PREPARE Team

Excited to share our recent Elsevier Epidemics paper on Data-driven mechanistic framework with stratified #immunity and effective transmissibility for #COVID19 scenario projections! @UVA_BI @CS_UVA #EpiTwitter sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excited to share our recent @PNASNexus paper on An Agent-Based Framework to Study Forced Migration: A Case Study of Ukraine! academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti… Authors from @UVA_BI @YaleSPH @UF_EPI @UVA @UMIACS

Excited to share our recent @PNASNews paper on coupled models for genomic surveillance based detection and intervention for variant-driven epidemics! pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107… Authors from @UVA_BI @CS_UVA ISI-Bengaluru @ictstifr @iiscbangalore @StrandLife @OneHealthTrust @Princeton

After the US/UK PETs Challenge, our team @UVA_BI helped organize an amazing #roundtable on the challenges to developing and implementing #PrivacyEnhancingTechnologies to support #publichealth & #pandemic response efforts @NSF @NIST @CDEIUK Learn more: prepare-vo.org/synthetic-pand…

A new study on COVID-19 deaths in China: official data hinted at China’s hidden COVID-19 toll. Then it vanished, @nytimes. Official data is consistent with the earlier result of @laurenmeyers @meyerslab @UTPandemics in February. @TexasScience @UTAustin nytimes.com/2023/07/19/wor…

Our C4GC squad took time out from research for watermelon day!

Join our @NSF workshop RP3: Research for the #Pandemic Preparedness in 2 weeks (7/13)! Register at tinyurl.com/PREPARE-RP3 Registered but need to upload a poster?tinyurl.com/RP3-poster Visit the forum to help inform our Research Roadmap: prepare-vo.org/roadmap #EpiTwitter

How many excess deaths occurred in the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic? Our new study in @ScienceAdvances finds: 1.18 million deaths. Nearly as many deaths occurred in Year 2 as Year 1 with large increases in counties in the rural South. Thread. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Toward a global virus genomic surveillance network. @viralverity @NathanGrubaugh examine infrastructure supporting #virus genomic surveillance during #COVID19 pandemic & importance of sustaining these surveillance networks for epidemic & endemic viruses cell.com/cell-host-micr…

The MIDAS Webinar Series returns Friday with Idowu Oluwarimi Joshua. Friday, June 30, 12:00 - 1:00pm Topic: Mathematical analysis of the role of quarantine and isolation in the SEQIJR SARS model without permanent immunity Register: pitt.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

What should @NSF focus on funding to ready us for the next #pandemic?! Share your thoughts on our Pandemic Preparedness Research Roadmap at prepare-vo.org/roadmap

Join our virtual @NSF workshop! RP3: Research for #Pandemic Preparedness on July 13th! Share final thoughts on the roadmap we synthesized to help inform our nation’s response to the next pandemic! Talk lessons learned! Share your latest work! Register at tinyurl.com/PREPARE-RP3

This week's digest covers a webinar highlighting the growing and neglected issue of #fungalinfections, #malaria and farm animals, the global prevalence of drug-resistant #TB, and more. Read our #OneHealth research round-up here: onehealthtrust.org/news-media/wee… #globalhealth

A new approach to drug development? Join us on @NSF Science Before the Storm as @AbhinavB_IIT @illinoistech shares how he’s revolutionizing medical research by exploring the potential of organ-on-a-chip technology #EpiTwitter #Microfluidics #Engineering podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scien…

Please RT ➡️ We're finally looking for beta testers for the PHAROS platform: a new web-based system for sharing animal disease surveillance data (as seen on PBS News Hour!). Do you have data of your own that you'd like to contribute? Get in touch!

Searching for four-leaf clovers? Tune into @NSF Science Before the Storm as @GlenBorchert @UofSouthAlabama shares how spotting the odd one out can unlock discoveries in non-coding #RNA and #science in general #EpiTwitter #NoncodingRNA #Antivirals podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scien…

Flush with inspiration? Tune into @NSF Science Before the Storm to learn how toilets and #microbiology inspire @ProfSmyth @TAMUSanAntonio to foster student reading and research #EpiTwitter #STEMed #Microbes #MicrobialEvolution #MicrobialAdaptation podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scien…

Let’s bridge that gap together! Tune into @NSF Science Before the Storm as @TrinaLFletcher @FIU discusses her efforts and what we can all do to improve #Equity and #Access in #STEM Education and Beyond #EpiTwitter #STEMed #HBCUs podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scien…

Juggling multiple roles? That's a cinch for our guest this season on @NSF Science Before the Storm: Constance Jeffery @thisisUIC shares about moonlighting #proteins and creating remote #undergradresearch opportunities! #EpiTwitter #Bioinformatics #REU podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scien…