Center for Pandemic Decision Science

A New Tool for Healthcare Gives Better Outbreak Forecasts

October 23, 2025 • by Marc Airhart

Pinpointing an outbreak’s peak, the approach can boost health systems’ preparedness and risk communication.

A graph shows a line curving up to a peak and then decaying away

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National Science Foundation Award Paves Way for UT Center for Pandemic Decision Science

October 18, 2022 • by Staff Writer

The National Science Foundation has selected The University of Texas at Austin for a pilot grant to establish the UT Center for Pandemic Decision Science...

Arrows on a table point in many directions as people at the periphery determine strategy

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Pandemic Model Shows Importance of Social Distancing in 22 Texas Cities

March 31, 2020 • by Christine Sinatra

A new pandemic model of COVID-19 shows the positive role social distancing can play in preventing the spread of the illness in areas across Texas.