James S. McDonnell Foundation Postdoc in the @sarahcobey lab at @UChicago, studying infectious disease dynamics.
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Complete mapping of mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain that escape antibody recognition
Antibodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain (RBD) are being developed as therapeutics and make a major contribution to the neutralizing antibody response elicited by infection. Here, we describe a deep mutational scanning...
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Serial interval of SARS-CoV-2 was shortened over time by nonpharmaceutical interventions
Studies of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have reported varying estimates of epidemiological parameters including serial interval distributions, i.e., the time between illness onset in successive cases in a transmission chain, and reproduction...
Racism is a deadly virus, too: A public health defense of these mass protests
The horrific murder of George Floyd, who suffered nearly nine agonizing minutes of crushing weight on his neck and body while handcuffed on the ground, on the heels of the vigilante killing of Ahmaud Arbery and the police killing of Breonna Taylor,...
Practical considerations for measuring the effective reproductive number, Rt
Estimation of the effective reproductive number, Rt, is important for detecting changes in disease transmission over time. During the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers and public health officials are using Rt to assess the effectiveness of...
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As many of you have already realized, it's challenging to estimate R(t) accurately and in near real time. We worked with a great team to summarize lessons learned (1/n)
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Wondering when we can go back to school? Concerts? Movies? These Chicago ecologists are helping decide
The State of Illinois has smart people helping to decide when it'll be safe to lift the shelter-in-place order. Meet Sarah Cobey from the University of Chicago and her team.
Screening for disease spread
Why questionnaires and thermometers at airports miss most cases of travelers with diseases...
Reactive school closure weakens the network of social interactions and reduces the spread of influenza
The effectiveness of school-closure policies to mitigate seasonal and pandemic influenza is controversial, mostly because of the lack of empirical evidence about the behavior of the population during the implementation of these policies. In this...
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For those modeling how school closures will reduce transmission, I wanted to call attention to this excellent paper by Litnova et al. (presented at #Epidemics7), which provides outstanding data on how school closures reshape contact networks. pnas.org/content/116/27… pic.twitter.com/4XGaKuAQQC
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Controlling Coronavirus Will Mean Keeping People Apart
China has an app for that. The rest of the world needs a plan.