Presented by Dr. Tanja Stadler, Associate Professor at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich) in Basel. Register for the event here. Tanja is a member of the Swiss National COVID-​19 Science Task Force. Tanja studied Applied Mathematics at the Technical University of Munich (Germany), the University of Cardiff (UK), and the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). She obtained a Master…

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This event will feature Bill Hanage and be hosted by the American Physical Society. Learn more about the event here. Attendance requires a free account with the American Physical Society. Register for an account here. In most pathogenic bacteria, the population is made up of multiple distinct lineages or ‘clones’ which are associated with properties like virulence or drug resistance. For the most part, this structure has been taken for…

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This event will feature Stephen Kissler and be hosted by University of Colorado Boulder. Learn more about the event here. Join here with the password 747928. Mathematical models have provided key insights into SARS-CoV-2 dynamics at the global, local, and physiological scales. I will summarize some of our research efforts within each of these contexts. Early in the pandemic, a deterministic multi-strain coronavirus transmission model revealed how SARS-CoV-2 could behave during…

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This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by The Wall Street Journal. Free to watch but a fee is required for participation. Learn more about the forum here. Register here. Join the editors as they convene business leaders, policy makers, scientists and other experts to explore a range of issues at the center of international conversations in 2021 — including the race to contain the spread of the coronavirus and…

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This event will feature Michael Mina and be hosted by Axios. Learn more and register here. Join Axios for an event on COVID-19 testing and its role in the response to the coronavirus pandemic. We'll unpack the future of what testing looks like in a post-vaccine world. Features conversations with Harvard professor of epidemiology Dr. Michael Mina, Johns Hopkins senior scholar Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, and Director of the Center for Infectious…

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Presented by Dr. Iruka N. Okeke, Professor of Pharmaceutical Microbiology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Register for the event here. Iruka is a molecular bacteriologist focused on diarrhoeal pathogens, bacterial drug resistance, and laboratory practice in Africa. Her laboratory studies the molecular epidemiology, pathogenesis and genomics of enteric bacteria and provides genomic support for public health surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in West Africa. The Okeke lab also engages in…

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This event will feature Caroline Buckee and be hosted by CrisisReady. Learn more about the event here. Register here. We are delighted to invite you to the next panel by CrisisReady, a research-response platform at Direct Relief and Harvard University. This Panel will examine the practices of recent mobility data collaboratives in order to engage a conversation about the future of global capacity building for translational readiness and crisis response. One…

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This event will feature Marc Lipsitch and be hosted by the Global Health Network. Learn more about the seminar here. Register here. The unprecedented speed and scale of global rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines is playing a critical role in effectively responding to the pandemic. Decisions about global vaccine rollout have been made rapidly, informed by best available clinical research findings. What ethical responsibilities arise to monitor the safety and effectiveness…

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This event will feature Marc Lipsitch and be hosted by Boston City Council's Committee on Government Operations. Learn more about the hearing here. Read the docket here. Watch the event here. This hearing will address Docket #0261: Ordinance requiring equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the City of Boston. In addition to Dr. Lipsitch, witnesses include Dr. Cassandra Pierre of Boston Medical Center, Stan McLaren of Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center,…

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This event will feature Marc Lipsitch and be hosted by the Korean Academy of Science. Option to register here. Stream the event here. View the symposium agenda here. In the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, predictive research on the number of infections and deaths using statistics is actively being carried out. In particular, we are extensively researching in the fields of big data and AI analysis technology that go beyond existing mathematical,…

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