JUN
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2022
JUNIPER (Joint UNIversities Pandemic and Epidemiological Research) is a consortium of modelling groups from seven universities:
Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter, Lancaster, Manchester, Oxford and Warwick.
Funded by UKRI.
Background
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, mathematical and statistical modelling have been used to provide estimates of the epidemic in the UK and to make short- and long-term predictions on interventions. The teams of epidemiological modellers and statisticians in the JUNIPER consortium represent a core of committed and experienced research groups that have been generating predictions, forecasts and insights feeding into the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M) and the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), both of whom advise the UK government on scientific matters relating to the UK’s response to the pandemic.
JUNIPER consortium members continue to respond to rapid requests from the UK government via SPI-M and SAGE, including providing weekly forecast of the reproductive number R and growth rate in the UK and predictions of the effect on spread of given interventions. Furthermore, as the epidemic goes through distinct phases, the research teams are proactively developing novel methodology and analysis as well as horizon scan the impact of new scientific findings and how this will impact on current and future modelling.
JUNIPER consortium will embed scientific activities within an open and collaborative framework, including considerable public outreach so that scientific assumptions and findings are effectively communicated. Our consortium will be outward-facing and inclusive, helping to add value to a range of existing and new COVID-19 activities. They aim to build national capacity and also contribute to training the next generation of applied epidemiological modellers.
23 February 2021 to 23 February 2021
17 May 2021 to 17 May 2021
7 December 2021 to 8 December 2021
Monday 22nd March 2021 | |||
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12:00 to 13:00 |
Matt Keeling University of Warwick |
Room 1 |
Monday 12th April 2021 | |||
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12:00 to 13:00 |
Thomas House University of Warwick |
Room 1 |
Monday 12th July 2021 | |||
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12:00 to 13:00 |
Emma Davis University of Oxford |
Room 1 |
Monday 6th September 2021 | |||
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12:00 to 13:00 |
Gwen Knight London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ; Jonathan Read Lancaster University |
Room 1 |
Monday 11th October 2021 | |||
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12:00 to 13:00 |
Helena Stage University of Manchester |
Room 1 |
Monday 1st November 2021 | |||
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12:00 to 13:00 |
Matt Keeling University of Warwick |
Room 1 |
Monday 28th February 2022 | |||
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12:00 to 13:00 |
Emily Nixon University of Bristol |
Room 2 |
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