Presented by Shweta Bansal, Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor of Biology at Georgetown University. Register for the event here. Shweta Bansal is a Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor of Biology at Georgetown University and specializes in the role of social behavior in infectious disease transmission dynamics. She leads an interdisciplinary research group that develops data-driven mathematical models using tools from network science, statistical physics, computer science, and statistics. Recommended Readings To be…

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Presented by Michael White, Chargé de Recherche Expert et Chef d'Unité at Institut Pasteur. Register for the event here. Michael White leads the Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Analytics (IDEA) G5 Unit in the Department of Global Health at Institut Pasteur. His team uses inter-disciplinary research tools spanning mathematical models, epidemiological cohort studies, and multiplex assays to investigate the epidemiology of infectious diseases. A key goal is the development of multiplex…

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This virtual workshop will feature Caroline Buckee and will be hosted by the National Academy of Science. Learn more. Register here. The workshop will primarily focus on the uses of these data in public health, research, and law enforcement contexts. It will include panel discussions with representatives from the United States and abroad, including CrisisReady’s Andrew Schroeder. Key themes presented in CrisisReady’s white paper, “The Use of Human Mobility Data…

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This webinar will feature Marc Lipsitch and will be hosted by the MIDAS Network. Learn more. Register here. Marc Lipsitch, DPhil, serves as the director of science in CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA). Dr. Lipsitch received his BA from Yale University and DPhil from the University of Oxford. Dr. Lipsitch is seconded to CDC from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he is professor…

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This webinar panel will feature Marc Lipsitch and will be hosted by the Studio at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Learn more. Register here. The coronavirus pandemic revealed huge flaws in global health security. And the risk of another such outbreak is very real. Can we predict—and then prevent—the next pandemic? In this panel, we’ll hear from leading scientists about the new tools they’re deploying to track and…

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This symposium will feature Bill Hanage and will be hosted by the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness. Learn more. Bill Hanage will present in Panel Session 1, SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: Initial Success and Future Directions.

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This webinar will feature Marc Lipsitch and will be hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Register here. Learn more. Abstract: I will discuss lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic about the need to define multiple public health purposes for surveillance, break down the surveillance-research barrier by expanding the targets of surveillance, establish effective systems to measure fundamental disease quantities continuously, and tailor these systems to their intended…

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The Workshop to Increase Diversity in Mathematical Modeling and Public Health is an annual event for undergraduates or students in a post baccalaureate program from underrepresented groups who have an interest in public health and/or mathematical modeling, and are studying quantitative disciplines and/or public health at their home institutions. The workshop will take place March 27-28, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. Applications are now open and will be accepted through January…

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This webinar will feature Bill Hanage and will be hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Register here. Learn more. Abstract: Over the last decade genomics has transformed infectious disease epidemiology. Not only can we use genomes to reconstruct chains of transmission and the history of a pathogen, they can also track evolution as it happens in real time in response to clinical interventions. In this talk…

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