Student Deployments
| Student Name | Program | County of Deployment | Dates of Deployment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaquelyn Nagy | MPH | State of Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories – Jacksonville | March 30 – April 14 |
| Catalina Delgado | MPH | Broward | April 25 – |
| Rebecca Fisk | PhD | Broward | March 22 – April 5 |
| Alexis Guttenberg | MPH | Broward | March 19 – |
| Papa Hoyeck | MPH | Broward | March 19 – May 2 |
| Emily Klann | PhD | Broward | March 21 – April 19 |
| Afton Nourzad | MPH | Broward | March 21 – |
| Adeyemi Oshodi | MPH | Broward | March 22 – May 16 |
| Veronica Richards | PhD | Broward | March 21 – April 19 |
| Isis Escandon | MPH | Collier | April 13 – |
| Ann-Aicha St. Cyr | MPH | Duval | March 22 – |
| Joseph Struzeski | PhD | Duval | April 3 – |
| Kaeli Flannery | MPH | Lake | April 5 – |
| Charlee Ford | MPH | Miami-Dade | March 31 – April 14 |
| Upuli Dissanayake | PhD | Osceola | March 24 – May 7 |
| Dakota Mayderry | MSE | Osceola | March 24 – |
| Andrew McCabe | MPH | Palm Beach | April 30 – June 10 |
| Hunter Ponder | MSE | St. Johns | April 1 – April 30 |
| Lara Saikaly | MPH | St. Johns | April 16 – April 30 |
| Patricia Zielinski | MPH | St. Johns | April 1 – May 6 |
| Sara Nutley | PhD | Sumter | March 31 – May 13 |
| Shannan Rich | PhD | Sumter | March 31 – May 13 |
| Scott Cohen | MPH | Volusia | April 5 – |
| Jemma Thompson | MPH | Wakulla | March 23 – |
Volunteer Contact Tracing in Gainesville/Alachua County
| Student Name | Program |
|---|---|
| Erta Cenko | PhD |
| Amy Elliott | PhD |
| Shannan Rich | PhD |
| Michael Swain | PhD |
| Pooja Subedi | PhD |
| Akemi Wijayabahu | PhD |
Workplace Connectedness Series
- Workplace Connectedness Series: Episode #4: Alyssa Falise
- Workplace Connectedness Series: Episode #5: Akemi Wijayabahu
- Workplace Connectedness Series: Episode #6: Sara Nutley
- Workplace Connectedness Series: Episode #7: Erta Cenko
- Workplace Connectedness Series: Episode #8: Jerne Shapiro
- Workplace Connectedness Series: Episode #9: Linda Cotter
Publications
Benvenuto D, Giovanetti M, Salemi M, Prosperi M, De Flora C, Junior Alcantara LC, Angeletti S, Ciccozzi M. The global spread of 2019-nCoV: a molecular evolutionary analysis. Pathog Glob Health. 2020 Mar;114(2):64-67. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2020.1725339. Epub 2020 Feb 12. PMID: 32048560
Chen X, Yu B. First two months of the 2019 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) epidemic in China: real-time surveillance and evaluation with a second derivative model. Glob Health Res Policy. 2020 Mar 2;5:7. doi: 10.1186/s41256-020-00137-4. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32158961
Hu H, Zheng Y, Wen X, Smith SS, Nizomov J, Fishe J, Hogan WR, Shenkman EA, Bian J. An external exposome-wide association study of COVID-19 mortality in the United States. Sci Total Environ. 2021 Jan 7;768:144832. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144832. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33450687
Jamieson DJ, Steinberg JP, Martinello RA, Perl TM, Rasmussen SA. Obstetricians on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Front Lines and the Confusing World of Personal Protective Equipment. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Apr 16. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003919. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32304512
Mavian C, Pond SK, Marini S, Magalis BR, Vandamme AM, Dellicour S, Scarpino SV, Houldcroft C, Villabona-Arenas J, Paisie TK, Trovão NS, Boucher C, Zhang Y, Scheuermann RH, Gascuel O, Lam TT, Suchard MA, Abecasis A, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, Bento AI, Schmidt HA, Martin D, Hadfield J, Faria N, Grubaugh ND, Neher R, Baele G, Lemey P, Stadler T, Albert J, Crandall KA, Leitner T, Stamatakis A, Prosperi M, Salemi M. Sampling bias and incorrect rooting make phylogenetic network tracing of SARS-COV-2 infections unreliable. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 May 7. pii: 202007295. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2007295117. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32381734
Rasmussen SA, Jamieson DJ. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Pregnancy: Responding to a Rapidly Evolving Situation. Obstet Gynecol. 2020 May;135(5):999-1002. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003873. PMID: 32213786
Rasmussen SA, Smulian JC, Lednicky JA, Wen TS, Jamieson DJ. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and pregnancy: what obstetricians need to know. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Feb 24. pii: S0002-9378(20)30197-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.02.017. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32105680
Rich SN, Richards VL, Klann EM. Factors Contributing to Missing COVID-19 Cases During Contact Tracing. Letter to the Editor. JAMA Intern Med. Published online March 15, 2021. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.0077.
Thompson LA, Rasmussen SA. What Does the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mean for Families? JAMA Pediatr. 2020 Mar 13. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.0828. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32167533
Yu B, Chen X, Rich S, Mo Q, Yan H. Dynamics of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic in Wuhan City, Hubei Province and China: a second derivative analysis of the cumulative daily diagnosed cases during the first 85 days. Glob Health J. 2021 Feb 6. doi: 10.1016/j.glohj.2021.02.001. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33585050
News Stories
- UF Health Infection Preventionist answers your questions about COVID-19 (March 12)
- How did Florida hire 100 epidemiologists in a weekend? Here’s how. (March 18)
- Florida coronavirus cases reach 6,741; with another Hillsborough death (March 31)
- Juggling classes, research, UF students join the fight against COVID-19 (April 7)
- 30 University of Florida faculty, students are helping track the spread of COVID-19 (April 8)
- Is WWE Essential? (April 17)
- ‘It’s not over until it’s over’: 5 things to know about hitting the COVID-19 peak (April 17)
- We Can’t Reopen the Country Without Better Contact Tracing (April 17)
- Why the worst fears about Florida’s Covid-19 outbreak haven’t been realized (so far) (April 24)
- UF Epidemiologists Using AI to Understand Coronavirus (April 27)
- Experts Say Contact Tracing Should Play Major Role in Reopening of States (April 28)
- Coronavirus so far is nearly 3 times more deadly than the flu in Florida, state records show (May 1)
- COVID-19 Three Times More Deadly Than Flu in Florida (May 3)
- UF researchers seek to improve safety of personal protective equipment for health care workers (May 18)
- Florida grapples with containing COVID-19 as new cases soar (June 26)
- Florida sets coronavirus record with 10,000 new cases; Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa cited as hot spots (July 2)
- COVID-19 cases in Florida rise by biggest increase ever (July 7)
- Coronavirus ravaged Florida, as Ron DeSantis sidelined scientists and followed Trump (July 25)
- Tracking coronavirus: Florida turns to students for help with contact tracing (August 3)
- Coronavirus vs flu: Volusia County COVID-19 deaths already outpace milestone flu years (August 14)
- Fauci says it’s ‘very concerning’ that Florida is re-opening bars and restaurants at full capacity (September 28)
- Are Colleges Superspreaders? (January 13)