Pandemics
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Alyssa Bilinski Ph.D.
Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice and of BiostatisticsResearch Interests: COVID-19, Infectious disease epidemiology, data-driven infectious disease management -
Beth Cameron Ph.D.
Senior Advisor to the Brown Pandemic Center, Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and PracticeResearch Interests: health policy, pandemic preparedness, government pandemic response, biosecurity, bioterrorism -
Wilmot James Ph.D.
Senior Advisor to the Brown Pandemic Center, Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and PracticeResearch Interests: global health, vaccine manufacturing, pandemic preparedness, biosecurity -
Ashish Jha M.D., MPH
Dean of the School of Public Health, Former White House COVID-19 Response CoordinatorResearch Interests: health systems, pandemic response, vaccination, global health, public health communications -
Jennifer Nuzzo DrPH
Director of the Pandemic Center, Professor of EpidemiologyResearch Interests: Pandemics and public health preparedness and response, health systems resilience -
Craig Spencer M.D., MPH
Associate Professor of the Practice of Health Services, Policy and PracticeResearch Interests: Emergency medicine physician, frontline preparedness, global health, real world impact, equitable access to treatment
Our experts in the news
Washington Post
If many dairy farm workers contract H5N1, we risk a pandemic
Failure to shield these workers could allow the H5N1 virus to become a greater threat.
Officials are racing to conduct more testing to better understand the spread of the virus and its potential risk to humans.
Anaridis Rodriguez is joined by Pandemic Preparedness expert, Jennifer Nuzzo, from Brown University, to dig deeper into how we can best prepare ourselves for another pandemic.
A Texas dairy worker has tested positive for the avian flu, marking the first identified human case of an illness in the U.S. that has sickened cattle across several states over the past few weeks.
In four years of the Covid pandemic, we have seen lots and lots of guidance change over time. Most recently, the CDC has relaxed its recommendations about isolating after testing positive for Covid.
Associated Press
COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, CDC says
Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to stay in isolation for five days, U.S. health officials announced Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its longstanding guidance, saying that people can return to work or regular activities if their symptoms are mild and improving and it’s been a day since they’ve had a fever.