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Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club Discussion
Start Date: 5/12/2021Start Time: 1:00 PM
End Date: 5/12/2021End Time: 2:00 PM
Event Description
Join the Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club for a discussion of the paper “Practical considerations for measuring the effective reproductive number, Rt” by Katelyn M. Gostic, PhD, and colleagues from the University of Chicago.
 
Neal Goldstein, PhD, assistant research professor at Dornsife, along with the lead author, Dr. Gostic will discuss the paper, which was published in PLOS Computational Biology on December 20, 2020. The paper discusses the utility of the effective reproduction number for policy makers and the difficulties in estimating this factor. 

Drexel staff, faculty and students are all welcome to take part in this discussion.

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If you have a paper or topic you’d like us to discuss or are interested in presenting, please reach out to Michael LeVasseur, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Dornsife, mtl55@drexel.edu.

To signup for the COVID-19 Journal Club mailing list, please follow the instructions below:
  • Send an email with a blank subject line to listserv@lists.drexel.edu
  • In the body of the email write: subscribe COVID-19-JC
Contact Information:
Name: Michael LeVasseur
Email: mtl55@drexel.edu
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Attachments For This Event:
    > Practical considerations for measuring the effective reproductive # Rt
Location:
Online via Zoom
Audience:
  • Undergraduate Students
  • Graduate Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff

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