Earners of this certificate have completed the 12 week course and submitted a project, applying the knowledge they gained from the course.


Become equipped to methodically analyze and fight pandemic threats using structured approaches and practical solutions. You'll be supported to:

1. Learn about policy and technical interventions to mitigate catastrophic pandemics.
2. Critically assess the ability of these interventions to prevent, detect and respond to disease outbreaks.
3. Identify projects and career options they could pursue to mitigate pandemic risk and be supported in their exploration of these projects.
4. Engage with the biosecurity community, build networks and longstanding relationships with others from the course.

**We are not currently running facilitated versions of this course, but we encourage you to study the curriculum at your own pace.**

**Feel free to run independent facilitated versions using our [session plans](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sWHQGhXTXdW_0Jwsg45qv2JojstUIyvaQRb5Ab5di7g/edit?usp=sharing), provided you [follow our guidelines](https://bluedot.org/running-versions-of-our-courses/)!**


Pandemics

How do we make pandemics a thing of the past?

Building a Pandemic-Proof World

How could new technologies both increase and reduce the risk of pandemics?

Pandemic Risk Over the Coming Decades

What does it take to prevent the first human infection?

Preventing Patient Zero

How do we stop a local outbreak from becoming a global disaster?

Detecting and Containing Early Infections

How can governments minimise harms when a pandemic spreads worldwide?

Governmental Response to a Global Pandemic

How could new innovations help us prepare for and prevent future pandemics?

Technologies to Strengthen Future Pandemic Response

Make high-stakes decisions in a simulated pandemic scenario.

Pandemics

What you'll learn