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SUMMARY:The evolution of\, and vaccination against\, influenza viruses - D
 erek Smith
DTSTART:20160215T193000Z
DTEND:20160215T210000Z
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CONTACT:Natalia Molina
DESCRIPTION:How to identify research areas that are most likely to have a 
 big social impact? Derek Smith will discuss this question\, offering insig
 hts from his personal career path and explaining how and why he arrived at
  the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre. \n\nDerek Smith
  is Professor of Infectious Disease Informatics at Cambridge University is
  also Director of the Centre for Pathogen Evolution\, and Director of the 
 WHO Collaborating Centre for Modelling\, Evolution\, and Control of Emergi
 ng Infectious Diseases\, both also at Cambridge University. In addition he
  is a member of the Virology Department at Erasmus Medical Center in The N
 etherlands. He is a member of the WHO influenza vaccine strain selection c
 ommittee\, and is also involved in vaccine strain selection for other huma
 n and non-human pathogens for the FAO and OIE.\n\nHis research is focused 
 on how pathogens evolve\, to what extent this evolution is predictable\, a
 nd determining public and animal health measures against such ever-changin
 g pathogens. He received a United States National Institutes of Health Dir
 ector's Pioneer Award in 2005 for his work on Antigenic Cartography\, a me
 thod that enables detailed study of pathogen evolution.
LOCATION:Lightfoot Room\, Divinity School\, St John's College
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