Sci21 Speaker Assoc. Prof. Gavin Smith, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) pose a significant public health challenge globally, with severe economic, social, and health consequences. For example, it is estimated that the SARS outbreak in 2003 cost the global economy over $50 billion dollars, despite lasting just a few months and causing very few human deaths. The frequency of outbreaks caused by EIDs and the likelihood of rapid global spread has increased dramatically in recent decades. Here I will discuss how EIDs emerge from animals to infect humans, what has been driving the increase in outbreaks, and what we can do to prevent the future emergence of novel human diseases.

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Presented by: Assoc. Prof. Gavin Smith
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