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Emerging Infectious Diseases and Epidemics

Advancing priorities and strategies to prepare for, respond to, and recover from large-scale epidemics of natural or deliberate origin.

Below are some recent publications and projects related to infectious disease and epidemics. Click on the links at the bottom of each column to view all work in this focus area.

Recent Projects

Collective Intelligence for Disease Prediction

Project supported by: Open Philanthropy Project

Environment of Misinformation

Project supported by: Open Philanthropy Project

Outbreak Observatory

Project supported by: Open Philanthropy Project

Technologies to Address Global Catastrophic Biological Risks

Project supported by: Open Philanthropy Project

A Framework to Analyze the Pandemic Potential of Pathogens

Project supported by: Open Philanthropy Project

Persuasive Communications about Risks from and Response to Zika

Project supported by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Recent Publications

How Should U.S. Hospitals Prepare for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)?
Annals of Internal Medicine
Priorities for the US Health Community Responding to COVID-19
JAMA
The SPARS Pandemic 2025-2028: A Futuristic Scenario to Facilitate Medical Countermeasure Communication
Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research 2020;3(1):71–102
Confronting the Coronavirus: Perspectives on the Response to a Pandemic Threat
The Wuhan Coronavirus: Assessing the Outbreak, the Response, and Regional Implications

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Our Mission

To protect people’s health from epidemics and disasters and ensure that communities are resilient to major challenges.