This webinar will feature Bill Hanage and will be hosted jointly by Boston University’s Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research (CEID) and Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Learn more. Register here. "This public discussion will explore questions such as: How do we differentiate between epidemic and endemic phases, and why does this matter? What factors contribute or detract from COVID-19 crisis receding? (variants,…

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Presented by C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Associate Professor at Princeton University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Register for the event here. Jessica Metcalf is a demographer with broad interests in evolutionary ecology, infectious disease dynamics and public policy. Recommended Readings Rice et al. (2021). Why are there so few (or so many) circulating coronviruses?

This virtual event will feature Bill Hanage and will be hosted by Rice University. Learn more and register here. "On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic. Two years later, hear from six distinguished speakers about several topics surrounding the challenges and successes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic." From 10:40-11:15 AM, Bill Hanage will present "The Evolving Epidemiology of Covid-19".

Presented by James J. Collins, Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering & Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Register for the event here. Jim Collins is a bioengineering professor at MIT, the Broad Institute, and Harvard's Wyss Institute. He is one of the founders of synthetic biology and continues to advance the field through the development of novel classes of diagnostics and therapeutics. Jim is leading the Antibiotics-AI Project at…

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Presented by Craig MacLean, Professor of Evolution and Microbiology at the University of Oxford, Department of Zoology. Register for the event here. Professor Craig MacLean has a longstanding interest in understanding how ecological and genetic processes interact to drive adaptation in microbial populations. His doctoral research at McGill University (2000-2004) investigated the causes of metabolic adaptive radiation in Pseudomonas fluorescens using experimental evolution. His postdoctoral work at Imperial College London…

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This webinar will feature Caroline Buckee and be presented by the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Learn more here. Register here. "Caroline Buckee is a professor of epidemiology and the associate director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is writing a book focused on the impact of gold mining on the epidemiology and control of malaria in the Amazon…

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Presented by M. Kate Grabowski, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Pathology. Register for the event here. Dr. Grabowski’s research focuses on the epidemiology, prevention, and control of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last decade, she has made major contributions to understanding the role of mobility and migration on HIV transmission dynamics, impact of HIV prevention and treatment programs on HIV…

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Presented by Vanessa Ezenwa, Professor at Yale University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Register for the event here. Dr. Vanessa Ezenwa is a Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. She received a BA in Biology from Rice University, and PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University. Her research focuses on the ecology of infectious diseases in wild animal populations, with a specific focus on…

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This virtual summit will be hosted by the The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and feature Marc Lipsitch, speaking as Director for Science for the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics. Watch the recording here. "The Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA) is a new center established as a national resource at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CFA’s goal is to enable…

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Presented by Cristian Koepfli, Assistant Professor at the Eck Institute for Global Health and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame. Register for the event here. Dr. Cristian Koepfli has obtained his PhD at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute working on Plasmodium vivax epidemiology and population genetics. He then moved to the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Australia as a postdoc, where he worked closely with…

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