In this episode, we will be talking to Dr. Alex Telionis, Dr. James Schlitt and Joseph Outten about the various analytics that help understand and respond to outbreaks and epidemics. Especially, they will discuss a few examples of visualizations that were generated to help policymakers during the COVID-19 response. 

Alex Telionis is a postdoctoral researcher with the NSSAC Division, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia. https://biocomplexity.virginia.edu/person/alex-telionis

James Schlitt is a postdoctoral researcher with the NSSAC Division, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia. https://biocomplexity.virginia.edu/person/james-schlitt

Joseph Outten is a final year undergraduate student at University of Virginia, majoring in Computer Science and Biology. His research interests lie in the intersection of these two fields and include topics from biotechnology, synthetic biology, and bioinformatics. Full bio at https://biocomplexity.virginia.edu/person/joseph-outten