Wastewater data allow for more rapid detection of changes in COVID-19 transmission and do not suffer from bias due to testing behavior and test accuracy. As of February 2022, the CDC's COVID Data Tracker includes wastewater surveillance data from monitoring SARS-CoV-2 levels in sewage at more than 400 testing sites across the country.
Wastewater data can provide an early warning for new waves of infection and identify whether transmission is rising or waning. This cutting-edge surveillance tool can boost COVID-19 pandemic response by shedding light on infections among those who do not show symptoms or do not present for testing. My work has been published in the American Jouranl of Obstetrics and Gynecology, JAMA Network Open, Health Affairs, The Journal of General Internal Medicine, and The American Journal of Managed Care, among others.Wastewater testing provides an alternative way to rapidly assess SARS-CoV-2 viral exposure among thousands of people, and in a manner that protects privacy. During my time as a Master’s student, I interned at Massachusetts’ health insurance exchange, the Health Connector, and organized the Harvard Health Equity & Leadership (HEAL) Conference.īefore graduate school, I worked as a research assistant at the Center for Studying Health System Change (now part of Mathematica Policy Research) in Washington, D.C. I obtained my Master of Science in Health Policy & Management at the Harvard T.H.
I am a member of the Health Policy Data Science Lab. Chan School of Public Health, J-PAL North America, and Ariadne Labs.
There, I collaborated with researchers at Harvard Medical School, the Harvard T.H. I completed my PhD in Health Policy at Harvard University (Methods for Policy Research track) in 2022. I joined the facutly in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2022.
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