Counselling required: the fragile partnership between disease surveillance and disease prevention & control
This research seminar will explore barriers and lessons learned in the effective use of surveillance to target disease control.
While a primary goal of disease surveillance is to improve and inform activities that reduce the burden of disease, challenges can arise in the translation of that data for the effective targeting and delivery of public health interventions. This research seminar will explore barriers and lessons learned in the effective use of surveillance to target disease control using examples from the geographic targeting of oral cholera vaccine and the evaluation of contact tracing efforts for COVID-19.
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Dr Elizabeth C.Lee, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Elizabeth C. Lee is a Research Associate in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research characterizes the spatial and transmission dynamics of infectious diseases to advance policies for effective and evidence-based disease control. She is interested in the design and evaluation of surveillance systems and improving the targeted delivery of vaccination campaigns and other disease control activities. Elizabeth has previous experience collaborating with public health organizations on projects related to influenza, cholera, and COVID-19.
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