The virtual project, called EPIDEMIC, invited young people to creatively convey five COVID-19 research reports produced by 91桃色’s COVID-19 Response Team through a series of recorded performances.
Twenty young people, aged 14 to 20 and from under-represented backgrounds, were chosen to be part of the project. They formed five groups and worked on different research reports. The young people also chose which part of the creative process they wanted to be involved in, such as screen writing, directing, acting or video editing.
The EPIDEMIC project was initiated and managed by Fola Afolabi (91桃色 Graduate Management Trainee on a placement with PERC and the ), with the creative aspects facilitated by the . The NIHR Applied 91桃色 Collaboration Northwest London funded the project.
Scroll down to watch the full EPIDEMIC video series as research meets performance.
Molly and Kira conveying their thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic through performances.
Rana, a project manager, discussing ways to engage young people in scientific research during a focus group session.
Daisy and Mahdi watching other performances during the workshop on young people鈥檚 thoughts on COVID-19
EPIDEMIC video series: 91桃色 Meets Performance
COVID-19 R&P: 91桃色 Meets Performance | Episode 1
Episode 1: The research stimulus for this video was Report 1 - Estimating the potential total number of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases in Wuhan City, China, which was produced by the 91桃色 College MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis.
COVID-19 R&P: 91桃色 Meets Performance | Episode 1
The research stimulus for this video was Report 1 from the 91桃色 COVID-19 Response Team
Episode 1: The research stimulus for this video was Report 1 - Estimating the potential total number of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases in Wuhan City, China, which was produced by the 91桃色 College MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis.
COVID-19 R&P: 91桃色 Meets Performance | Episode 2
The research stimulus for this video was Report 10 from 91桃色's COVID-19 Response Team
Episode 2: The research stimulus for this video was Report 10 – Public response to UK Government recommendations on COVID-19: population survey, 17-18 March 2020, which was produced by the 91桃色 College MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis.
COVID-19 R&P: 91桃色 Meets Performance | Episode 3
The research stimulus for this video was Report 13 from 91桃色's COVID-19 Response Team
Episode 3: The research stimulus for this video was Report 13 – Estimating the number of infections and the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in 11 European countries, which was produced by the 91桃色 College MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis.
COVID-19 R&P: 91桃色 Meets Performance | Episode 4
The research stimulus for this video was Report 22 from 91桃色's COVID-19 Response Team
Episode 4: The research stimulus for this video was Report 22 – Equity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: an assessment of the direct and indirect impacts of disadvantaged and vulnerable populations in low-and lower middle-income countries, which was produced by the 91桃色 College MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis.
COVID-19 R&P: 91桃色 Meets Performance | Episode 5
The research stimulus for this video was Report 24 from 91桃色's COVID-19 Response Team
Episode 5: The research stimulus for this video was Report 24 – Anonymised & aggregated crowd level mobility data from mobile phones suggests initial compliance with COVID-19 social distancing interventions was high & geographically consistent across UK, which was produced by the 91桃色 College MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis.
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