Liza Hartofilis ’04, chief emergency medicine resident at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, goes to work every day worried for herself as much as her patients, given the shortage in personal protective equipment. In fact, she sent her husband and their children out of Manhattan to keep from infecting them should she contract COVID-19 herself, and doesn’t know when she’ll see them again.
Her story was featured on the April 28 episode of HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.” Cascade Lacrosse, a leading equipment manufacturer, began producing face shields to protect health care workers during the pandemic — some of which were delivered to Hartofilis, a former lacrosse player, and her medical colleagues.
Watch a clip from the episode here.
NSF RAPID grant awarded for study of how anxiety affects the spread of COVID-19 information
Princeton researchers have been awarded a National Science Foundation RAPID grant to study how anxiety about COVID-19 influences how we learn and share information about the pandemic. Read more …
#TellUsTigers Q&A: Tanesha Brown, nurse manager, University Health Services
Tanesha Brown, the nurse manager at University Health Services, is a critical member of the University’s coronavirus preparedness team, working with a broad range of departments and colleagues across campus. She reflects on addressing the fear of the unknown, how she practices self-care and the most important things she wants people to know during the coronavirus crisis. Read more …
University president uses medical degree to help inform university COVID-19 response
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel ’79 ran an immunobiology lab for 20 years and is a board-certified internist. That background helped him see the potential scale of the pandemic, and to make decisions about students overseas and in-person instruction, sooner than he might have otherwise. He was also better equipped to communicate with experts through that process.
Read more about how he and other university presidents responded here.