Bringing greater precision to the COVID-19 response

An effective and timely response to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitates an understanding on how communities are being impacted and developing precise targeted interventions. We are developing various tools to enable this such as the U.S. COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index, the Africa COVID-19 Community Vulnerability Index, and the COVID-19 vaccine allocation tool. My team is also conducting large-scale research to uncover the holistic set of barriers to behaviors such as social distancing and vaccine uptake. With these granular data and novel insights, we develop targeted interventions and partner with policy makers to enable their roll-out.