Vinay Prasad, MD MPH, is a hematologist-oncologist and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco. He runs the VKPrasad lab at UCSF, which studies cancer drugs, health policy, clinical trials and better decision making. He is author of over 450 academic articles, and the books Ending Medical Reversal (2015), and Malignant (2020). He hosts the oncology podcast Plenary Session, the general medicine podcast the VPZD show is active on Substack and runs a YouTube Channel @VinayPrasadMDMPH. He also uns The Drug Development Letter, a must-read for industry insights. He tweets @VPrasadMDMPH.

This keynote address was part of our COVID Summit Symposium held on February 23, 2024, at the Stanford Faculty Club.