Summer Research Colloquium Guest Lecture Series (2/4): Infectious Disease Research
Bryan Grenfell, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology &
Public Affairs joins us for the second of four Summer Research
Colloquium Guest Lectures to talk about his research on population
dynamics of infectious disease with a particular focus on the ongoing
Coronavirus pandemic.
Professor Grenfell is a population
biologist, working at the interface between theoretical models and
empirical data. Members of his research group investigate the
population dynamics of infectious diseases, focusing on their
epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics and control by vaccination.
They are especially interested in understanding the nonlinear
spatio-temporal dynamics of acute immunizing infections and how these
are affected by control strategies.