The Coronavirus Pandemic: The Delta Variant Surge

This event will feature Bill Hanage and be hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and The World from PRX & GBH. Learn more about the event here. Join here. "The highly infectious COVID-19 Delta variant is spurring global surges, sparking concerns among public health officials. In the U.S., more than 80 percent of new cases are from the Delta variant. What makes this variant so contagious? How protective are…

Connecting Disease with Movement Ecology in Humans and Animals: An Integrated Approach?

This event will feature Caroline Buckee and be hosted by the Ecological Society of America. Learn more here. Register here. A fee is required to attend. This dynamic session will use discussion-based exchange to explore how movement is integrated into studies of infectious disease spillover and transmission in humans and wildlife. Speakers will use 3-5 minute talks (30 minutes) to introduce overarching questions or key ideas followed by structured group discussion (30…

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Will There Be a Third Wave of COVID-19 in India?

This webinar will feature Bill Hanage and is co-hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health India Research Center, Project SANCHAR, and the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute. Learn more about the event. Register here. "As India experiences substantive health and socioeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the webinar proposes to focus on emerging COVID-19 variants, how vaccines can adapt to these new variants, and how…

The Coronavirus Pandemic: The Delta Variant and Children’s Health

This event will feature Marc Lipsitch and be hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and The World from PRX & GBH. Learn more about the event here. Join here. "With many children returning to school, questions about the coronavirus pandemic– particularly the Delta variant — and children’s health risks have become even more pressing. What do we know about the variant’s impact on children in particular?…

Physics Colloquium: Monitoring Disease Outbreaks, Including the Dynamics of COVID-19

This webinar will feature Mauricio Santillana and be hosted by Northeastern University's College of Science.Learn more about the event here. Join here. "Abstract: I will describe data-driven machine learning methodologies that leverage Internet-based information from search engines, Twitter microblogs, crowd-sourced disease surveillance systems, electronic medical records, and weather information to successfully monitor and forecast disease outbreaks in multiple locations around the globe in near real-time. I will present how these…

Covid-19: What we’ve learned about the pandemic and what we keep forgetting

This hybrid seminar will feature William Hanage and be hosted by the Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative. Harvard affiliates may attend in-person at Classroom Geo 375 (Peabody Museum). Learn more about the event here. Register here. "Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic has been the most acute global infectious disease emergency in living memory. While it has upended societies and led to more than 600,000 deaths (and counting) in the United States alone,…

From Data to Medicine

This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by Longwood Healthcare Leaders. Learn more about the conference here. A fee is required to attend. Dr. Mina will be co-presenting with Paul Schimmel, Professor, Cell & Molecular Biology, Scripps. "The Longwood Healthcare Leaders meeting, October 4-5, 2021, is centered on Harvard Medical School via webconference with leading biopharma CEOs, heads of R&D, top academic researchers, and healthcare investors. These meetings are…

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Drivers of malaria in Guyana: The impact of gold mining

This webinar will feature Caroline Buckee and be hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Learn more here. View here. " work is focused on understanding the mechanisms driving the spread of infectious diseases that impact the most vulnerable populations worldwide, particularly malaria. She is interested in the impact of human mobility and migration on the spread and control of pathogens, and Buckee’s group uses a range…

COVID-19 Response: Celebrating the Contributions by Emory Graduate Students

This webinar will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by Emory University. Learn more and register here. “Abstract: This symposium is designed to recognize the many contributions from Emory graduate students to the pandemic response. Oral and poster presentations highlighting the COVID-related research conducted by Emory graduate students will be featured. The symposium includes Drs. Carlos del Rio, MD (Emory University) and Michael Mina, MD, PhD (Harvard University) as keynote…

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Pandemic Update: Vaccines, Children, Equity and More.

This webinar will feature Bill Hanage and be hosted jointly by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and NPR. Learn more here. Register here. "Join us for a timely update on COVID-19 vaccines for children, as well as other pressing issues impacting the course of the pandemic: What do we need to know about vaccinating younger children given the recent emergency use authorization for kids 5 to 11…

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