Zoe Kleinmann, Senior Tech Reporter, BBC News, will be chairing a special webinar on Tuesday 20 October with colleagues from across the University. The agenda will cover a range of the work that has been going on at our University; from research into the human psychology and behaviour in a pandemic, to what it’s like to run a vaccine trial.
- Date– Tuesday 20 October
- Time – 18:30 – 20.00
- Webpage – https://www.the-ciru.com/resin-covid19webinar
- Register: www.isurvey.soton.ac.uk/38394
Provisional agenda:
| Talk / Presentation | Speaker |
| Splash the cash – counting the spend on infectious disease research before and during the pandemic | Dr Michael Head
Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, Clinical Informatics Research Unit (CIRU) |
| Inequalities and long COVID-19 | Dr Nisreen Alwan
Associate Professor in Public Health |
| Predicting the movement of people – intercepting the virus | Ms Jessica Floyd
Senior Research Assistant in Statistical Analysis and Disease Modelling |
| The hunt for medicines effective against COVID-19 | Professor Tom Wilkinson
Professor of Respiratory Medicine |
| Human psychology and behaviour during a pandemic | Dr Peter Lawrence
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology |
| Bringing engineering and medicine together – development of respirators for healthcare staff | Professor Paul Elkington
Professor of Respiratory Medicine |
| What’s it like to run a COVID-19 vaccine trial? | Professor Saul Faust
Professor of Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases |
Date– Tuesday 20 October
Time – 18:30pm – 20.00
Webpage – https://www.the-ciru.com/resin-covid19webinar
Register: www.isurvey.soton.ac.uk/38394
