UW Insight: The H1N1 Virus
The recent worldwide outbreak of H1N1 flu (previously known as swine flu), has resulted in new research on viruses, public policy decisions, and massive communications worldwide. University of Washington faculty in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, and virology have expertise touching upon many of these issues. In a panel discussion and individual interviews, UW experts address many of the questions we have about pandemic disease and the H1N1 flu. | UW Emergency Management: H1N1 Updates
Video – Dr. Anna Wald, director of the UW Medicine Virology Research Clinic, and a clinical-trial participant discuss the experience of testing a swine flu vaccine. (September 21, 2009)
Video: H1N1 Vaccine Q & A – Dr. Anna Wald, UW Medicine, discusses the vaccine being tested at Harborview Medical Center (September 21, 2009)
Video: Dr. Ira Longini, PhD and professor of Biostatistics at the University of Washington, answers questions about the H1N1 influenza outbreak. This is a followup to his earlier interview with UW Insight in May, 2009. (October 15, 2009)
Video: Department of Global Health Panel Discussion – May 4, 2009
A panel discussion involving an update on the evolving Swine Influenza outbreak w/Dr. David Fleming (Director/Health Officer, Public Health-Seattle & King Co), Dr. Kathy Neuzil (CDC Committee on Immunizations Practices) & Dr. Ann Marie Kimball (Dir-APEC)
Video Interviews with UW Experts
Dr. Michael Katze, Washington National Primate Research Center
Dr. Roger Simpson, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma, UW Department of Communication
Dr. Ira M. Longini, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, UW Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases
Dr. Anne Marie Kimball, School of Public Health
Dr. Susan Allan, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice