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Outbreak Preemption and Response in the Genomic and Information Age

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Air date:	Thursday, June 3, 2021, 12:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
Views:	Total views: 453 (335 Live, 118 On-demand)
Category:	COVID-19
Runtime:	01:05:03
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Description:	COVID-19 Scientific Interest Group Dr. Sabeti is a professor at Harvard University and at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, as well as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Her lab's research areas include: developing analytical methods to detect and investigate evolution in the genomes of humans and other species; examining host and viral genetic factors driving disease susceptibility to the devastating and deadly diseases; investigating the genomes of microbes; and determining the microbial cause of undiagnosed acute febrile illness. Just as COVID-19 crisis has emphasized the critical importance of rapidly detecting and containing pathogens, we are on the cusp of a new era in infectious disease surveillance and response: ultra-sensitive genomic technologies have the unprecedented ability to detect virtually any pathogen, including those circulating under the radar, and can be leveraged to create simple, rapid, and highly affordable point-of-care diagnostics to be deployed anywhere. In parallel, powerful, cloud-based information systems allow us to continuously collect, integrate and, most importantly, broadly share viral surveillance data with those who need it most to guide critical public health decisions and actions. Dr. Sabeti will discuss how computational biology, medical genetics and evolutionary genetics can contribute to preventing and managing serious pandemics, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For more information go to https://oir.nih.gov/sigs/covid-19-scientific-interest-group

NLM Title:	Outbreak preemption and response in the genomic and information age / Pardis Sabeti.
Author:	Sabeti, Pardis. National Institutes of Health (U.S.). COVID-19 Scientific Interest Group.
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Abstract:	(CIT): Dr. Sabeti is a professor at Harvard University and at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, as well as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Her lab's research areas include: developing analytical methods to detect and investigate evolution in the genomes of humans and other species; examining host and viral genetic factors driving disease susceptibility to the devastating and deadly diseases; investigating the genomes of microbes; and determining the microbial cause of undiagnosed acute febrile illness. Just as COVID-19 crisis has emphasized the critical importance of rapidly detecting and containing pathogens, we are on the cusp of a new era in infectious disease surveillance and response: ultra-sensitive genomic technologies have the unprecedented ability to detect virtually any pathogen, including those circulating under the radar, and can be leveraged to create simple, rapid, and highly affordable point-of-care diagnostics to be deployed anywhere. In parallel, powerful, cloud-based information systems allow us to continuously collect, integrate and, most importantly, broadly share viral surveillance data with those who need it most to guide critical public health decisions and actions. Dr. Sabeti will discuss how computational biology, medical genetics and evolutionary genetics can contribute to preventing and managing serious pandemics, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Subjects:	COVID-19--epidemiology Computational Biology Disaster Planning Disease Outbreaks--prevention & control Genomics Public Health Surveillance
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast

NLM Classification:	WA 105
NLM ID:	9918226874406676
CIT Live ID:	42055
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=42055

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