COVID-19 Webinar
Thank you to the hundreds who joined us for this webinar! We hope you enjoyed it. You will now find the video recording above and links to some of the presentations below. More slides to be added as soon as possible.
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Chaired by Zoe Kleinman, BBC Presenter & Senior Reporter
Organised by the Clinical Informatics Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the UK and around the globe. By September 2020, there have been >30 million confirmed cases and over 1 million COVID-19 deaths.
With the emergence of a new infectious disease, there is an urgent need to gather new knowledge that can support the care of patients, reduce transmission, and eventually allow populations to return to their normal way of life.
The University of Southampton (UoS) has extensive expertise across many areas of research and medicine. Many groups and individuals have used their skills and knowledge to great effect in supporting the pandemic response, and developing and applying the findings from research and clinical practice.
A few case studies of the UoS response have been highlighted in this webinar (with profuse apologies to the many colleagues who are doing excellent work who we couldn’t fit into this programme!).
The talks cover COVID-19 vaccines; how the global health world is spending research money and how can it be spent better; the use of maps and movement of populations to work out the spread of COVID-19; bringing engineers and doctors together; the impact of inequalities and ‘long COVID’; the psychological effects of a pandemic on parents and children, and examples of our global health research with colleagues in Ghana.
Programme
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PRESENTATIONS
Splash the cash – counting the spend on infectious disease research before and during the pandemic - Dr Michael Head, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, Clinical Informatics Research Unit (CIRU)
Inequalities and long COVID-19 - Dr Nisreen Alwan, Associate Professor in Public Health
Predicting the movement of people – intercepting the virus - Ms Jessica Floyd, Senior Research Assistant in Statistical Analysis and Disease Modelling
A survey assessing the knowledge and experiences of COVID-19 in Ghana - Dr Ken Brackstone Research Fellow in Psychology
UK child and family mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic - Dr Peter Lawrence Lecturer in Clinical Psychology
Bringing engineering and medicine together – development of respirators for healthcare staff - Professor Paul Elkington Professor of Respiratory Medicine
cHAIR & SPEAKERS
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About The University of Southampton
The University of Southampton drives original thinking, turns knowledge into action and impact, and creates solutions to the world’s challenges. We are among the top 100 institutions globally (QS World University Rankings 2019). Our academics are leaders in their fields, forging links with high-profile international businesses and organisations, and inspiring a 24,000-strong community of exceptional students, from over 135 countries worldwide. Through our high-quality education, the University helps students on a journey of discovery to realise their potential and join our global network of over 200,000 alumni.