Explainers
JUNIPER is very pleased to collaborate with the fantastic team at Plus Magazine. Articles and podcasts produced by Rachel Thomas and Marianne Freiberger at Plus provide an explainer on the key mathematical modelling work done by JUNIPER members to a general audience. On this page you will find explainers to key epidemic modelling concepts as well as areas of current research. You can also see full details of all content produced with Plus.
On the mathematical frontline: Francesca Scarabel
Francesca Scarabel may be early on in her research career, but she has already been part of the UK's emergency mathematical response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She tells us about her experience in this podcast.
Can game theory help to vaccinate the world?
Game theory suggests that sharing vaccine doses might give a selfish, as well as moral, advantage.
Happy International Women's day 2022!
We celebrate by revisiting some of the articles and podcasts we have produced with female mathematicians over the last year.
On the mathematical frontline: Ed Hill
Ed Hill has been working on the COVID-19 pandemic right from the start, providing government with essential epidemiological advice. Find out about his journey in this podcast.
Understanding waning immunity
What can we expect from a disease for which natural or vaccine induced immunity wanes?
Why the generation time of COVID-19 is important
To work out the famous R number you need to know the time between infections.
Understanding the generation time for COVID-19
How long does it take for one person to infect another?
How to work out doubling time
The doubling time for the Omicron variant seems to be scarily fast. But how do you calculate it?