General updates – DoID Staff Blog

In the news: Coronavirus

Department of Infectious Disease Communications

26 February 2020

Last updated: Friday 13 March

With the emergence of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), researchers at the Department of Infectious Disease have been providing commentary and advice on the outbreak in both the UK and international media, as well as sharing updates about the work that they are doing to better understand and tackle the virus’ spread. (more…)

Coronavirus: Dr John Tregoning discusses Wuhan outbreak in new blog post

Department of Infectious Disease Communications

28 January 2020

In a new post for the Imperial Medicine blog, Dr John Tregoning spoke to the School of Public Health’s Professor Steven Riley about the coronavirus outbreak that recently began in Wuhan, China. (more…)

Communication is key: Professor Wendy Barclay

Department of Infectious Disease Communications

31 October 2019

Colleagues talking at last year's Infectious Diseases Away Day — *Departmental colleagues and collaborators talking at 2018’s Away Day.*

Our Head of Department, Professor Wendy Barclay, shares her thoughts on why opportunities to meet and communicate with colleagues face-to-face are vitally important. (more…)

Professor Wendy Barclay on championing equality, diversity and inclusivity

Department of Infectious Disease Communications

27 September 2019

Queen's Tower - LGBT History Month — *The Queen’s Tower illuminated in Pride Colours for LGBT History Month.*

Our Head of Department, Professor Wendy Barclay, shares her thoughts on how we can all support equality, diversity and inclusivity (EDI) as effective advocates and allies.

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Covidence: a new tool for managing and simplifying Systematic Reviews

Department of Infectious Disease Communications

27 September 2019

If you are planning or doing a Systematic Review, or supporting or supervising students or researchers in their reviews, you’ll want to use Covidence. Covidence is a web-based tool that improves healthcare evidence synthesis by improving the efficiency and experience of creating and maintaining Systematic Reviews, including Cochrane intervention reviews.

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