ID Epi Spring Seminar Series 2024

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Each spring, the CCDD hosts a seminar series featuring experts presenting the latest research in infectious disease epidemiology and modeling. The ID Epi Seminar Series aims to bring in speakers from various disciplines within infectious disease epidemiology, broadly defined to include the population biology of pathogens and other allied topics.

Seminars will be held on Thursdays, unless otherwise noted, at 1pm ET between February 2nd and May 9th with the exception of March 14th (spring break). Please note that our first seminar will be held on Friday, February 2nd. Recordings of presentations will be made publicly available on this page each week.

The seminar will be hybrid in-person/Zoom. The in-person portion will be held in either Kresge G2 or G3, and will be indicated for each speaker. Attending virtually requires registration with the Zoom link at the top of the page.

Harvard Chan School seeks to bring in speakers with a wide range of experiences and perspectives. They will share their own insights and do not speak for the school or the university.

Seminars

(CANCELLED) Data rich viral phylodynamics (Feb 02)

(CANCELLED) Data rich viral phylodynamics (Feb 02)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Trevor Bedford, Professor at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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(NOT RECORDED) Disease dynamics, in and out of context (Feb 08)

(NOT RECORDED) Disease dynamics, in and out of context (Feb 08)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Brandon Ogbunu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute.
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Making 'data for good' better (Feb 15)

Making 'data for good' better (Feb 15)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Caroline Buckee, Professor of Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Watch the recording (HarvardKey only).
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(NOT RECORDED) Cluster randomized trials of influenza vaccination and herd effect: Lessons from the Hutterites (Feb 22)

(NOT RECORDED) Cluster randomized trials of influenza vaccination and herd effect: Lessons from the Hutterites (Feb 22)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Mark Loeb, Professor in the Departments of Pathology of Molecular Medicine and Health Research, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University.
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Transmission bottlenecks, with implications for disease severity (Feb 29)

Transmission bottlenecks, with implications for disease severity (Feb 29)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Katia Koelle, Professor of Biology at Emory University. Learn more.
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Target trial emulation for vaccine emulation: Possibilities and challenges (Mar 07)

Target trial emulation for vaccine emulation: Possibilities and challenges (Mar 07)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Kayoko Shioda, Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. Learn more.
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What We Do, and Don't, Learn from the Black/White Mortality Disparity (Mar 21)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Learn more.
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Living in a Parallel Universe? Difference-in-differences for infectious disease policy evaluation (Mar 28)

(NOT RECORDED) Living in a Parallel Universe? Difference-in-differences for infectious disease policy evaluation (Mar 28)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Alyssa Bilinski, Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy at Brown University School of Public Health.
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Assessing spillover effects in vaccine studies (Apr 04)

Assessing spillover effects in vaccine studies (Apr 04)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Michael Hudgens, Professor and Chair of Biostatistics at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Learn more.
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Immune imprinting of dengue and Zika viruses: immunological, epidemiological, and clinical consequences (Apr 11)

Immune imprinting of dengue and Zika viruses: immunological, epidemiological, and clinical consequences (Apr 11)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Eva Harris, Professor and Chair of Biostatistics at The University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. Learn more.
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3Ps in a Pandemic: On Trust and Truth (Apr 18)

(NOT RECORDED) 3Ps in a Pandemic: On Trust and Truth (Apr 18)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Kai Kupferschmidt, Freelance Science Journalist for the Science Magazine.
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Influenza vaccination strategies in older adults (Apr 24)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Ben Cowling, Professor and Chair of Epidemiology at Hong Kong University, School of Public Health. Watch the recording (HarvardKey only).
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Antibiotic resistant pathogens in healthcare - burden, spread, and mitigation strategies (May 02)

Antibiotic resistant pathogens in healthcare - burden, spread, and mitigation strategies (May 02)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Susan Huang, Chancellor’s Professor at University of California Irvine School of Medicine. Learn more.
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The impediments to high-risk, high-return research (May 09)

This hybrid in-person/virtual webinar will be presented by Carl Bergstrom, Professor at the Department of Biology, University of Washington. Learn more.
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