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Leading voices on COVID-19 from the University of Essex

Trusted academic commentary and analysis has never been as important as it is right now. As the world responds to COVID-19, it's vital we listen to those who's evidence exists to inform the big decisions.

The multi-disciplinary team of academics listed below are ready to talk to the media and collaborate with other researchers and organisations in the fight against coronavirus.

If you would like to contact an individual researcher, click on the profiles listed below to view their academic staff profile and contact details. To see the full scope of our Essex expertise on COVID-19, browse our research finder.

Health and wellbeing

Dr Paul Freeman

Senior Lecturer

School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex

Expertise: Green exercise and wellbeing during lockdown

Dr Veronica Lamarche

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, University of Essex

Expertise: Problems and benefits of being in a relationship during lockdown

Professor Gina Yannitell Reinhardt

Reader

Department of Government, University of Essex

Expertise: Loneliness in lockdown and the future of social prescribing

Dr Wijnand Van Tilburg

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, University of Essex

Expertise: The good and bad of being bored in lockdown and how nostalgia is helping people who may be feeling isolated

Dr Xun Zhou

Reader

Department of History, University of Essex

Expertise: Public health in China

Diagnosis and treatment

Dr Vito De Feo

Lecturer

Expertise: School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex

Using data analytics to help hospitals manage resources during COVID-19

Dr Sue Innes

Senior Lecturer

School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences , University of Essex

Expertise: Ultrasound imaging of the lung and associated tissues and the important role this could have in the management of patients with

Dr Javier Andreu-Perez

Senior Lecturer

School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex

Expertise: Using AI to identify COVID-19 coughs, offering less invasive and cheaper testing options in future

Impact on society

Professor Michaela Benzeval

Professor

Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex

Expertise: Longitudinal research and Director of Understanding Society, a UK household panel study which is currently conducting a monthly COVID-19 survey

Professor Emilia Del Bono

Professor

Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex

Expertise: Director of MiSoc, a multidisciplinary centre that studies the micro-social causes and consequences of macro social change

Dr Paul Fisher

Researcher

Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex

Expertise: The economic and distributional impacts of COVID-19 including how the pandemic is impacting different groups; labour economics; the production and analysis of household survey data

Dr Alix Green

Senior Lecturer

Department of History, University of Essex

Expertise: How history might record and remember COVID-19

Professor Friederike Mengel

Professor

Department of Economics, University of Essex

Expertise: New research on a tailored combination of measures for coming out of lockdown

Professor Birgitta Rabe

Researcher

Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex

Expertise: Education, family and labour economics in relation to COVID-19

Professor Anna Sergi

Senior Lecturer

Department of Sociology, University of Essex

Expertise: The impact of COVID-19 on organised crime

Impact on business and economy

Dr Maria Hudson

Senior Lecturer

Essex Business School, University of Essex

Expertise: Mental health in the workplace

Professor Matteo Richiardi

Professor

Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex

Expertise: Director of EUROMOD: A microsimulation model that is currently providing useful estimates of the distributional effects of COVID-19, making research more useful through multo-country comparisons