The Science of Pandemic Technology
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WEBINAR SPOTLIGHT
Clinical and epidemiological benefits of early treatment and prophylaxis for COVID-19
October 18, 2021
Speakers: Meagan O’Brien (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals); Jennifer Ross (University of Washington)
This series is co-hosted with The Big Data Institute at The University of Oxford to reveal and promote cutting-edge research that is directly relevant to digital tools that help mitigate the spread of infectious diseases.
Webinars On-Demand
Watch recordings of past events, anytime. Contributors include leading experts in exposure science, epidemiology, virology, public health, infectious disease, privacy, cybersecurity, and more.
OCT 2021
Clinical and epidemiological benefits of early treatment and prophylaxis for COVID-19
Speakers:
- Meagan O’Brien (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals)
- Jennifer Ross (University of Washington)
SEPT 2021
Strategies for COVID-19 Presence Tracing
Speakers:
- Justus Benzler (Robert Koch Institute)
- Vincent Roca (Inria National Research Institute)
- Merrin MacLeod (New Zealand EN app)
- Edouard Bugnion (EPFL)
- James Petrie (WeHealth)
AUG 2021
Bluetooth & Beyond for Exposure Notification Technology
Speakers:
- Amanda Wilson (University of Arizona)
- Ramsey Faragher (Focal Point Positioning)
- Curran Schiefelbein (MIT Lincoln Laboratory)
JUN 2021
The emergence of new mutations in SARS-CoV-2 and their implications
Speakers:
- Tyler Starr (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
- Katrina Lythgoe (University of Oxford)
MAY 2021
Does it really work? Collecting data on the German Corona-Warn-App
Speakers (Robert Koch Institute):
- Tim Weihrauch
- Göran Kirchner
- Justus Benzler
APR 2021
The SwissCovid App: Where do we stand after 10 months of operation?
Speakers:
- Viktor von Wyl (University of Zurich)
- Marcel Salathé (Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force)
MAR 2021
Trading Privacy for Effectiveness in Exposure Notifications: A Debate
Speakers & Respondents:
- Peter Singer - Ethics
- James Petrie - WeHealth
- Carmela Troncoso - DP3T
- Louise Ivers - Public Health
- Jane Bambauer - Law
- Jason Hong - User Acceptability
FEB 2021
The Science Behind Aarogya Setu: Key Learnings from the World’s Largest Contact Tracing App
Speaker: Aalekh Sharan
Jan 2021
Looking at the Covid-19 Pandemic through the Lens of Risk Analysis
Speaker: Charles N. Haas (Drexel University)
DEC 2020
The Timing of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Viral Load Dynamics
Speaker:
Luca Ferretti, University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute
Last week’s event was awesome! There were 5 from my department that attended as well, they also wrote to say how much they enjoyed the debate.
University of Arizona, College of Medicine – Phoenix Pamela Garcia-Filion