ID Epi Spring Seminar Series 2025

Each spring, the CCDD hosts the ID Epi Seminar Series featuring experts presenting the latest research in infectious disease epidemiology and modeling. The series aims to bring in speakers from various disciplines within infectious disease epidemiology, broadly defined to include the population biology of pathogens and other allied topics.

Seminars will be held on Thursdays from 1-2 p.m. ET between January 30 and May 8 with the exception of March 20 (spring break). They are offered both in-person and over Zoom. Room information for each seminar is listed below. Please register in advance for virtual attendance.

Recordings of presentations will be made publicly available on this page each week as well as on our YouTube channel.

Harvard Chan School seeks to bring in speakers with a wide range of experiences and perspectives. They will share their own insights and will not speak for the School or the University.

Speaker information is still being added. Please continue to check back for our full seminar schedule.

Effects of Influenza Vaccination Among University Students Using Target Maximum Likelihood for Interference

Presented by Paul Zivich, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jan 30, 2025 | Kresge 502 and Zoom

How should we be evaluating planning scenarios? Meditations inspired by the US COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub

Presented by Justin Lessler, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Feb 6, 2025 | Kresge G3 and Zoom

Spatial and genomic epidemiology of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Republic of Moldova

Presented by Ted Cohen, Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases), Yale School of Public Health.

Feb 13, 2025 | Kresge G3 and Zoom

Infection dynamics and control in a changing world

Presented by Jessica Metcalf, Professor in the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Feb 20, 2025 | Kresge G3 and Zoom

The Sheba Pandemic Preparedness Research Institute (SPRI) – From Pandemic Preparedness to a West Nile Virus mAbnfection dynamics and control in a changing world

Presented by Gili Regev-Yochay, Professor, Director of the Sheba Pandemic Preparedness Research Institute, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

Feb 27, 2025 | Kresge G3 and Zoom

Optimizing antibiotic treatment for children with diarrhea in low-resource settings: promoting access and limiting excess

Presented by Elizabeth Rogawski McQuade, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Mar 6, 2025 | Kresge G3 and Zoom

The economic impact of the HIV response: How do we know if it’s been worth it?

Presented by Gesine Meyer-Rath, Research Associate Professor at Boston University School of Public Health and HE2RO, University of the Witwatersrand

Mar 13, 2025 | Kresge 502 and Zoom