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DESCRIPTION:You’re Invited to a Seminar: COVID-19 Data and Information\n\
 n \n\nFeaturing Guest Speaker: Dr. Michael A. Stoto\, Professorial Lecture
 r in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at The George Washington University\
 , Professor Emeritus in the Department of Health Management and Policy\, S
 chool of Health\, Georgetown University\, Adjunct Professor of Biostatisti
 cs at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health\n\n \n\nPolicymakers 
 and the public can be misled about the current status of the COVID-19 pand
 emic and the impact of control strategies. Most of what we know about the 
 pandemic – from current transmission levels to the effectiveness of cont
 rol strategies – is based on reported cases or deaths. Epidemiologists a
 nd biostatisticians know these counts are incomplete\, but analysts often 
 assume that the reported numbers were a constant fraction of actual COVID-
 19 infections or deaths. Thus\, Dr. Stoto will also show why much of what 
 we “know” about the current situation and effectiveness of control str
 ategies can be wrong\; what improvements are needed to overcome these prob
 lems: and how surveillance must be expanded from simply tracking cases and
  deaths to providing the “epidemic intelligence” needed to inform publ
 ic health policies that respond to community needs and concerns. Thursday\
 , Nov. 16\, 2023 | 3:30 to 5 p.m. | GWSPH Convening Center\, 950 New Hamps
 hire Ave.\, NW\, 1st Floor\n\n \n\nRSVP to attend in person (Deadline to r
 egister: Monday\, November 13\n\nJoin virtually (Meeting ID: 991 3025 4836
 )
GEO:38.902119;-77.051139
LOCATION:GW Milken Institute School of Public Health\, Convening Center
SUMMARY:COVID-19 Data and Information: Problems and Solutions to Improve Pu
 blic Health
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/covid-19_data_and_information_
 problems_and_solutions_to_improve_public_health
CATEGORIES:Academic
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