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…

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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.  

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.  

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…

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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…

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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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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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This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics. Learn more about the event here. Register here. Watch the livestream here. On the eve of the first anniversary of the COVID-19 shutdown, the Institute of Politics gathers the experts from our final in-person Forum event last March to reflect on the past year. Our guests analyze the government and public health response, vaccine…

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This event will feature Stephen Kissler and be hosted by Verify at WUSA9. Learn more about the event here. Watch the livestream on WUSA9's Facebook page or Youtube channel. The one-year anniversary of coronavirus hitting the DMV is fast approaching, and the Verify team has been busy getting you the answers. We went straight to some of the top experts to answer the latest questions on vaccines and COVID-related questions,…

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This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by Deloitte. Learn more and register here. Join us as we convene the brightest minds in life sciences, health care, and public health in a conversation about coming together to emerge stronger amidst COVID-19. Our first conversation on March 11th will focus on how public/private partnerships can help establish resilient recovery. We invite you to join us as panelists explore strategies…

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