Adam Kucharski (LSHTM)

Improving surveillance and software for epidemic response

COVID-19 spurred a range of new data and analysis efforts, many of which could be valuable for future epidemics and pandemics. This talk will use a draw on a range of examples to discuss opportunities in surveillance and software. In particular, it will cover analysis of testing from arriving travellers to reconstruct international pandemic dynamics, focusing on French Polynesia and Singapore during COVID-19. It will also cover efforts to improve the sustainability and interoperability of outbreaks analysis tools, covering lessons from the real-time response to COVID-19, as well as recent work in the new 'Epiverse' initiative.