Alessandro Vespignani

How monitoring wastewater from international flights can serve as an early warning system for the next pandemic

The interaction between humans and artificial intelligence demands a new field of study, Northeastern researchers say

What should stay open during the next pandemic? New model weighs protecting public health and the economy

New groundbreaking research from Northeastern and international partners offers a model for weighing the tradeoffs between protecting public health and the economy during the next pandemic.

Northeastern receives $17.5 million from CDC to launch infectious disease prediction center

With COVID-19, “everybody was caught off guard,” Vespignani says. “We don’t want to be in a situation like that in the future.”

Network Science Institute expansion to London creates new European hub for trailblazing academic field

Northeastern University has expanded its world leading Network Science Institute to the university’s campus in London in a move that will establish a new European hub in the fast-growing research field of network science.

More than 50% of COVID-19 deaths could have been prevented with better global vaccine distribution

Better access to vaccines could have prevented more than 50% of COVID-19 deaths in 20 lower income countries, according to a new paper in Nature Communications co-authored by Northeastern professor Alessandro Vespignani.

Northeastern professors Kevin Fu, Alessandro Vespignani and Yun Raymond Fu honored by American Association for the Advancement of Science

The AAAS is the world’s largest “general scientific society” and publisher of perhaps the most widely recognized prestigious academic journal, Science Magazine.