Last year was different and challenging for many due to COVID-19. For the New Jersey Chapter, usual activities such as the annual Spring Symposium (which has been held for more than 40 consecutive years), annual Bayer/ASA NJ Chapter workshop, and other events had to be canceled or modified.

The Spring Symposium was replaced with a series of webinars, six so far. Each webinar drew at least 75 participants, with the October 23 event with Freda Cooner from Amgen reaching 179. Dirk Moore, chapter president, managed the technical aspects of the webinars with committee members Shiling Ruan, Jing Gong, CV Damaraju, Eunhee Kim, and Steve Ascher. More webinars are planned for 2021.