COVID-19
Apr 8, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA comments on the decrease in the number of COVID-19 test administered as uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations increases. Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiologist at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, says testing is still...
Apr 7, 2021 | In the Media, News
Jessica Justman, MD, Ellen Morrison, MD, MPH and Sharon Mannheimer translate ongoing COVID-19 research at ICAP’s Harlem and Bronx Prevention Centers. Jessica Justman, senior technical director at ICAP and associate professor of medicine in Epidemiology, is the...
Apr 7, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA focuses on challenges in communicating about public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. “One of the most important things we say in public health is that you have to have a very simple message,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, a...
Apr 6, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA explains that there is still a risk of the SARS-CoV-2 mutating with increased transmission despite vaccinations. “We can never be safe if everybody’s not safe,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiologist as well as founder and director of...
Apr 6, 2021 | In the Media, News
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA comments on challenges in supply chains and availability of COVID-19 testing as attention turns towards vaccinations. “The same people who are doing the testing are often the same ones doing the vaccinations,” said Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr,...