Launched in September 2017, the Global Health Security Seminar Series promotes greater dialogue regarding pandemic preparedness across Georgetown University and the wider Washington, DC, community. The events are co-sponsored by Georgetown’s Center for Global Health Science and Security and the Global Health Initiative and occur monthly from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
As the world moves into a new sense of normalcy post-COVID-19, we reflect on the lessons we’ve learned, and ask how we can apply them to create a better prepared, more secure world. While it’s clear…
Will we ever actually be able to predict and prevent the next pandemic? Forecasting viral emergence requires scientists to connect the basic building blocks of host-virus interactions with global…
This event launched a series of research briefs at the intersection of COVID-19 policy and impact in Latin America. Undergraduate and graduate student researchers working at the Center for Global…
Among the factors shaping pandemic response, decisive leadership is emerging as a key determinant of strengthened response. The COVID-19 crisis requires leaders who are able to take rapid and…
What happens when a new era of epidemic risk collides with the beginnings of a revolution in biology? With response to COVID-19, we are finding out. In this presentation Ryan Morhard of Ginkgo…
Biological threats have historically focused on addressing emerging infectious diseases or the possibility of engineering a virus that could start the zombie apocalypse. Today, as biology continues to…
