Dr Christopher M. Baker

Senior Research Fellow, Statistics for Biosecurity Risk, School of Mathematics and Statistics; Melbourne Centre for Data Science; Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, University of Melbourne

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Environment

Analysis

Australian biosecurity needs a whole-of government, whole-of-society approach

The WHO Pandemic Agreement aims to prevent and prepare for pandemic threats to human health. But what are we doing about animal health? 

Health & Medicine

How a simulation is informing COVID-19 vaccine policy after our ‘return to normal’

A new model can simulate thousands of ‘individuals’ – each with their own vaccination and infection histories – tailoring vaccine schedules as new COVID-19 variants emerge

Sciences & Technology

Test smarter not harder for an agile system

Delays to reporting test results and contact tracing from an overloaded system slows the containment of COVID-19. Victoria’s testing strategy needs to recognise this risk and allocate resources accordingly