Columbia University Irving Medical Center An April 8 virtual town hall hosted by CUIMC and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital brought together community health workers and local leaders for another discussion regarding the COVID-19 vaccines. Keynote speaker was Judith Absalon, MD, MPH’02, a senior medical director of vaccine clinical research and development at Pfizer, where she is a core clinical team member of the COVID-19 vaccine development program. She completed her internal medicine residency, adult infectious diseases fellowship, and master’s in public health at Columbia University. Judith Absalon “It’s like coming back home! I spent quite a long time at Columbia,” she said of the opportunity to speak at one of her alma maters. During her presentation, Absalon offered an inside look at the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its corresponding vaccines and answered questions regarding the vaccines’ safety and overall efficacy. Vaccine hesitancy, mistrust, and the virus’s disproportionate toll on communities of color also featured prominently in her address.