2021 Shadwell Speaker Series featuring Dr. Francis Collins and Professor Vivian Riefberg

April 29, 2021

Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Francis Collins (Col ’70) and healthcare expert Vivian Riefberg, recently appointed the David C. Walentas Jefferson Scholars Foundation Professor at the Darden School of Business, recently engaged in a candid discussion about the challenges facing today’s global healthcare industry. Click here to watch the recording.

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Vivian Riefberg

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Vivian Riefberg

David C. Walentas Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished Professor

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