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Media are replete with stories of the next big bug. Books like the Stand and films like Contagion have relied on the fear of and fascination with deadly disease to draw audiences to them, while news outlets regularly feature stories about the latest strain of drug-resistant bacteria. Researching and tracking the next big bug is the focus of this episode of Stats & Stories. Rosemary Pennington is joined by regular panelists John Bailer, Chair of Miami Statistics Department, and Richard Campbell, former Chair of Media, Journalism and Film. Their guest is Scott Evans, professor of epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, and George Washington University. He’s also the Director of GWs Biostatistics Center. Among his research interests are the prevention of the public health threat of anti-bacterial resistance.
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