SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and its Control

Thank you to all who participated and attended this live webinar and panel discussion on SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and its Control, hosted by Microbiology@UCL. The event featured an hour of short talks on the latest research from UCL experts followed by another hour of panel discussion. 

Programme

Part 1: Presentations

Chair: Joanne Santini, Professor of Microbiology, Structural & Molecular Biology

11.30   Welcome (Joanne Santini)

11.35   Judy Breuer, Professor of Virology and Consultant Clinical Virologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital

     Topic: transmission in hospitals

11.45   Lena Ciric, Senior Lecturer, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering

    Title: Quantifying the risk of virus transmission on London’s public transport vehicles

11.55   Giovanni Giobbe, NIHR BRC Catalyst Fellow, Developmental Biology & Cancer at UCL GOS Institute of Child Health

     Title: SARS-CoV-2 infection and replication in human fetal and pediatric gastric organoids

12.05   Andrew Hayward, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Inclusion Health Research, Epidemiology & Public Health

     Title: Key principles in understanding Covid transmission

12.15   Susan Michie, Professor of Health Psychology, Clinical, Education & Health Psychology

     Title: Reducing transmission by enabling behaviour change

Part 2: Panel Discussion

Chair: Celia Caulcott, Vice Provost Enterprise, Innovation & Enterprise

Panellists (in addition to the above speakers):

• Sarah Edwards, Professor of Bioethics, Science & Technology Studies
• Dame Anne Johnson, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Infection & Population Health
• Deenan Pillay, Professor of Virology, Infection & Immunity

Download the full programme: sars-cov-2_transmission_programme_ver4.pdf