Infectious Disease Forecasting... For The World | Dr. James Wilson | TEDxReno

This talk, for the first time, reveals publicly the ongoing operations and potential of global infectious disease forecasting. The world of medicine and public health is about to change dramatically.

Dr. Wilson is a world-leading expert in operational biosurveillance and infectious disease forecasting. He has led the creation of several of the most powerful systems in the world used for anticipation and detection of infectious disease crises and disasters. Dr. Wilson led the team that provided warning of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and discovery of the United Nations as the source of the 2010 cholera disaster in Haiti. Dr. Wilson has direct experience with biological weapon deployment investigations. He currently leads the first operational infectious disease forecast center in the world.


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