infants, children and young adults. Her research focuses on inflammatory responses to airway infections and she is investigating the impacts of viral load and immune responses in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection or the late COVID-19-related inflammatory illness, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). She is a mother of two school aged children.