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Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, the President-elect of the International Science Council (ISC) from the University of Auckland, joins epidemiologist Professor Sir David Skegg of the University of Otago as part of an oversight panel for the recently launched ISC Covid-19 Scenarios Project.
The panel was announced in the world-leading medical journal The Lancet in a commentary, ‘Future scenarios for the Covid-19 pandemic’, co-authored by Sir Peter and Sir David, and panel members Geoffrey Boulton, Heide Hackmann, Salim Abdool Karim, Peter Piot, and Christiane Woopen.
The panel of international science leaders also includes representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), an advisor to President Biden’s Covid-19 advisory board and other microbiologists and epidemiologists.
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The panel of international science leaders also includes representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), an advisor to President Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board and other microbiologists and epidemiologists.
Within eight months, the panel will report on the possible COVID-19 scenarios the world faces over the next three to five years, and on the choices for governments, agencies, and citizens.
Sir Peter, who heads Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures at the University of Auckland, initiated the ISC project. He says decisions made by governments and individuals over coming months will impact on how the world recovers from the pandemic over the next three to five years.
The
Lancet in a commentary
Future
scenarios for the Covid-19 pandemic co-authored by
Sir David and Sir Peter and panel members Geoffrey Boulton,
Heide Hackmann, Salim Abdool Karim, Peter Piot, and
Christiane Woopen.
(Ed note: Wednesday 17 February NZ
Time).
The panel of international science leaders
also includes representatives from the World Health
Organization, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction (UNDRR), an advisor to President Biden’s
Covid-19 advisory board and other microbiologists and
epidemiologists.
Within eight months, the panel will
report on the possible Covid-19 scenarios the world faces
over the next three to five years, and on the choices for