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gail.carson@ndm.ox.ac.uk

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A quick and efficient response to an outbreak requires strong central communication and coordination. Information needs to be shared quickly and then fed into patient care and policy. A wider approach, cutting across disciplines and specialities, helps limit the number of infected people and the impact on the economy.

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Dr Gail Carson

OBE

DIRECTOR OF NETWORK DEVELOPMENT, ISARIC

  • Chair of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) 2022- 2024
  • Chair of WHO EURO Preparedness TAG 2023 - 2024
  • Deputy Chair GOARN 2018-2022
  • GOARN research lead 2017 - 2020

Preparedness and response

ISARIC

The International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC) is a network of networks that was established in 2011 to ensure a rapid research response to outbreaks of pandemic potential. Having experienced the 2009 pandemic, SARS, and other outbreaks, many of ISARIC’s founding investigators acknowledged the need for a multidisciplinary and global approach that would encourage preparedness and collaboration in the interpandemic period. I left a job in public health to help set up ISARIC and have never looked back as it continues to grow and grow. 

ISARIC has, to date, gathered 70 networks, with hospital based research sites in over 130 countries. All of whom are directly involved with outbreak response and preparedness locally, regionally, and internationally. Our membership includes clinicians, clinical researchers, clinical trials professionals, virologists, microbiologists, geneticists, epidemiologists and public health professionals, data analysts, statisticians, and ethicists among others. 

During the 12 years+ at Oxford. I have worked with GloPID R (research funders consortium), WHO EURO, WHO Geneva, GOARN, Oxford University Business school and many others. My interest includes how to develop a strategy that supports preparedness, response and resilience.