UPDATE This January 31 event has been cancelled.

Robert A. Lerch, Ph.D., head of lab and site management and business operations at Pfizer Vaccine Research and Development, will present the Forum “Vaccine Development During a Pandemic,” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31 in Yoder Recital Hall.

As a member of the Pfizer team that developed the COVID mRNA vaccine, Lerch will discuss his research as a practice of Christian service.

This event is free and open to the public. Forum at Bluffton University provides a public space for interdisciplinary discovery about the personal, local and global challenges face by students, faculty, staff and the Bluffton community.