September 2021 COVID Research Webinar: Lightning Talks + Q&A
Channel: Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub
Date: 23/09/2021

Meet the scientists seeking new insights on COVID-19. Every month, we bring together a group of researchers studying wide-ranging aspects of the current pandemic, to share their research and answer questions from our community. Learn more about their ongoing efforts in the fight against COVID-19, including opportunities for collaboration.

This webinar features the following speakers: 

Janet Iwasa, University of Utah: Building a visual consensus model of the SARS-CoV-2 life cycle. Funded by NSF Biological Sciences / Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB).
📜 Read an English Transcription of this presentation: https://bit.ly/3MllF2e

Kristen Miller, MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare: CDC COVID-19 Community Research Partnership. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
📜 Read an English Transcription of this presentation: https://bit.ly/35IddJw

Jane Pan, Columbia University: Contradiction Detection of COVID-19 Randomized Controlled Trials via BERT Language Models. COVID Information Commons Undergraduate Student Paper Challenge 1st Place Winner.
📜 Read an English Transcription of this presentation: https://bit.ly/3sASSP3

Franchessa Sayler, ThruPore Technologies: Antiviral Activity of Novel Nitrogen-Doped, Carbon Supported Catalysts Against Covid-19 Surrogates. Funded by NSF Engineering / Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP).
📜 Read an English Transcription of this presentation: https://bit.ly/3Kcd67K

Ponisseril Somasundaran, Columbia University: Novel Foam formulations for decontamination of surfaces with minimum wastewater generation. Funded by NSF Engineering / Division Of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP).
📜 Read an English Transcription of this presentation: https://bit.ly/3htTKyO

George K. Thiruvathukal, Loyola University Chicago: Leveraging New Data Sources to Analyze the Risk of COVID-19 in Crowded Locations. Funded by NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering / Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (OAC).
📜 Read an English Transcription of this presentation: https://bit.ly/3C5l8wx

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Timestamps
05:33 George K. Thiruvathukal, Loyola University Chicago
21:58 Janet Iwasa, University of Utah
30:19 Jane Pan, Columbia University
39:46 Ponisseril Somasundaran, Columbia University
49:57 Kristen Miller, MedStar Health National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare
01:04:52 Franchessa Sayler, ThruPore Technologies
01:17:27 Q&A

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