The COVID-19 pandemic presented the world to a novel class of problems highlighting distinctive features that render standard academic research and participatory processes less effective in properly informing public health interventions in a timely way. The urgency and rapidity of the emergency,...

Problem definition: This paper describes the real-time participatory modeling work that our team of academics, public health officials, and clinical decision-makers has been undertaking to support the regional efforts to tackle COVID-19 in the East of England. Methodology: Since March 2020, we...