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Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club Discussion
Start Date: 9/2/2020Start Time: 12:00 PM
End Date: 9/2/2020End Time: 1:00 PM
Event Description
Join the Dornsife COVID-19 Journal Club for a discussion of the paper “A strategy for finding people infected with SARS-CoV-2: optimizing pooled testing at low prevalence" by Leon Mutesa and colleagues from the Rwanda Joint Task Force COVID-19.

Ed Gracely, PhD, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, and Hal Chen, MS '22, both from the Dornsife School of Public Health, will discuss the paper, which was uploaded to the MedRxIv preprint server on August 3, 2020.  The paper presents a proof-of-concept experiment exploring optimal testing strategies for COVID-19.

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

> Zoom Access Link

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, visiting 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:
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Location:
Online via Zoom
Audience:
  • Undergraduate Students
  • Graduate Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
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