Name: #705: Fighting Medical Disinformation (Without Actually Starting a Fight)
Start: 2026-06-18T08:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-18T09:00:00-0400

#705: Fighting Medical Disinformation (Without Actually Starting a Fight)

Thursday June 18, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT

108A

Component Type: Forum
Level: Intermediate
CE: ACPE 1.00 Application UAN: 0286-0000-26-647-L04-P; CME 1.00; PDU 1.00 PMI 2166KJ1ZXS; RN 1.00

We’ll discuss whether drug development professionals have an ethical obligation to confront misinformation, effective ways to approach these conversations without confrontation, and what techniques and messages work best in different settings.

Learning Objectives

Explain the ethical principles that underlie the obligation of drug development professionals to combat disinformation; Discuss best practices for successful encounters in combatting disinformation; Distinguish the application of different practices in their most appropriate settings

Chair

Lindsay McNair, MD, MPH, MS

Speaker

Perspectives of a Science Reporter
Sydney Lupkin

Effective Messaging to Combat Scientific Mis/Disinformation
Joseph N Cappella, PHD

Speakers

Joseph Cappella

Gerald R. Miller Professor Emeritus of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Joseph N. Cappella is the Gerald R. Miller Emeritus Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication. His research has resulted in more than 225 articles and four co-authored books. His research has been supported by grants from NIMH, NIDA, NSF, NCI, NHGRI, and... Read More →

Sydney Lupkin

NPR Pharmaceutical Correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR), United States

Sydney Lupkin is the pharmaceuticals correspondent for NPR. Prior to NPR, she was a correspondent at Kaiser Health News, where she covered drug prices and specialized in data reporting for its enterprise team. She's reported on how tainted drugs can reach consumers, how companies... Read More →

Lindsay McNair

Principal Consultant, Equipoise Consulting, United States

Lindsay McNair, MD, MPH, MSB is Principal Consultant at Equipoise Consulting. She was previously the Chief Medical Officer for WCG. In this role she oversaw WCG IRB, and provided consultation to institutions and biopharma companies on a wide range of issues related to clinical protocol... Read More →

Thursday June 18, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
108A The Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA

06: ProfDevelop-Program-PortfolioMgmt, Forum

Audience Intermediate
Area Student and Early Career Pathway, Ethics, Trust and Responsible Innovation
Level Intermediate
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Credit Type ACPE, CME, PMI, RN
Interest Area Project Management & Strategic Planning
Feature Topics Student and Early Career Pathway,Ethics, Trust and Responsible Innovation
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