IN THE NEWS: Stacking Best Practices to Help Michiganders Safely Return to Work
Article by Dean DuBois Bowman and Sharon Kardia
We are all eager to get back to work, but how do we move forward in a way that safeguards the public’s health?
Biostatistics
Social Distancing 2.0: A New Normal
Q&A with Abram Wagner
We’re all wondering when we can return to work, see friends and family, and get back to some sense of normal. Meanwhile, we might notice that a planned temporary hospital wasn’t built or that some data seems to show a reduction in the spread of coronavirus. What do we do with emerging shades of gray in a situation that seemed so black and white not too long ago?
Coronavirus Modeling, Impact on India's Pandemic Response
Q&A with Bhramar Mukherjee
Bhramar Mukherjee, a professor and chair of biostatistics at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health, leads a team of researchers that, as the coronavirus pandemic unfolded around the world, used standard epidemiologic models to do a situational assessment of the crisis in India—providing real-time data for authorities to assist leadership in addressing this global pandemic.
Social Distancing: Data Models for a Model Response to an Outbreak
Q&A with Peter Song
Biostatistics expert Peter Song and team have created a tool to assess the effectiveness of preventive measures in the fight against the COVID-19, still a new disease with many unknowns. The model lets us compare the impact of different levels of intervention so different locales can develop better strategies and policies to flatten the coronavirus curve.
Delegation from Michigan Public Health Visit Africa to Support Global Public Health Research and Practice
A delegation of Michigan Public Health faculty and staff visited Kenya and Ethiopia in January 2020 to strengthen and build relationships with partners and to explore potential avenues for public health collaboration and research in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Michigan Public Health Receives NHLBI Grant to Continue Big Data Summer Institute
The University of Michigan School of Public Health’s Big Data Summer Institute has received a three-year grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to continue a program run by the Department of Biostatistics that introduces undergraduate students to the intersection of big data and human health.