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Focus Areas

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

State by state implementation of Zika virus testing guidance in the United States in 2017 and 2018
Preventive Medicine Reports
An Epidemic Recovery Framework to Jumpstart Analysis, Planning, and Action on a Neglected Aspect of Global Health Security
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Plague: Still a Threat, but Evidence and Preparedness Are Keys to Fighting Back
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Filling in the Blanks: National Research Needs to Guide Decisions about Reopening Schools in the United States
The Scientific Response to COVID-19 and Lessons for Security
Survival 2020;62(3)77-92

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Our Mission

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