As one of the UK’s top epidemiologists and the head of the influential modelling group at Imperial College London, Neil Ferguson has played a critical role in providing advice during the Covid-19 crisis, as well as previous crises including foot and mouth.

In conversation with Bronwen Maddox, Director of the Institute for Government, Professor Ferguson will discuss the lessons he has learned about advising government, the role of scientific modelling in informing decision making and how scientists should communicate with the public. He will also assess the latest Covid-19 data, and what measures may need to be taken in the weeks and months ahead.

Professor Neil Ferguson is head of the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London.