4 Topic Commentaries

Neural Model Maps Ebola’s Spread

Neural Model Maps Ebola’s Spread

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  Alessandro Vespignani, PhD

  Network science; computational epidemiology

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  Northeastern University

  We don’t do work on the ground — what we call intervention — but we provide the intelligence to the people responding to the emergency.

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  Irene Anne Eckstrand, PhD

  Infectious disease modeling

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  National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH

  Forecasts give us a range of possible outcomes.

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  Lydia Bourouiba, PhD

  Fluid dynamics; infectious disease transmission modeling

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  It is important to incorporate such a notion of continuum into the models of infectious transmission and the risk-assessment tools used to recommend intervention strategies.

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  Michael J. VanRooyen, MD, MPH

  Emergency medicine; humanitarian response

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  Harvard University / Brigham and Women’s Hospital

  The disease spreads through very close personal contact, blood and feces,

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