Dr. Thomas Lee, HI-EMA's Lead Modeler & Forecaster, Discusses Reopening Hawaii to Travel and More

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Written By Adriann Gin

The Hawaii Data Collaborative is partnering with the Hawaii Executive Collaborative for a “By the Numbers” series featured on the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s COVID-19 Care Conversation. Every Monday morning during the month of June, we will be inviting some of our partners and collaborators to share how they are using data to help Hawaii address the impacts of COVID-19 in our community. Tune in every Monday in June at 11:00am (HST) to catch the segment!

On Monday, June 15th, Dr. Thomas Lee, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, also an US Army Medical Officer from the 1984th US Army Hospital Pacific, 9th Mission Support Command, currently serving as lead modeler and forecaster for Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) COVID-19 Emergency Response Team, discussed how he applies modeling to forecast and advise policymakers in their decisions, the potential and efficacy of testing and screening of inbound travelers, a basic explanation of “R naught” and how that applies to our mitigation efforts, and more.

Adriann Gin
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