Marc Baguelin
Lecturer @ImperialCollege Associate Prof @LSHTM Influenza, bayesian inference, evidence synthesis, vaccines, outbreak analysis, photographer, urban gardener.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: COVID-19 Series: Managing local outbreaks - Episode 37. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
During this stage of the pandemic, managing local outbreaks is the key fight in controlling the spread of the virus.
Chaired by Dr Ebere Okereke, lead of Public Health England’s IHR Strengthening Project, this episode will feature Ivan Browne, the...
Imperial people - A look behind the scenes with the staff who make the College tick
A look behind the scenes with the staff who make the College tick
Estimating the burden of SARS-CoV-2 in France
France has been heavily affected by the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic and went into lockdown on the 17 March 2020. Using models applied to hospital and death data, we estimate the impact of the lockdown and current population immunity. We find 3.6% of...
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey pilot - Office for National Statistics
Estimates of people testing positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in England. Results from COVID-19 Infection Survey pilot.
Routine vaccinations for U.S. children have plummeted amid the pandemic
Routine vaccination of children in the United States appeared to have declined dramatically in March and April, according to a new study.
Coronavirus deaths: how does Britain compare with other countries? | David Spiegelhalter
It’s tempting to try to construct a league table, but we’ll have to wait months, if not years, for the true picture, says statistician David Spiegelhalter
Suppression of COVID-19 outbreak in the municipality of Vo, Italy
On the 21st of February 2020 a resident of the municipality of Vo, a small town near Padua, died of pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. This was the first COVID-19 death detected in Italy since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in the Chinese city of...
Cost-effectiveness of introducing national seasonal influenza vaccination for adults aged 60 years and above in mainland China: a modelling analysis
China has an aging population with an increasing number of adults aged ≥ 60 years. Influenza causes a heavy disease burden in older adults, but can be alleviated by vaccination. We assessed the cost-effectiveness of a potential government-funded...
This 3-D Simulation Shows Why Social Distancing Is So Important
We visualized a cough to show how far respiratory droplets can spread. If you haven’t been keeping your distance to fight the coronavirus, this may persuade you.
Marc Baguelin
A very informative simulation in @nytimes on the transmission of #coronavirus. Apply to other respiratory viruses too.
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World Patient Safety Day 2019
WHO will launch a global campaign to create awareness of patient safety and urge people to show their commitment to making healthcare safer.
As an ICU doctor, I see the crisis unfold one person at a time. Here's what it looks like | Shaan Sahota
My hospital’s makeshift ‘Covid zone’ is a surreal world where patients lie silent and a depleted staff complete herculean tasks, says junior doctor Shaan Sahota
Marc Baguelin
A deeply moving testimony from Shaan Sahota a junior doctor in a #COVID19 ICU. "We talk of curves and peaks but that has nothing to do with lived experience."
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We're hiring: Full-stack web developer - Reside-IC
We are hiring! While many people of the department and some of the RSE group are focussed on COVID-19 at the moment, research and public health action on malaria, HIV, and other diseases continues in the department and we’re looking for someone to...
Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis
These early estimates give an indication of the fatality ratio across the spectrum
of COVID-19 disease and show a strong age gradient in risk of death.
The early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in Lombardy, Italy
In the night of February 20, 2020, the first case of novel coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) was confirmed in the Lombardy Region, Italy. In the week
that followed, Lombardy experienced a very rapid increase in the number of
cases. We analyzed the...
2020-21 HPRU Modelling & Economics Studentships | LSHTM
NIHR-funded PhD studentships in applied health protection research at LSHTM in collaboration with Public Health England
Modelling & Economics
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has been awarded three five-year grants from the...
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