Enhancing modelling impact through collaboration: The case study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK university students
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Event webpage
More information here: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2022/06/ramp/
Event overview
An all-day event, held at The Royal Society, that brought together the wide community of modelling scientists involved in the COVID-19 pandemic response to recognise their contributions. The schedule had five main sessions.
Sessions 1 and 2 consisted of talks by early career researchers across modelling disciplines relevant to the pandemic response. Topics included epidemic modelling, work on air-flow and human behaviour.
Session 3 had further contributions from early career researchers in the form of (pre-recorded) flash-talks and an accompanying poster session.
Session 4 was a policy-focused panel discussion exploring the lessons from the pandemic for how the scientific community can respond to future emergencies.
The fifth and final session was held in the evening, with a series of public talks from three invited speakers:
- Making sense of pandemic dynamics – Professor Adam Kucharski (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
- Environmental factors in virus transmission - Professor Chris Budd OBE (University of Bath)
- The path from science to policy – Dr Louise Dyson (University of Warwick)
Joint talk
Myself and Emily Nixon presented a joint talk on our research modelling the epidemiological implications of staggering the return of students to Higher Education settings in the UK in January 2021.

Presentation recording
The talk may be viewed here.
Presentation slides
You can download a PDF copy of the presentation slides here.