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Collecting COVID: Oral HistoriesProfessor Sheetal SilalGeorgina Ferry interviews Sheetal Silal, Associate Professor (Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town) and Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Disease Modelling (Nuffield Department of Medicine), 28 February 2023. Topics discussed include (00:01:18) early interest in mathematics, database evidence making in health; (00:03:24) global health problem of malaria; (00:04:47) contribution of data science in combating and eliminating malaria; (00:07:13) global collaborations, including with colleagues at the University of Oxford and South America; (00:08:47) first awareness of COVID-19, involvement in the response; (00:11:45) model building during the pandemic; (00:16:18) government policy decisions based on modelling; (00:18:40) evolution of the pandemic in South Africa; (00:22:50) mortality rate and hospital capacity in...
2023-07-051h 03Collecting COVID: Oral HistoriesProfessor Lisa Whitemedical sciences, epidemiology, covid-19 (disease) Topics discussed include (00:00:29) early interest in health, degrees in mathematics at the University of Warwick and interest in mathematical biology, PGCE training and work as a teacher and later work abroad; (00:02:45) modelling and computational approaches to public health; (00:04:22) future planning of health services and impact on policymaking; (00:05:50) prior projects, including research relating to methods for dealing with the emergence and spread of antimalarial drug resistance; (00:13:24) collaboration with other researchers, including interdisciplinary nature of the role; (00:15:11) adoption of modelling work into practice, including malaria work; (00:16:20) problem of infectious disease on a global scale; (00:20:13) first awareness of...
2023-03-301h 20Collecting COVID: Oral HistoriesProfessor Lisa WhiteGeorgina Ferry interviews Lisa White, Professor of Modelling in Epidemiology at the Big Data Institute, 13 September 2022. Topics discussed include (00:00:29) early interest in health, degrees in mathematics at the University of Warwick and interest in mathematical biology, PGCE training and work as a teacher and later work abroad; (00:02:45) modelling and computational approaches to public health; (00:04:22) future planning of health services and impact on policymaking; (00:05:50) prior projects, including research relating to methods for dealing with the emergence and spread of antimalarial drug resistance; (00:13:24) collaboration with other researchers, including interdisciplinary nature of the role; (00:15:11) adoption of modelling work into practice, including malaria work; (00:16:20...
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The Breakfast XpressINTERVIEW WITH SCIENTIST DR SHEETAL SILAL#COVID19 #CHOOSELIFEWhile many debate whether moving to Level 3 is in our best interest, we cannot ignore scientific projections that say at least three million South Africans will be infected by year-end and that 40 000 people are expected to lose their lives. We chat to Dr Sheetal Silal, one of the experts from the data modeling team, that outlined this possible outcome.
2020-05-2615 min