Outbreak Atlas Reviews and News
The Lancet
Infectious Diseases
Understanding outbreak preparedness
In their book The outbreak atlas, authors Rebecca Katz and Mackenzie S Moore…sketch various aspects of disease outbreaks. They also portray fascinating case studies and visuals to help readers understand the complexity associated with outbreak preparedness and response.
Harvard Public Health
A user’s manual for the next pandemic
How to prepare, respond, and rebuild in the aftermath
Outbreak Atlas is the book you want on your shelf if—or when—the next pandemic comes.
The handbook they’ve written feels essential, even if it’s for a moment that many people might not want to think about right now. But it should be a source of comfort to know there’s an ambitious but approachable handbook covering…
Nonprofit Quarterly
Averting Disaster through Preparation: A Conversation with Rebecca Katz and Mackenzie S. Moore
“Increasing public literacy is really at the core of Outbreak Atlas, this is part of our larger effort to increase public literacy around global health…”
National Public Health Information Coalition
A User’s Manual for the Next Pandemic
The new book by Rebecca Katz and Mackenzie Moore is a vital resource for navigating public health crises, focusing on effective communication strategies. This comprehensive guidebook, written in accessible prose, delves into epidemiology, mitigation measures, and biosecurity. It addresses key concerns highlighted by the pandemic, emphasizing the importance of clear and accurate public health communication.
While cautioning against misinformation, the book encourages active engagement in fact-checking and dialogue. By bridging the gap between research and everyday life, “Outbreak Atlas” initiates a much-needed conversation on public health…
Harvard Public Health
10 summer reads on public health
Outbreak Atlas is the book you want on your shelf if—or when—the next pandemic comes.
Global Health Now
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Outbreak Preparedness for All
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time in living memory, the global population got a crash course in public health, the processes of outbreak response, and all the terminology that goes along with it. In the race to digest what was happening, public health processes and roles were not always explained well and terms were often misused, revealing how much still needed to be learned.
The Outbreak Atlas, a new book aimed at “armchair epidemiologists” and public health professionals alike, aims to clarify and demystify…
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Infectious Diseases
Wellcome Trust PhD candidate publishes first book on outbreak preparedness and response
‘The Outbreak Atlas’ written by Mackenize S. Moore, a student of the Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health PhD Programme, and Dr Rebecca Katz, Director of the Centre for Global Health, Science and Security at Georgetown University lifts the curtain on the rationale and interconnectedness of outbreak responses across different fields and at various levels…
Georgetown University Medical Center
New Book Helps Citizen Scientists Navigate Complexities of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Citizen scientists have long contributed to the collection and observation of natural events — from weather watchers to wildlife trackers — with thousands of organized community projects spanning decades. Beginning in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to an explosion of novice infectious disease detectives adding to the collection of science-enthusiasts.
To give these new disease detectives more tools for their craft, a new book written by two Georgetown University global health researchers, “Outbreak Atlas,” helps translate the complex interconnectedness of outbreak responses used by professionals across different fields
The Fulcrum
Bird Flu and the Battle Against Emerging Diseases
Rebecca Katz, Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University and author of The Outbreak Atlas, reminds us that bird flu is the latest threat to human health. This past year alone, the world witnessed a Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda, Mpox in central Africa, and a resurgence of measles worldwide, primarily driven by diminished confidence in childhood vaccines…
Outbreak Atlas 