Outbreak Atlas in the News
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
Outbreak Atlas 