
April 29
20th Freeman-Seage Symposium on Infectious Disease Epidemiology

This event is open to the Harvard Longwood Community.
Schedule
1:30 – 4:30PM in the Kresge G3 auditorium
- 1:30PM – Welcome and Introduction by Marc Lipsitch, DPhil, Professor of Epidemiology
- 1:35PM – Transmission or Importation? Using SARS-CoV-2 Genomics to Guide Infection Control protocols by Mui Pham, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Epidemiology
- 1:50PM – Biological drivers of frequency dependent selection in post-vaccine pneumococcal populations by Indra Gonzalez Ojeda, PhD Student, Physics
- 2:05PM – Alcohol use, alcohol outlets, and spatial HIV epidemic burden in South Africa by Domonique Reed, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Epidemiology
- 2:20PM – Quantifying the impact of antibiotic use and genetic determinants of resistance on Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineage dynamics by David Helekal, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Epidemiology
- 2:35PM – Q&A Session
- 2:50PM – BREAK
- 3:10PM – Evolutionary and host demographic factors shaping the diversity of a multilocus antigen in Neisseria gonorrhoeae by QinQin Yu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
- 3:25PM – Equity considerations in COVID-19 vaccine allocation modelling: a methodological study by Eva Rumpler, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology
- 3:40PM – Comparing strategies to introduce two new antibiotics that minimize drug resistance in gonorrhea: a modeling study by Madeleine Kline, MD-PhD Candidate, Population Health Sciences
- 3:55PM – Q&A Session
- 4:20PM – Closing remarks by Megan Murray, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology
4:45-6:30PM in the FXB Atrium
- Spatiotemporal variability of malaria transmission in the Brazilian Amazon driven by weather and climate patterns by Nicholas J. Arisco, Postoctoral Research Fellow, Global Health and Population
- Can Group B Streptococcus (GBS) strain diversity in carriage be recovered from low-abundance metagenomic samples? A simulation study by Ruchita Balasubramanian, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology
- Surveillance for TB drug resistance using routine rapid diagnostic testing data: Methodological development and application in Brazil by Sarah Baum, PhD Student, Global Health and Population
- Focusing a Viral Risk Ranking Tool on Prediction by Katherine Budeski, PhD Student, Epidemiology
- Exploring SARS-CoV-2 Intrahost Evolution and Transmission with Deep Sequencing Genomic Surveillance Data by Léa Cavalli, PhD Candidate, Epidemiology
- Why should we study indirect effects of antimicrobial treatment strategies? by Juan Gago, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Epidemiology
- Linking Genetic Distance to Invasiveness in Streptococcus pneumoniae by Sophia Lerebours (Undergraduate student at Harvard College), Indra Gonzalez Ojeda (PhD Student, Physics), Marc Lipsitch, DPhil (Professor, Epidemiology)
- Prevalence of Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Tuberculosis Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Alicia Madden, Research Assistant, Global Health and Social Medicine
- Mining and Malaria: Addressing Mobility and Access in the Guyana Shield by Andrea Parra Salazar, PhD Student, Global Health and Population
- Heterogeneous constraint and adaptation across the malaria parasite life cycle by Sarah Perkins, PhD Candidate, Biology
- Low-Cost Approaches for Detecting Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacterial Infections in Resource-Limited Settings: A Scoping Review by David Roach, Instructor in Medicine
- Seasonal forcing and waning immunity drive the sub-annual periodicity of the COVID-19 epidemic by Ilan N. Rubin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Epidemiology
- Target trial emulation with test restricted sampling to estimate COVID-19 booster vaccine efficacy: a cohort study by Beau Schaeffer, PhD Student, Epidemiology
- Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) and TB infection in intrahousehold contacts by Oscar Zazueta Fierro, PhD Student, Population Health Sciences
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