Events

An online survey on a global research agenda on public health and social measures during health emergencies

The Public Health and Social Measures (PHSM) initiative in the High Impact Events Preparedness unit is inviting you and wider global stakeholders to participate in a brief survey on a global research agenda for public health and social measures (PHSM) during health emergencies. The survey takes about 10 minutes to complete and seeks to identify immediate and urgent PHSM research priorities related to COVID-19 in the next 12 months.

Enter your survey response by September 30 to help the World Health Organization (WHO) identify immediate and urgent research priorities pertinent to the COVID-19 pandemic!

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is establishing a pool of pre-vetted experts on Digital Transformation who may be called to support UNDP’s work in this area and is looking for digital transformation experts. Successful candidates will be invited to join UNDP’s GPN ExpRes ONE Roster under one or more of the Digital Transformation profiles and may be considered for future assignments with UNDP for various short-term assignments.

Sabin is launching its fourth funding cycle of the Social and Behavioral Research Grants program with the following tracks: recovering lost gains in routine childhood immunizations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; building effective adult immunization and life-course vaccination programs in a post-pandemic world; and operationalizing the WHO Behavioral and Social Drivers (BeSD) framework. Successful applicants will be awarded funding for projects to conduct research and implement solutions for up to 18 months beginning in March 2023. Sabin intends to make awards of up to US$70,000 per funded project.

The Informed Choice Project aims to leverage a Canada-wide network of healthcare workers and volunteers to tackle misinformation in the social media ecosystem. The approach involves volunteers engaging directly with anti-vaccine posts and comments to curb the spread of misinformation. If you have time to engage in 3-5 conversations on social media each week and attend several feedback meetings, this is a great opportunity to hone infodemic management skill.

Find out more about the opportunity and apply here. The deadline is rolling

Join us when you're available to watch the livestream from the Lancet Summit: Big Data and AI in Pandemic Preparedness on MS Teams.

Day 1 Morning (2-7:30 am ET): MS Teams

Day 1 Afternoon (1-5:30 am ET): MS Teams

A detailed program can be found here. Please be aware of the time zone difference.

Join us when you're available to watch the livestream from the Lancet Summit: Big Data and AI in Pandemic Preparedness on MS Teams.

Day 2 Morning (2-7:30 am ET): MS Teams

Day 2 Afternoon (2-6:00 pm ET): MS Teams

A detailed program can be found here. Please be aware of the time zone difference.

Join the Waterloo.AI & Communitech, Industry Day Fall 2022 on Monday, November 28 to learn from experts regarding "Data - The Fuel for AI."

Dr. Helen Chen will present and discuss synthetic health data.