Viral Epidemiology

Everything STEAM

Everything STEAM took a deep dive into what viruses are and how viruses spread while defining what viral epidemiology is. Following the basic introduction, PhD Jessica Kerr & Public Health Consultant David Wiles address some of the buzz words you may have encountered over the course of the COVID 19 pandemic, plus mask type efficiency, as well as address viral spread modeling and how that impacts policies!

The last segment will be an outlook for the future. We will discuss the future trends suggested by experts that accounts for Climate Change and human population increase including urban & producer sprawl. To leave on a good note, our Guest Stars will enlighten us on MRNA vaccines and address how they will fight surfacing viruses to come!

Guest Stars:

David Wiles (Co-Host); David graduated from Slippery Rock University in 2020 with a Bachelors in Public Health, and now works as a Community Health Worker with Cornerstone Care in the Clairton, PA (United States) area. David is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and a Certified Community Health Worker.

Jessica Kerr: Jessica Kerr is a part-time PhD student in Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and full-time project coordinator for a global network of infectious disease modelers. She has been working in public health and data science research for over five years. Other main facets of her work include engaging students in infectious disease modeling research and increasing diversity in the field of infectious disease modeling.