Time: 9.30 am – 12.30 pm (CET)

In depth discussion with Peter Daszak and Marion Koopmans around epidemic research, focusing some of the key challenges and how to investigate them. 

Peter Daszak is a British zoologist, consultant and public expert on disease ecology, in particular on zoonosis. Dr. Daszak’s research has been instrumental in identifying and predicting the origins and impact of emerging diseases across the globe. This includes identifying the bat origin of SARS, the drivers of Nipah virus emergence, publishing the first global emerging disease ‘hotspots’ map, discovering SADS coronavirus, designing a strategy to identify the number of unknown viruses in wildlife, launching the Global Virome Project, identifying the first case of a species extinction due to disease, and discovering the disease chytridiomycosis as the cause global amphibian declines. He is one of the founders of the field of Conservation Medicine and has been instrumental in the growth of EcoHealth, One Health, and now Planetary Health.

For registration: please email pdpc@erasmusmc.nl with topic: “Masterclass 31 October”.

There is a 50 places maximum, so please register quickly!