Living in a Parallel Universe? Difference-in-differences for infectious disease policy evaluation (ID Epi Seminar Series)

Kresge G3 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Alyssa Bilinski, Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy at Brown University School of Public Health. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Alyssa Bilinski is the Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy in the Brown University Departments of Health Services, Policy & Practice and Biostatistics. Her research lies…

Assessing spillover effects in vaccine studies (ID Epi Seminar Series)

Kresge G2, Harvard Chan School 677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA

This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Michael Hudgens, Professor and Chair of Biostatistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G2 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Dr. Michael Hudgens is a professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics at UNC-Chapel Hill. He also serves as the director of the Biostatistics Core of…

Immune imprinting of dengue and Zika viruses: immunological, epidemiological, and clinical consequences (ID Epi Seminar Series)

Kresge G3 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Eva Harris, Professor and Chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology in the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Dr. Eva Harris is Professor and Chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Director of the…

3Ps in a Pandemic: On Trust and Truth (ID Epi Seminar Series)

FXB Building, G13 651 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA

This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Kai Kupferschmidt, freelance science journalist for the Science Magazine. The in-person portion will be held in FXB G13 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Kai Kupferschmidt is a science journalist based in Berlin. He has worked as a freelance editor and writer for numerous German newspapers and is a contributing correspondent for Science Magazine. During the pandemic he…

Influenza vaccination strategies in older adults (ID Epi Seminar Series)

Kresge G3 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Ben Cowling, Professor and Chair of Epidemiology at Hong Kong University, School of Public Health. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Ben Cowling is currently Chair Professor of Epidemiology and head of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Public Health at the University of Hong…

Antibiotic resistant pathogens in healthcare – burden, spread, and mitigation strategies (ID Epi Seminar Series)

Kresge G3 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Susan Huang, Chancellor’s Professor at University of California Irvine School of Medicine. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Susan Huang, MD MPH is Chancellor’s Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of California Irvine School of Medicine. Her research focuses on healthcare-associated pathogens and…

The impediments to high-risk, high-return research (ID Epi Seminar Series)

Kresge G3 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, United States

This hybrid in-person/virtual seminar will be presented by Carl Bergstrom, Professor at Department of Biology, University of Washington. The in-person portion will be held in Kresge G3 and does not require registration. Register for the seminar here. Dr. Bergstrom is a Professor of Biology at the University of Washington. The unifying theme of his work is the concept of information; how communication evolves and how the process of evolution encodes information…