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Covid-19 networking event
The Â鶹´«Ã½ hosted a virtual networking event on 1 November 2021 for Sussex researchers to showcase and discuss their research on Covid.
The virtual event, facilitated by members of the Â鶹´«Ã½'s Covid-19 Research Coordinating Group, was an opportunity for Sussex researchers to showcase and discuss their research on Covid and provided a space to encourage new collaborations.
See below for the range of presentations given.
GROUP A
- Developing SARS-COV-2 assays and standards to enable studies of viral host range and vaccine development / Ed Wright LIFESCI
- Developing and exploring a novel software application for understanding HLA-type-associated disease risk for COVID-19 / Bernhard Reus ENGINF
- COVID-19 vaccine side-effect reporting systems: public knowledge, attitudes, experience, and ‘hesitancy’ in 3 European countries / Alex Faulkner GLOBAL
- How does SARS CoV-2 infect blood vessels? Catherine Hall PSYCH
GROUP B
- The relationship between conspiracy beliefs and intention to get vaccinated: The mediation roles of subjective mental distress and emotional climate of anxiety / Özden Melis UluÄŸ PSYCH
- COVID-19 & Global Health Governance / Stefan Elbe GLOBAL
- Power, politics and social difference in African agricultural value chains: the effects of COVID-19 / Helen Dancer LPS & Imogen Bellwood-Howard IDS
- The statistical challenges of modelling COVID-19 / Peter Dolton, USBS
GROUP C
- Understanding and forecasting COVID-19 spread and transmission / Pierre Nouvellet LIFESCI
- Can culture beat Covid-19? Evidence that exposure to facemasks with cultural symbols increase solidarity / Rotem Perach PSYCH
- Risk factors and symptom clusters for Long Covid: A retrospective cohort study using data from the Covid symptom tracker app / Elizabeth Ford BSMS
- The impact of network properties and mixing on control measures and disease-induced herd immunity in epidemic models: a mean-field model perspective / Istvan Kiss MPS
GROUP D
- How can community-based care settings for individuals vulnerable to COVID-19 related mortality be supported in receiving returning or new clients? A mixed methods study / Jo Middleton & Jackie Cassell, BSMS
- Impact of school closures on primary school aged children and their mothers: A longitudinal qualitative study / Ali Lacey PSYCH
- A Comparison Of The Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic On Students’ Experiences From BAME And White Ethnic Groups In Higher Education In The: A Qualitative Exploration / Geeta Hitch BSMS
- Getting Home During Lockdown: Circular migration and hyper-precarity in rural Tamil Nadu at the time of COVID-19 / Grace Carswell GLOBAL
GROUP E
- COVID-19 Lockdown & Technology Engagement: New Evidence from a Large-Scale m-Health Intervention in India / Chirantan Chatterjee USBS
- Governing urban growing spaces for community resilience: lessons from Covid-19 / Bonnie Holligan, LPS
- Network analysis of England’s single parent household COVID-19 control policies: a proof-of-concept study / Natalie Edelman, Â鶹´«Ã½ of Brighton
- COVID-19, home-schooling, and educational inequalities / Matthew Easterbrook PSYCH
GROUP F
- DisCOVery: Recovery alongside social isolation: Research into the mental health impacts of COVID-19 for young people / Claire Vella PSYCH
- AI-led job interviews’ impact on social mobility for young job applicants / Zahira Jaser USBS
- A Multi-Phase Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on Food Systems and Rural Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa / John Thompson IDS
- Zoom or Room and Covid-19: Effectiveness and Guidance for In-person versus Online Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) intervention sessions / Nicola Yuill PSYCH
GROUP G
- A qualitative exploration of school attendance problems in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK: parent and educational professionals’ perspectives / Brontë McDonald PSYCH
- Inequalities in mental health, self-rated health, and social support among LGBQ+ young people in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses from the Millennium Cohort Study / Laia Becares ESW
- COVID Recovery: Scoping an Online Intervention for Youth Mental Health Support in Kenya / Emma Newport MAH
GROUP H
- Indigenous Visions for Rights Based Approaches to Sustainability / Evan Killick GLOBAL
- COVID-19 impacts on biodiversity conservation in Papua New Guinea / Jo Middleton LIFESCI
- The impact of Covid19 on urban business culture; “I wore a face mask, and felt less of a criminal”: Cognitive restructuring in the concept of CRIME during Covid-19 pandemic / Justyna Robinson MAH
- Fiscal contributions of the lockdown "immune" businesses / Madina Tash USBS
ABSTRACTS
The abstracts for all of the presentations are available here.
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CONTACT
If you have any questions about the event or the Covid 19 research network, please contact Debbie Foy