NIH released a new Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to communicate a special interest in epidemiology investigations to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV prevention, incidence, transmission, and outcomes. Several areas of interest are relevant to MIDAS members’ research.
Seeking collaborators to help with the AI for Good COVID-19 Simulator!
Check out the latest updates from the Covid-19 Scenario Modeling Hub!
NIGMS has renewed funding for modeling research on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.
Announcing the Round 2 Supplemental award recipients for the MIDAS COVID-19 Urgent Grant Program!
I'll be speaking about COVID misinformation alongside @crystaljjlee and @ChaseSmall5 on Thursday. Join us. https://twitter.com/malar0ne/status/1417990759974723589
Please help spread the word about @SciSpeakUp's upcoming webinar on Covid misinformation online & what we can do about it (ft. @CT_Bergstrom
@crystaljjlee
@ChaseSmall5)
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/viral-ssu
#medtwitter #epitwitter #misinfo
We developed a simulator to support creation of isolation guideline for COVID-19 patients considering both safety and burden:
Thank you, @MIDAS_Network for supporting this project!
Revisiting the guidelines for ending isolation for COVID-19 patients
Compared with the approach isolating COVID-19 patients for a fixed period, the approach using repeated PCR testing mitigates unnecessarily lengthy iso...
elifesciences.org
With our (virtual) annual meeting approaching, Mentors don't forget to send your nominations for student papers and posters to @anisabelbento (abento@iu.edu). Thank you to those you already have!
We know vaccines reduce your risk of infection, but they aren't *perfect.* Then what fraction of transmission in the population is from the vaccinated? How might this change with new variants?
In the thread below, I share a mental model with worked examples. 1/11
Substantial COVID-19 resurgences expected across the US due to the Delta variant in the latest Round 7 projections from the http://covid19scenariomodelinghub.org. We are currently tracking on scenario D: low vaccination saturation and high variant transmissibility.
great work from the #covid19scenariomodelinghub.. @MIDAS_Network
The Delta Variant Will Drive A Steep Rise In U.S. COVID Deaths, A New Model Shows
New estimates show the U.S. is on track to see a big rise in cases and more than triple the number of deaths by October.
www.npr.org
The Journal of infectious diseases
Ragonnet-Cronin M, Golubchik T, Moyo S, Fraser C, Essex M, Novitsky V, Volz E,
2021-06-02
Journal of medical Internet research
Yang N, Wu D, Zhou Y, Huang S, He X, Tucker J, Li X, Smith KM, Jiang X, Wang Y, Huang W, Fu H, Bao H, Jiang H, Dai W, Tang W
2021-06-01
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Jombart T, Ghozzi S, Schumacher D, Taylor TJ, Leclerc QJ, Jit M, Flasche S, Greaves F, Ward T, Eggo RM, Nightingale E, Meakin S, Brady OJ, , Medley GF, Höhle M, Edmunds WJ
2021-06-01
Primates; journal of primatology
Reyes KR, Patel UA, Nunn CL, Samson DR
2021-05-30
Midas Coordination Center Urgent Grant Program – Supplemental
People: Keisuke Ejima
2021 – 2021
Midas Coordination Center Urgent Grant Program – Supplemental
People: Kyle Dahlin
2021 – 2021
Midas Coordination Center Urgent Grant Program – Supplemental
People: Elizabeth Carlton
2021 – 2021
Midas Coordination Center Urgent Grant Program – Supplemental
People: Shi Chen
2021 – 2021
MIDAS Coordination Center
University of Pittsburgh
