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UKHSA annual conference, Leeds 18-19 October 2022

The UKHSA has published the main programme and registration information for its first national conference, being held in Leeds on 18-19 October, comprising more than 40 plenary and parallel sessions, and 10 oral poster presentation sessions. Nine parallel sessions are exclusively dedicated to the retrospective analysis and review of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 sessions include presentations on: the results of latest completed analyses of vaccine effectiveness and safety; on the epidemiology of the initial waves; also, on the role of genomics and contact tracing in monitoring virus spread and lessons learned relating to interventions, inequalities and the wider impacts of the pandemic on public health.For access to available abstracts, click on the links below.

Day 1 (Tuesday 18/10): COVID-19 pandemic responses

Vaccines - effective, safe and deployed

Behavioural science in policy, the COVID-19 app and public views on vaccination

Data science and prevalence, real-time monitoring and enhanced contact tracing

Day 2 (Wednesday 19/10): Other COVID-19 sessions

Evaluation of interventions

Genomics

Wider impacts of the pandemic

Vaccines (second session: details to be announced)

Learning lessons from the local response to the pandemic

Other news

Infection reports

Vaccine coverage reports

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