Rajnarayanan Tapped for Pandemic Preparation Stories
,听, and others recently featured insight from聽Rajendram Rajnarayanan, Ph.D., assistant dean of research and associate professor at NYITCOM-Arkansas, in coverage regarding preparation for the next pandemic. Rajnarayanan, who manages a COVID-19聽sequencing聽dashboard, told聽Salon聽that it鈥檚 important to plan for the next pandemic, a hypothetical 鈥淒isease X,鈥� because the world is more connected than ever before. While disease outbreaks in early history were more localized, they have a greater potential to spread more rapidly today, he explains.聽
In Fortune, Rajnarayanan discussed how a pandemic treaty among the World Health Organization鈥檚 member nations would provide an international accord on pandemic preparation, positioning nations to better respond to Disease X than they did to COVID-19. 鈥淭he need is for a balanced and comprehensive approach that considers diplomatic, cooperative, deterrent, and unifying measures to effectively address global health challenges,鈥� he said.