Biostatistics

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App Calculates Risk of Delaying Cancer Care During Pandemic

New research from Michigan Public Health

The University of Michigan’s OncCOVID app draws on global cancer and coronavirus data to create an individualized mortality risk assessment for receiving immediate versus delayed cancer treatment.

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Crowded Villages Show Why Virus Cases Are Surging in Rural India

Bhramar Mukherjee featured in Bloomberg

As India passes the grim milestone of two million virus cases and new hotspots emerge in villages, experts are worried infections will now rise exponentially in the world’s second-most populous country, overwhelming its under-prepared hinterland.

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IN THE NEWS: Sprawling Countries Find Coronavirus Hard to Contain

Bhramar Mukherjee quoted in the Wall Street Journal

Most-populous nations including the US, Brazil, and India face challenges such as multiple outbreaks and the need for millions of tests, with only China making major strides to dial back the pandemic. Bhramar Mukherjee explains the unique factors that India is facing during the coronavirus pandemic.

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India's Coronavirus Cases Increase as National Government Relaxes Rules

Q&A with Bhramar Mukherjee

Despite India's drastic nine-week shutdown and amid relaxing restrictions, the country now has the fourth-largest number of coronavirus cases in the world. Professor and chair of Biostatistics Bhramar Mukherjee offers an update on the trend and how a group of researchers are developing models to visualize the data.