Mitigating the impacts of infectious disease emergencies

Key facts

Disease
COVID-19
Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$476,341.68
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Principal Investigator
Dr. Freya Shearer
Research Location
Australia
Lead Research Institution
University of Melbourne
Research Priority Alignment
N/A

Research Category
Infection prevention and control
Research Subcategory
Restriction measures to prevent secondary transmission in communities
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Non-Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
N/A
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Not Applicable
Vulnerable Population
Not applicable
Occupations of Interest
Not applicable

Abstract

While public health and social measures have been central to the COVID-19 response and saved lives, many uncertainties remain as to their optimal use. Governments have been repeatedly required to balance the consequences of an uncontrolled outbreak against the social and economic costs of interventions. Over the next five years, I will use modelling and decision science to support the development of more tailored and adaptive response policies for COVID-19 and inevitable future pandemics.

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Predicting immune protection against outcomes of infectious disease from population-level effectiveness data with application to COVID-19.

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