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Science and Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccines

January 27, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

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Office of Life, Justice and Peace invites you to a webinar titled The Science and Ethics of the COVID-19 Vaccines to learn the scientific foundation behind the research and development of the COVID vaccine and understand the moral and ethical concerns for consideration. Join Fr. Nic Austriaco as he leads this webinar (via zoom) on January 27th at 11am. 

Speaker: Fr. Nic Austriaco, OP

Rev. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P., completed his Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.E.) in Bioengineering, summa cum laude, at the University of Pennsylvania, and then earned his Ph.D. in Biology from M.I.T. in the laboratory of Professor Leonard Guarente, where he was a fellow of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers in May of 2004. He completed his Pontifical License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.) in Moral Theology, summa cum laude, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC, in 2005, and a Pontifical Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.), magna cum laude, at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, in 2015.

Fr. Austriaco currently serves as Professor of Biology and of Theology at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He is also a research fellow at the Center for Religious Studies and Ethics at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines.

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January 27, 2021
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm
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