Notre Dame expert available: Estimating unobserved infections of COVID-19 in the United States

Alex Perkins is a professor at the University of Notre Dame specializing in infectious disease epidemiology and population biology.

Perkins and his team are currently working to estimate unobserved infections and model SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the United States based on estimates of epidemiological parameters from other countries. Preliminary results are available and a preprint of the work is forthcoming.

His expertise includes infectious disease dynamics, vector ecology, evolutionary ecology, spatial dynamics, theoretical ecology and mathematical biology.

He can be reached at [email protected].

To coordinate a phone interview please contact:

Jessica Sieff – [email protected] O: 574.631.3933 I C: 574.210.4554 Assistant Director, Media Relations University of Notre Dame

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