{"id":1909,"date":"2021-07-16T13:27:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T12:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/covid19-national-project\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2025-05-30T15:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:38:21","slug":"transmission-of-the-covid-19-virus-in-the-real-world-understanding-environmental-and-behavioural-influences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/covid19-national-project\/2021\/07\/16\/transmission-of-the-covid-19-virus-in-the-real-world-understanding-environmental-and-behavioural-influences\/","title":{"rendered":"Transmission of the COVID-19 virus in the real world: understanding environmental and behavioural influences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=&#8221;322&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; menu_id=&#8221;7&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#1d1d1d&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_post_title featured_placement=&#8221;above&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; locked=&#8221;on&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study on transmission and environment is hosting a session at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.festivalofpublichealth.co.uk\/aboutthefestival\/\">International Festival of Public Health<\/a><\/span>, hosted free and online by The University of Manchester, at <strong>12.30 &#8211; 2.00pm on Wednesday 21 July. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Chair: <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/people\/andrew-curran\"><em>Professor Andrew Curran<\/em><\/a><\/span><em>, Chief Scientific Adviser, Health and Safety Executive<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/protectIFPH\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">This session<\/span><\/a> will showcase work from the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/covid19-national-project\/\">PROTECT COVID-19 National Core Study<\/a><\/span> on transmission and environment. Funded by the UK Government and led by the Health and Safety Executive, the PROTECT study is improving our understanding of how the numerous variable factors present in the real world \u2013 from human behaviour to the physical environment \u2013 interact with the COVID-19 virus to influence the rate of transmission. The findings have important implications for the approaches we take to minimise transmission while getting society back closer to \u2018normal\u2019, so this session will be of interest to public health practitioners and policymakers as well as researchers. The session will include three speakers discussing on-the-ground outbreak investigations, agent-based modelling, and work-related risk.<\/p>\n<h2>Speakers and presentations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.manchester.ac.uk\/portal\/martie.j.van-tongeren.html\">Professor Martie Van-Tongeren<\/a><\/span>, Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Manchester \u2013 <em>Work-related risk of COVID-19: preliminary findings of the PROTECT study.\u00a0 <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/documents.manchester.ac.uk\/display.aspx?DocID=56225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View a pdf version of Prof Van-Tongeren&#8217;s presentation.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lshtm.ac.uk\/aboutus\/people\/brickley.elizabeth\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Dr Elizabeth Brickley<\/span><\/a>, Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, and Adanna Ewuzie, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine \u2013 <em>COVID-OUT: COVID-19 outbreak investigations to understand workplace transmission in the United Kingdom.\u00a0 <\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/documents.manchester.ac.uk\/display.aspx?DocID=56226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View a pdf version of Dr Brickley&#8217;s\u00a0presentation.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Dr Nick Warren, Principal Statistician, Health and Safety Executive \u2013 <em>Agent-based modelling of workplace transmission of SARS-CoV-2.\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/documents.manchester.ac.uk\/display.aspx?DocID=56246%20\">View a pdf version of Dr Warren&#8217;s presentation.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button admin_label=&#8221;Button: Visit session page&#8221; 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