Hi MDSC team, 

Justin Lessler will be presenting at Duke on Thursday, March 12. Justin Lessler is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology researching the dynamics and control of infectious disease, with particular interest in SARS-CoV-2, influenza, cholera and dengue. Justin works on the development and application of statistics, dynamic models and novel study designs to better understand and control infectious disease. In particular, he is interested in creating synergies between infection control practice, data collection and infectious disease dynamics. You can read more about the presentation here. He is not a part of the RPs, but an external, relevant researcher. 

It would be great for folks from our team to at least attend the webinar. I think myself and/or Isma, Ashok, and Nrupen should meet with Justin. If you would like to meet with Justin in-person or virtually, please fill out this poll by Tuesday, March 3 so we can pick a time slot. I am asking @Krishnamurthy, Ashok Kumar, @Nrupen Bhavsar, Ph.D., and @Gilani, Isma  specifically to please fill out the poll. 

Kindly, 

Aubrie

Aubrie Weyhmiller
Research Scientist
Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
Pronouns: she/her