Mapping a Virus: From Understanding a Species to Writing Policy on COVID-19

Researchers at KU explore a range of topics that provide context for understanding current events. In collaboration, The Commons, the KU Biodiversity Institute, and the KU Institute for Policy & Social Research present a series of talks by KU experts on disease modeling and policy-making. Videos are available to view below, to be followed by a live conversation with the presenters on April 28.
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Video presentations address:
+ What is a coronavirus?
+ How do scientists map a virus?
+ How does scientific research become policy?
+ How is policy written for a population?

Update 4/23: The National Science Foundation has awarded funding support to Folashade Agusto and A. Townsend Peterson for further research on COVID-19. NSF DMS 2028297

Presentations:

COVID-19: Where Does it Come From?
A. Townsend Peterson, KU Biodiversity Institute / Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

COVID-19: Disease Modeling 101
Folashade Agusto, KU Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

How Does Scientific Research Meet Policy?
Jorge Soberón, KU Biodiversity Institute / Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Kansas in Crisis: Unemployment and Small Businesses
Donna K. Ginther, KU Institute for Policy & Social Research / Economics

Kansas in Crisis: Inching Towards Economic Recovery
Donna K. Ginther, KU Institute for Policy & Social Research / Economics