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|Videos|June 6, 2020
Jason Pogue, PharmD: Preventing Another COVID-19 Data Disaster
Author(s)Contagion® Editorial Staff
Jason Pogue, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, speaks about the state of publishing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Segment Description: Jason Pogue, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, clinical pharmacist and professor in infectious diseases at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, speaks with Contagion about the state of publishing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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