Immune interactions between dengue and Zika viruses and protection versus enhancement of disease (ID Epi Seminar Series)

Presented by Dr. Leah Katzelnick, Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator in the Viral Epidemiology and Immunity Unit of the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health. Register for the event here. Dr. Katzelnick pursued a Ph.D. studying antigenic variation among dengue viruses at the University of Cambridge and the National Institutes of Health as an NIH OxCam Scholar and Gates Cambridge Scholar. After receiving her Ph.D. in 2016, she…

It’s wrong not to test: The case for universal, frequent rapid COVID tests

This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by RapidTests. Learn more and register here. One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid tests are still unavailable to most of the public. Rapid antigen tests, using lateral flow devices, have been proven effective in home and community settings for identifying people who are most likely to be contagious—even in the absence of symptoms—and to empower them to isolate before unknowingly…

The Coronavirus Pandemic: Testing, Vaccines, and the Way Forward

This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Learn more and join here. The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is now underway. But it will be some time before the vaccine is available to all who want it, and as people wait in line, the virus continues to spread and mutate, “pandemic fatigue” intensifies, and many schools and businesses remain shuttered. In…

Timing is everything – the within and between host evolutionary dynamics of seasonal influenza viruses (ID Epi Seminar Series)

Presented by Dr. Colin Russell, Professor of Applied Evolutionary Biology at the Amsterdam University Medical Center. Register for the event here. Dr. Russell's research is driven by his desire to understand how viruses evolve so that we can design better intervention strategies to combat them. His previous work has uncovered the global dynamics of seasonal influenza viruses showing that A/H3N2 viruses spread globally from E&SE Asia each year (Science 2008) and…

The COVID “Next Normal”: Lessons from the NBA Bubble and Vaccine Modeling

This event will feature Yonatan Grad and be hosted by Harvard Medical School Executive Education. Learn more and register here. As the coronavirus pandemic enters a new phase, science that can guide vaccination prioritization and business’ return-to-work strategies are more important than ever. In this webinar, we will explore the experience of the NBA bubble, in which players were sequestered at the Walt Disney World Resort. Data from this longitudinal…

The Coronavirus Pandemic: Variants, Vaccines and More

This event will feature Bill Hanage and be hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Learn more and join here. The emergence of COVID-19 variants raises questions about ongoing efforts to slow the pandemic. In this online Q&A, epidemiologist William Hanage and The World’s Elana Gordon will explore the implications of these variants for vaccine effectiveness, prioritization and distribution. They also will discuss the continuing need to…

Testing: Slipups, Symptoms, and Certainty

This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by Brown University’s School of Professional Studies. The lecture is part of a greater course that has a tuition fee. Explore the course agenda here. Learn more about registration and pricing here. Pandemics are prolonged crises that require innovation and versatility from public agencies and business leaders to quickly absorb new knowledge, build new networks, and reorganize their operations. But pandemics…

Rapid Testing for COVID-19: Does it Have a Role in COVID Control?

This event will feature Michael Mina and Marc Lipsitch and be hosted by the Harvard-Oxford Program in Epidemiology. Learn more about the mini symposium here. Register here. At 9:05am, Michael Mina will present "COVID-19 Testing: Where Science, Policy and Regulation Collide." At 10:00am, Marc Lipsitch will contribute as a discussant.

Testing times: modelling the impact of alternative testing strategies on the COVID-19 pandemic (ID Epi Seminar Series)

Presented by Dr. Nicholas Grassly, Professor in the Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Imperial College London. Register for the event here. Dr. Grassly is interested in the individual immune response to vaccination – particularly for enteric infections such as enteroviruses (including poliovirus) and rotavirus – and how this translates to impact at the population level. Inevitably he is also working on the epidemiology of COVID-19, including testing and vaccination strategies,…