Global Health and Disease Spread

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Questions

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Why is COVID-19 affecting people from certain race/ethnic groups more than others? How does this reflect the underlying structures of society?

How are different racial and economic groups affected differently by public health challenges such as disease spread? What accounts for those differences and what can be done to advance public health equity?

What are the best practices in pandemic risk communication?

How do we tell the story of illness, epidemic, and social distancing in literature, film, television, and other media?

How can synthetic chemistry methods development speed the pace of bringing drugs to market?

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What are the underlying environmental, social, and political factors that yield a high risk for the emergence of novel diseases?

How does a globalized understanding of ethnicity, migration, and nationalism help improve healthcare delivery among immigrant communities in Colorado?

How are various language communities affected differently during global health crises?

What public policies and practices (in the USA and across the world) have proven most effective in protecting public health and preventing disease spread?  What factors affect whether nations or communities adopt effective or ineffective policies?

How do our social networks influence the way in which infectious diseases spread within communities?

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How can computational chemistry contribute to rapid drug repurposing in the COVID-19 era?

How do people talk about pandemic and does it change over time?

What social roles do the literary and cinematic arts play during public health crises?

What geographic factors mediate the spread of disease and the transition of diseases into a global pandemic, and how can we leverage our knowledge into policy to prevent pandemic disease spread?

How do different countries and cultures respond to pandemics?