Meet & Greet: Preparedness for Infectious Diseases / UManchester + Uchile, 29 th Apr, 2025

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The Public Health Team at the University of Manchester and the School of Public Health at Universidad de Chile cordially invite you to the first Meet & Greet session on climate change and public health that will focus on preparedness for infectious diseases. Speakers from both institutions will discuss their research, followed by a general discussion with the participation of the attendees. These sessions aim to foster academic connections, identify research and policy gaps in these areas, and raise awareness of the importance of researching and taking action on climate change for public health. Undergraduate and graduate students, academics and researchers from both universities are welcome to join us. Please confirm your attendance here. DATE: April 29th TIME: 4:00 PM UK / 12:00 AM CHILE DURATION: 1 hour PLACE: Online. The Zoom link will be shared after registration GUEST SPEAKERS AND THEIR RESEARCH U. MANCHESTER Dr. Pamela Vallely, Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics "Congenital CMV infection" Dr. Hui Guo, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care "Using machine learning to investigate interactive effects of climate change and environmental factors on communicable diseases" Dr. Ian Hall, Mathematical Epidemiology and Statistics “Dengue and legionnaire’s disease in the context of climate change” U. CHILE Dr. Mauricio Canals, Environmental Health Program "Zoonoses, mathematical modelling of infectious diseases, including pandemics" Dr. Cristóbal Cuadrado, Politics, Systems and Health Management Program "Modelling dengue transmission, considering research gaps for climate change adaptation scenarios" Dr. Valeria Stuardo, Global Health Program "HIV and MPOX. The influence of climate change as a global determinant of emerging and re-emerging diseases"