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Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, Imperial College London (GIDA) - COVID-19

  • Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: MC_PC_19012

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2021

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $660,260

  • Funder

    UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  • Principal Investigator

    Prof. Neil Ferguson

  • Research Location

    United Kingdom

  • Lead Research Institution

    Imperial College London

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Epidemiological studies

  • Research Subcategory

    Disease transmission dynamics

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This award is being made in recognition that key Centre staff have been redeployed from their usual work, and Centre resources utilised, to contribute to the first phase of a rapid research response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, is at the forefront of delivering timely analysis to inform policy responses to emerging infectious disease threats, and was rapidly awarded an additional £0.5m to support their real-time analysis and modelling of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic and the impact of COVID-19.