Understanding emerging infections
New emerging infections can pose huge global risks to health, with potentially devastating societal and economic impacts. In this seminar, Professor Angela McLean, Director of the Institute for Emerging Infections, will look at how new pathogens adapt will look at how new pathogens adapt as they spread, and how we can improve the development of new treatments and strategies to target infectious disease.
Date: 12 November 2015, 17:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Venue: Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Angela McLean (Institute for Emerging Infections, Oxford Martin School)
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Organiser: Caroline Corke (University of Oxford, Oxford Martin School)
Organiser contact email address: caroline.corke@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Host: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Part of: Ideas Into Action: 10 years of ground-breaking research
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Booking required?: Required
Booking url: http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/event/2203
Audience: Public
Editor: Caroline Corke