The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science was at the forefront of COVID-19 research during the pandemic.
The Centre's team of researchers received the O2RB Excellence in Impact Awards 2021, for their data-driven policy interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic. This included work on recognizing the importance of the demographic composition of populations in relation to disease, a social network meets epidemiology approach to social bubbles, quantifying life expectancy losses and changes, quantifying learning loss due to school closures, and evaluating the impact of COVID-19 certificates. Working closely with Royal Society, Mills and team also produced many timely reports on face coverings, instrumental in shaping UK government policy and on vaccine deployment and vaccine passports.
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Winners of the ESRC IAA O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards
In this video Professor Melinda Mills, Dr Jennifer Beam Dowd, and team are interviewed on their COVID-19 work that won the O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards for outstanding and diverse data driven policy interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic.