Covid 19: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
This event will feature Marc Lipsitch and be hosted by Harvard Hillel. Register here. Watch live here.
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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,…
Inaugural Panel: Launch of CrisisReady
This event will feature Caroline Buckee and be hosted by CrisisReady. Learn more about the event here. Register here. CrisisReady is organized around the principles of Data Readiness, Methods Readiness, and Translational Readiness, and seeks to advance data-driven decision-making during public health emergencies. CrisisReady evolved from the Covid-19 Mobility Data Network, a research network of 100+ scientists from around the world who volunteered their time to serve as trusted intermediaries between technology…
Introduction to infectious disease modeling and the need for diverse perspectives
This event will feature Caroline Buckee and be hosted by MIDAS. Learn more about the event here. Register here. During this webinar, aspects of diversity in infectious disease modeling will be presented, as an introduction to the Ninth Annual Conference to Increase Diversity in Mathematical Modeling and Public Health that will start directly after the webinar.
Covid-19 Testing: Where Science, Policy and Regulation Collide
This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Learn more about the event here. Join here. The COVID-19 seminar series brings in outside experts, covers papers and preprints, and highlights local efforts in testing, production, and analysis.
Keeping Abreast of the Development of Vaccines to Prevent COVID-19: What Clinicians Need to Know
This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by Integrity Continuing Education. Learn more and register here. Although much remains unknown about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), knowledge is expanding every hour, and many healthcare providers, overwhelmed by infected patients and a struggling healthcare infrastructure, are unable to keep up with the changing landscape. Furthermore, the lag in peer-reviewed publication timelines means that the most critical information, when not disseminated…
Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases in Resource-limited Settings: The Pathway from Product to Implementation
This event will feature Megan Murray and be hosted by the Wyss Institute. Learn more about the event here. Register here. Diagnostics Grand Rounds brings clinicians with unmet needs to the Wyss Institute. The goal of these sessions is to inform technology developers about important clinical problems that can help them direct their technology development efforts. Presenters are asked to identify diagnostic needs that will have an impact on the quality…
Can we test ourselves out of the Covid-19 pandemic?
This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by University College London. His presentation, "Mass testing as an exit strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic," will take place from 11:15am - 11:30am ET. Learn more about and register for the event here. In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic. A year on, we are still in the midst of it and many…
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COVID-19 in Brazil (ID Epi Seminar Series)
Presented by Dr. Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography, Chair of the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and co-director of the Brazil Studies Program of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS). Register for the event here. Dr. Castro's research focuses on the development and use of multidisciplinary approaches to identify the determinants of infectious disease transmission in…
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