In the Media
Jun 29, 2020 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, global director of ICAP at Columbia University, appeared on Bloomberg Europe on June 29 to discuss prevention and mitigation measures to contain COVID-19: “This is a new epidemic, and we are learning how to tackle it, both in terms...
Jun 25, 2020 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, director of ICAP at Columbia University, is quoted in a June 25 article in Fast Company stating that the ‘first wave’ of COVID-19 in the U.S. is not over, and is actually getting worse: Experts largely agree on the goals for...
Jun 23, 2020 | In the Media, News
Jessica Justman, MD, ICAP’s senior technical director, is quoted in a June 23 Reuters article on a potential second wave of COVID-19 infections. While there’s no formal definition for a second wave, some experts say they know it when they see it. ...
Jun 23, 2020 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, director of ICAP at Columbia University, is quoted in a June 23 article on the Quanta Magazine website about why COVID-19 infections are relatively low in South Asia. One hypothesis involves the BCG vaccine, which is used universally in...
Jun 21, 2020 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, director of ICAP at Columbia University, spoke to NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday on June 21 about the increase in COVID-19 infections among younger people, and the need to mobilize this population to help curb the pandemic. Dr. Wafaa...
Jun 11, 2020 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA, director of ICAP at Columbia University, participated in a June 10 panel discussion, “Remembering the AIDS Crisis in the Time of COVID-19: How Lessons from One Epidemic can Guide the Response to Another,” hosted by Hunter College’s LGBTQ...