Event
QLS Featured Seminar Series - Dr. Lydia Bourouiba
Thursday, December 7, 2017 12:00to13:00
McIntyre Medical Building
908, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, CA
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Transmission: from experiments to modeling
Lydia Bourouiba
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Transmission of pathogens from infected to non-infected members of a population听 shape the outcome of an epidemic.听Despite major efforts aimed at the mitigation of infectious diseases, the fundamental mechanisms of host-to-host pathogen transmission remain poorly understood for most infectious diseases. Drawing upon clinical data, controlled experiments, and mathematical modeling, I will discuss the dynamics of听 transmission of various pathogens through the lens of fundamental fluid dynamics, in a range of public health and food safety systems.听