COVID-19 updates from the Dean

Professor Shitij Kapur shares some updates during National Reconciliation Week.

Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View series

Professor Shitij Kapur in The Indian Express, 15 May 2020 – The lives versus livelihood trade-off for India is not the same as that for Western nations.

Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View series

Professor Shitij Kapur in the Herald Sun, 11 May 2020 – Suddenly everyone is talking about “immunity passports”. The mayor of Paris wants them, the British health secretary talked about them, Italy considered them and then changed its mind, and Chile, apparently, might soon be issuing them.

Professor Shitij Kapur shares some updates, including how he worked with the Go8 to create a Roadmap to Recovery for Australia.

The Go8 Roadmap to Recovery

Professor Shitij Kapur in the Herald Sun, 4 May 2020 – Having had the privilege of a career in medicine and science across five countries and in four continents, I have carefully followed the evolution of coronavirus in several countries.

Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View series

What can we expect from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia in the coming weeks and months? Hear from global experts in infectious diseases, modelling, intensive care, mental health and economics about where we are, what we can expect and what we should do next.

Professor Shitij Kapur shares some updates, including why he's decided to download the new COVIDSafe app.

Professor Shitij Kapur shares some updates and says he can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Featuring Professors Shitij Kapur and Patrick McGorry in The Australian, 18 April 2020 – Almost 100 of Australia’s top university researchers, using a computer platform built for US intelligence, have spent two weeks analysing consequences of the monumental decision facing the nation: maintain restrictions and eradicate COVID-19, or ease them and let the disease run.

Professors Shitij Kapur and Nancy Baxter in The Globe and Mail, 18 April 2020 – The two countries have much in common: beautiful scenery, vast spaces, sparse populations, big metropolitan cities with lots of international travellers, and well-funded health systems.

Life Beyond Coronavirus: The Expert View series

Professor Shitij Kapur shares some updates and highlights a few of the many ways the Faculty continues to make a positive impact during this pandemic.

Professor Shitij Kapur in the Australian Financial Review, 6 April 2020 – This infection may not have a clear-cut ending. A long-term community health program could well be the answer.

Professor Shitij Kapur shares some updates including the Launch of Campus Community and how undergraduate and graduate coursework students can apply for Emergency Support Fund payments.

Professor Shitij Kapur in the Herald Sun, 4 April 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic is like the tale of the blind men and the elephant. As the pandemic proceeds, new pieces of the puzzle fall into place every day.

Professor Shitij Kapur in the Daily Telegraph, 4 April 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic is like the tale of the blind men and the elephant. As the pandemic proceeds, new pieces of the puzzle fall into place every day.

Professor Shitij Kapur provides several updates, including about our transformation to a virtual campus and the University's new needs-based COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund.

Professor Shitij Kapur discuss an exciting new clinical trial that may help save the lives of frontline health workers, getting your flu shot and more.

Professor Shitij Kapur in The Australian, 27 March 2020 – Rarely have mathematics and equations been such a matter of life and death for us all. On March 16 a team of scientists at Imperial College London published an innocuously titled paper on the impact of “non-pharmaceutical interventions” on the spread of COVID-19.

Professor Shitij Kapur's latest message was recorded from his home during this phase of our virtual campus. He will continue to share updates with you in this way, as we navigate these uncertain times.

A panel discussion hosted and moderated by Professor Shitij Kapur with panellists including Professors Sharon Lewin, Kanta Subbarao, Dale Godfrey Sarah Wilson, and Dr Mike Catton.

Professor Shitij Kapur in the Daily Telegraph, 12 March 2020 – A disease that did not even have a name four weeks ago is now on everyone's lips. No type of social gathering seems to be complete without armchair epidemiologists offering dissertations on transmissibility of this virus and everyone monitoring the tally of cases like the latest cricket score.

Professor Shitij Kapur in the Herald Sun, 11 March 2020 – We’ve come through health crises before and we’ll come through this one because Australia is better prepared than most nations.

Following the Doherty Institute breakthrough in late January – where researchers successfully grew the coronavirus – Professor Shitij Kapur sat down with Professors Kanta Subbarao and Sharon Lewin and Drs Julian Druce and Mike Catton.