IDSI FAB member Professor Michele Goodwin on “Civil Liberties in a Pandemic: The Lessons of History”
UCI Law Video: Law & Policy in the Biden-Harris Administration: Civil Liberties in a Pandemic Chancellor’s Professor of Law and IDSI FAB member Michele Goodwin presents on “Civil Liberties in a Pandemic: The Lessons of […]
COVID-19 One Year into the Pandemic: UCI’s Scientific Contributions.
Co-Sponsor, UCI Infectious Disease Science Initiative presents COVID-19 One Year into the Pandemic: UCI’s Scientific Contributions UCI investigators will present their work in a symposium on the anniversary of the W.H.O. designating COVID-19 a […]
IDSI featured in UCI News: “Investigating Outbreaks: Beyond the Laboratory”
The well-timed Infectious Disease Science Initiative strives to make UCI a global leader in an urgent and ever-evolving field. When the novel coronavirus entered the scene, and the fledgling initiative (IDSI) found itself in the […]
IDSI Co-Director Vladimir Minin is part of the UC Health and CA Dept of Public Health COVID Modeling Consortium.
To ensure public health safety, the University of California Health (UCH) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) are launching an innovative data modeling consortium. IDSI Co-Director Vladimir Minin will be part of this […]
Epidemiology of the early COVID-19 epidemic in Orange County.
Research Paper on the comparison of predictors in test positivity, mortality, and seropositivity among the Orange County community. Infectious Disease Student Initiative FAB leading author Daniel Parker and Associate Director Vladimir Minin, and Phil Felgner, […]
COVID 19 – Moving Beyond the Pandemic Lecture.
Dean’s Distinguished Virtual Lecture The panel lead by Dr. Messaoudi and Dr. Buchmeier along with many other UCI-associated researchers will discuss the different research developments in regards to the battle against COVID-19. Involving many speakers […]
Deadline Extended to January 26 – Call for Seed Grant Proposals on Infectious Disease Dynamics
Deadline Extended to January 26 for Seed Grant Proposals Interdisciplinary Pilot Study Funding on Infectious Disease Dynamics The UCI Infectious Disease Science Initiative (IDSI) aims to establish UCI as a global leader in research and […]
New evidence that U.K. coronavirus variant spreads more easily has scientists really worried.
IDSI Co-Director Prof. Vladimir Minin gives his opinion in regards to the study and current situation. The coronavirus variant in the United Kingdom has confirmed scientists’ early suspicions of a super spreader capable of turbocharging […]
IDSI Associate Director Dr. Shruti Gohil on the Irvine COVID-19 and Business Reopening Task Force.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Farrah N. Khan announces the COVID-19 and Business Reopening Task Forces to guide the City of Irvine in 2021 and beyond. IDSI Associate Director Dr. Shruti Gohil will […]
UCI: IDSI Nursing Faculty Adey Nyamathi among the world’s top 2% of researchers.
UCI Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor Adey Nyamathi and three other nursing faculty are among the top 2% of scientists in the world. Dean and Professor Adey Nyamathi […]
UCI Infectious Disease Science Initiative Newsletter – December 2020
Dear colleagues, As 2020 comes to a close, we would like to thank you for your support of the UCI Infectious Disease Science Initiative (IDSI) throughout the year. Please see below highlights from the past […]
Unmasking COVID-19 transmission at UC Irvine
Unmasking COVID-19 transmission at UC Irvine About our study Our study, Unmasking COVID-19 transmission at UC Irvine: Immuno-prevalence survey of UCI students, is a research study to find out how many students at UC […]
Request for Infectious Disease Dynamics Proposals – Due January 11
Request for Proposals Interdisciplinary Pilot Study Funding on Infectious Disease Dynamics The UCI Infectious Disease Science Initiative (IDSI) aims to establish UCI as a global leader in research and education in infectious disease dynamics. The […]
Estimated Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Among Adults in Orange County, California
Clinic-based estimates of SARS-CoV-2 may considerably underestimate the total number of infections. Access to testing in the US has been heterogeneous and symptoms vary widely in infected persons. Public health surveillance efforts and metrics […]
Population distribution can greatly impact COVID-19 spread, UCI-led study finds
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 1, 2020 — Uneven population distribution can significantly impact the severity and timing of COVID-19 infections within a city or county, leading individual communities to have vastly different experiences with the pandemic, according […]
KUCI- Keeping Up with Coronavirus Statistics Podcast Interview with IDSI Co-Director Vladimir Minin
IDSI Co-Director Vladimir Minin has been featured in a KUCI (UCI’s radio station) interview. Listen here: https://ckaehler.wixsite.com/officehourskuci/podcast/episode/31a6c333/keeping-up-with-coronavirus-statistics From the KUCI Website: Cybelle Kaehler | 9/23/2020 When the pandemic hit, UC Irvine professor of statistics Vladimir […]
List of Critical Ongoing Research to Understand COVID-19 Dynamics in Hospitals by Dr. Shruti Gohil
IDSI Co-Director, Dr. Shruti Gohil MD, MPH, of UC Irvine’s School of Medicine Infectious Disease Department, shares her research with COVID-19. Project 1: Use of signature COVID-19 features to identify earliest cases in the US […]
IDSI Co-Director Vladimir Minin Publishes New Phylodynamics Study
Infectious Disease Science Initiative (IDSI) Collaborator, Dr. Vladimir Minin, and researchers from University of Washington and UC Santa Cruz, published a new study in Biometrics. The study examines an area of population genetics, called phylodynamics. […]
