New easy to read Covid-19 risk guides are turning standard risk charts into road maps—laid out in the colors of safety—that could lead us to where we want to be. wired.trib.al/fXvMquK

Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory (ABiL) scientists are using #GeneticAncestry to inform #PrecisionMedicine decisions in support of #HealthEquity for underrepresented minorities.

Out today in Nature Human Behaviour: New resource article on our #Covid19 Event Risk Assessment interactive website, jointly led w/@urbanclio, i.e., a Weitz Group - friendly cities lab collaboration. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Our collaborative COVID-19 risk assessment tool was covered by Los Angeles Times! Congratulations Aroon Chande and Joshua Weitz covid19risk.biosci.gatech.edu

Great piece using the data from our covid19risk dashboard

We're hiring! Looking for a skilled bioinformatician to join our team and help develop cutting edge bioinformatics solutions to a diverse set of experimental questions for a wide range of applications! For more info on the position and to apply, check out asrtinc.applicantpool.com/jobs/512717.ht…

Thread on moving from case reports to estimated risk in events of different sizes. Analysis driven by our collaborative Covid-19 Event Risk Assessment Planner (w/Weitz Group + friendly cities lab + Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory (ABiL)) Website: covid19risk.biosci.gatech.edu Details: nature.com/articles/s4156…

Share your voice to help launch a voice-based COVID-19 screening tool! Georgia Startup Races to Complete AI-powered Voice Screening Tool to Crush COVID-19 prn.to/3738jo1

The COVIDvoice project was written up by Hypepotamus! Share your voice at covidvoice.net to help crush COVID-19!

Announcing: QBioS PhD @ GT Virtual Modeling Workshop, May 17-18 Theme: Epidemics, w/focus on #Covid19. Apply by 4/14 to learn to build deterministic & stochastic models of epidemics and translate models to interactive dashboards. Beginning coders welcome. workshop2021.qbios.gatech.edu

Excited to teach a session on #RStats Shiny dashboard development basics. Dataviz is an important part of effective scientific communication

Excited to be teaching dashboard development tomorrow in #RShiny as part of the QBioS PhD @ GT Modeling Workshop!

Open talks today at #QBioSWorkshop (all EDT) 9am: From deterministic to stochastic models 1pm: Translating models into interactive dashboards (w/Lavanya Rishishwar of Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory (ABiL) & Aroon Chande) 3:30pm: Network science theory and #Covid19 by Sam Scarpino workshop2021.qbios.gatech.edu

For those joining us (Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory (ABiL)) , or who just to follow along, start by starring and forking the Github repo for our session on #RStats #RShiny dashboard basics. We'll walk you through your first shiny application. github.com/appliedbinf/20…

Today at 1 pm, join us for the second public talk of the day where Lavanya Rishishwar of Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory (ABiL) and Aroon Chande will be presenting on how to translate models into interactive dashboards using GitHub shiny apps. Join below⬇️ primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event…

#WeAreHiring We are looking for talented bioinformaticians to join our team! Review the job description and apply here: phe.tbe.taleo.net/phe02/ats/care…

Recordings of public talks from the #QBioSWorkshop by QBioS PhD @ GT are now live. See the introduction plenary by Sarah Cobey, a demonstration by Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory (ABiL) & Aroon Chande, and a lecture by Joshua Weitz. youtube.com/playlist?list=… For more information, visit workshop2021.qbios.gatech.edu

Update: covid19risk site now includes real-time state-level vax info along w/county-level risk, including a new feature to focus in on states with relatively low vaccination levels (here all those with <50% of total pop fully vaccinated 2 weeks ago). covid19risk.biosci.gatech.edu