We're calling on young people to join the conversation and share their thoughts, hopes, challenges and concerns in relation to COVID-19 and the vaccine.

Hear from our expert panel on topics including: COVID-19 facts and fiction, the vaccine, leadership, and social media information and manipulation.

Who: Young people aged 12-25 years from the Canterbury-Bankstown LGA

Where: Online

When: 3-4pm, Thursday 9 September

Speakers include:

- Jihad Dib (MP for Lakemba)

- Joshua Karras (PhD - soc.med expert)

- Dr Zainab Ridha (Haematologist)

Dr Zainab Ridha is a haematology registrar at Liverpool Hospital, training to become a specialist in diseases of the blood and blood cancers. She completed her Bachelor of Science in 2012 at the University of Auckland and followed on to earn a Doctor of Medicine and Surgery at the ANU in 2016. Following graduation, she has worked in several hospitals across the ACT and NSW in both metropolitan and rural areas. Originally from Iraq, Zainab has a strong passion for cross-cultural medicine and has been a keen advocate of health promotion in the current pandemic.

Registration is recommended but not essential.