Developed by Dr. Veronika Wirtz and BUSPH student Maxwel Barainca, this comprehensive literature review provides best practices for effective health communication.
Data science has widespread potential for improving the ability to predict the spread of infectious diseases. On April 30, 2024, CEID welcomed Caroline Buckee, PhD; Alessandro Vespignani, PhD; and Larry Madoff, MD to discuss its current and potential future uses. Dr. Madoff, who serves as Medical Director of the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory […]
When: Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 10:00-11:00 AM Where: Zoom webinar (register here) Cases of the H5N1 strain of avian flu have been reported in US dairy cattle since March 2024. As we have seen avian influenza (or "bird flu") has the ability to be transmitted from birds to mammals such as cows and humans. […]
UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming Shares Strategies for Using Fact-based Science Communications to Build Trust In the post-pandemic era, artificial intelligence (AI) has played a major role in the dissemination of information. AI has also facilitated the spread of misinformation and disinformation across social media platforms through algorithms that amplify posts designed to […]
CEID's Data Science & Surveillance research core presents From Data to Action: Leveraging Data Science for Effective Health Policy and Surveillance Against Emerging Infectious Disease Threats. When: Tuesday, April 30, 2024, 3:00 - 5:00 PM EST Where: 72 East Concord St, Room L-403, Boston, MA and via Zoom Agenda3:00-4:15pm - Panel discussion4:15-5:00pm - Reception Featuring: Larry […]
Smallpox is still the only human disease to have been fully eradicated. However, the risk of reemergence isn't fully nonzero, says CEID director Dr. Nahid Bhadelia who served on National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)'s committee that wrote a government-requested report on smallpox preparedness. Read more from Science.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Contact:Cassandra Kocek (BU Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases), ckocek@bu.eduJillian McKoy (BU School of Public Health), jpmckoy@bu.eduGina DiGravio (BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine), ginad@bu.edu ## Researchers Support Increased Genomic Sequencing of Dengue for More Effective Prevention Dengue is a disease characterized by fever, rash, headache, myalgia, and […]
Boston University's Center on Emerging Infectious Disease (CEID) is pleased to announce the availability of two research grants (one for graduate students and one for doctoral and postdoctoral students) pursuing innovative research projects related to CEID’s mission. The project has to focus on public health, policy, clinical, social sciences, or data sciences research related to […]
Event recording available on YouTube. CEID and the Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering present Building Resilience: The Transformative Role of AI in Global Public Health Communication. When: Monday, April 8, 2024, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST Where: Boston University Trustee Ballroom, 1 Silber Way, 9th Floor, Boston, MA and via Zoom Join us […]
of annual deaths worldwide are attributed to infectious diseases (Journal of Infection, 2023)
world population cannot obtain essential health services (World Health Organization, 2017)
of emerging infectious diseases that are reported globally are zoonoses (World Health Organization)
of the world's population have little to no access to diagnostics (The Lancet, 2021)