MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis

15/07/2026

✨ NEW EPISODE ✨This week Dr Sabine van Elsland speaks with Tristan Naidoo about the pathogen epidemiology review group latest systematic literature review on World Health Organization (WHO) priority pathogen Nipah Virus Disease.

Read the systematic review in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on Nipah virus disease epidemiological parameters, outbreaks, and mathematical models 👇
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(26)00239-2

Find out more about the Pathogen Epidemiology Review Group work 👇 https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/related-initiatives/perg/

08/07/2026

Have you signed up to our short course on mathematical models of the epidemiology and control of infectious disease yet? Now more relevant than ever with practicals focussed on Ebola outbreak modelling and sessions on infectious disease modelling and policy planning.

📅 13-25th of September 2026
✨ Application deadline 31 August 2026
✏️ Find out more & apply 👉 https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/opportunities/short-course/
📽️ Watch this video to see how the shortcourse can benefit your work 👉 youtu.be/dGXjohyGWCQ

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01/07/2026

✨ NEW EPISODE now live! This week Sabine L. van Elslandis joined by Dr Guillaume Morel & Dr Anh Pham to speak about the economic impact of avian influenza H5N1.

Read the paper in Nature Portfolio Communications Earth & Environment on how an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 could impact the dairy cattle sector & broader economy in the United States 👇

https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-03153-9

23/06/2026

NEW EPISODE ! In June we celebrated Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 In this episode, Dr Sabine L. van Elsland speaks with Dr Rosie Maddren and Dr Joseph Hicks about how research institutions can support their LGBTQ+ staff and students when travelling 👇

Read more about this in their recent publication in Epidemics on supporting LGBTQ+ epidemiologists in the UK during research-related travel and international collaborations 👇
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2025.100871

10/06/2026

✨ NEW EPISODE ✨ This week Dr Sabine van Elsland speaks with Dr Ruth McCabe about the current outbreak and a collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and regional health authorities to estimate the size of the outbreak which was published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases - one to watch!

Read the paper on estimation of the Ebola outbreak size in DRC here 👇 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(26)00299-9/fulltext

01/06/2026

OPPORTUNITY ✨ Join our short course on mathematical models of the epidemiology and control of infectious disease this September to explore how modelling can inform public health decision-making, outbreak response, and disease control strategies.

📅 13-25th of September 2026
✨ Application deadline 31 August 2026
✏️ Find out more & apply 👇
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/opportunities/short-course/

📽️ Watch this video to see how the shortcourse can benefit your work 👇
https://youtu.be/dGXjohyGWCQ

20/03/2026

✨ NEW EPISODE ✨ week Dr Sabine van Elsland speaks with Dr Elizaveta Semenova about surrogate models and why unified reporting standards matter more than ever in the age of AI.

Read their position paper advocating for a unified reporting standard for surrogate models in the artificial intelligence era 👇
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.06753

17/03/2026

✨ NEW EPISODE ✨ ! This week Sabine van Elsland speaks with Prof Nicholas Grassly and Dr Joyce Odeke Akello about wastewater surveillance as an early warning of viruses with pandemic potential and the WASPP Network 👇

Find out more about the WaSPP network 👇
https://www.waspp.org/

Read about the opportunities and challenges of global wastewater surveillance for pathogens with pandemic potential published in The Lancet Microbe 👇
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.07.002

Imperial College London Gates Foundation

13/02/2026

NEW EPISODE ! This week Sabine van Elsland speaks with Dr Anna Vicco and Kelly McCain about Zika outbreaks, congenital Zika syndrome and next steps investigating the cross-reactivity of Zika with dengue 👇

Read more about this work in the Nature Health publication👇
https://doi.org/10.1038/s44360-025-00051-4

Imperial College London

11/12/2025

NEW EPISODE ! This week Dr Sabine van Elsland speaks with Dr Darlan Candido about historical transmission of poliovirus, immunity, cross border transmission and data availability👇

Find out more about historical and current spatiotemporal patterns of wild and vaccine-derived poliovirus spread in this Nature Microbiology paper 👇 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02174-6