Findings could transform how researchers conduct studies, collaborate with other scientists and share their findings with the world.
Findings could transform how researchers conduct studies, collaborate with other scientists and share their findings with the world.
As many localities move into Phase 2 of the vaccination program, there are still those with hesitancy about the vaccine. UVA Biocomplexity Institute researchers say this could lead to vaccine-resistant variants.
COVID-19 variants, such as the B.1.1.7 and B.1.351, are increasing in Virginia and may be contributing to the cases seen in younger populations. Bryan Lewis explains that due to the lag in identifying these strains, real numbers of the variants are likely much higher.
With a mission to improve education and promote healthy communities, the Ronald Maese Peralta Foundation (RMP) has pledged a $5,000 donation to support the Data Science for the Public Good Young Scholars program at the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute.
The University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute is excited to announce Dr. Sallie A. Keller was named the 2021 Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Award recipient by the American Statistical Association (ASA) in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of statistics.
Bryan Lewis, a computational epidemiologist at UVA’s Biocomplexity Institute, said the plummeting numbers were a surprise to scientists analyzing the data. “There are about 30 or 40-odd academic groups participating in the CDC’s forecasting hub, and I don’t think any of them predicted the cliff we fell off there,” Lewis said, adding that cases dropped dramatically not just in Virginia, but across the country.
The University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute is excited to announce that Distinguished Institute Professor Michael S. Waterman was awarded The William Benter Prize in Applied Mathematics for his outstanding contributions to the field of applied mathematics.
While the flu season is far from over and flu cases have been reported year-round in the United States in the past, during a typical year, influenza cases would likely ramp up during the fall and winter, peaking in February. Not this year.
Stephen Eubank, deputy director in the Network Systems Science and Advanced Computing division of the University of Virginia Biocomplexity Institute, has been named a 2021-2022 Jefferson Science Fellow.
After peaking in mid-January, the average number of new COVID-19 cases in Virginia has dropped by more than half and is at its lowest level since early December.
