JUNIPER
We are pleased to be part of JUNIPER, the Joint University Pandemic and Epidemic Research. JUNIPER is a collaborative network of researchers from across the UK who work at the interface between mathematical modelling, infectious disease control and public health policy. The content listed here is part of our collaboration with JUNIPER and you can find out more about the work of other JUNIPER members on their website. We received an award from the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) for our work with JUNIPER communicating maths concepts to policy-makers and the public during the COVID-19 emergency.

Understanding waning immunity
Vaccine
What can we expect from a disease for which natural or vaccine induced immunity wanes?
Why the generation time of COVID-19 is important
network of people
To work out the famous R number you need to know the time between infections.
Understanding the generation time for COVID-19
clock
How long does it take for one person to infect another?
How to work out doubling time
virus
The doubling time for the Omicron variant seems to be scarily fast. But how do you calculate it?
Maths in a minute: QALYs
money
What's a quality adjusted life year, or QALY?
Pandemics and psychology
crowd
Can you capture people's behaviour in epidemiological models?
Reckoning with R: What will happen over autumn and winter?
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Should we again reduce our social contacts? Is vaccinating 12-to-15-year-olds effective? What about boosters? The ready reckoner helps provide some answers.
Winter is coming: Where are we going?
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What can we expect from the pandemic this winter and autumn?
COVID-19 and universities: What do we know?
books
What can last year's experiences tell us about the coming academic year?
On the mathematical frontline: Ellen Brooks Pollock and Leon Danon
network
Hear from the epidemiologists that have been fighting the pandemic in our special podcast series.
On the mathematical frontline: Mike Tildesley
Mike Tildesley
What do you actually do when you are modelling the COVID-19 pandemic? Find out with epidemiologist Mike Tildesley in our new podcast series.
Going with the flow: are lateral flow tests useful?
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Lateral flow tests have become a common feature in our lives. What impact can they have on managing COVID-19?