Speaker: Dr. Brooke Nichols. Bio: Brooke Nichols, PhD, MSc, is an Assistant Professor of Global Health at Boston University School of Public Health. She is a mathematical modeler and health economist with interest and experience in modelling and economic evaluation of treatment as prevention (HIV and HCV) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (HIV), HIV drug resistance modelling, geospatial modelling for efficient resource allocation, and translating research into public policy recommendations. Her recent work has focused on mathematical modeling of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a specific focus on resource allocation and optimized molecular and rapid antigen testing strategies for low- and middle-income countries. She currently chairs the World Health Organization’s Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator’s diagnostic modeling consortium aimed at improving the impact and efficiency of rapid antigen testing strategies for SARS-CoV-2.