Charting A Coronavirus Infection

 Charting A Coronavirus Infection by Katherine J. Wu And Jonathan Corum.  The New York Times.  October 5, 2020.  

IHME: Most Likely Forecast: 410,000 Deaths By January 1, 2021.

Key Coronavirus Forecast Predicts Over 410,000 Total U.S. Deaths By Jan. 1:  "The Worst Is Yet To Come" by Will Feuer.  CNBC.  September 4, 2020.   

Where To Focus, And Not To Focus, Attention To Understand The Epidemic

Amateur Epidemiology Is Deterring Our Covid-19 Response.  Here's What We Should Do Instead by Tom Frieden.  The Washington Post.  June 10, 2020.

The Shape Of Our Pandemic Future

This Is The Future Of The Pandemic by Siobhan Roberts.  The New York Times.  May 8, 2020,

Status Report: 3D-Printed Implants, Bioprinting, Surgical Tools,

Medical 3D Printing: Where Are We Now? by Michael Molitch-Hou.   Engineering.com.  January 29, 2019. 

3-D Printer Generates Realistic Model Of Cancerous Tumor; More Effective Testing Of Anti-Cancer Drugs Possible

3-D Printer Generates Realistic Model Of A Cancerous Tumor.  IOP Publishing/Science Daily.  May 27, 2015. 

Brain Model Developed That Demonstrates Grey/White Compartmentalization, Providing A Superior Model Of Brain Function

Bioengineers Create Functional 3-D Brain-Like Tissue:  Tissue Kept Alive For Months.  Science Daily.  August 11, 2014.

Heart Stent Design Perhaps Enhanced By Mathematical Models Of Drug Release

Math Models Enhance Current Therapies For Coronary Heart Disease.  Science Daily.  December 9, 2013.

(1)  The design of drug-eluting heart stents is severely limited by _______________________________________.

(2)  This limitation could be addressed by developing models of  __________________________ and comparing the ________________________.

(3)  The integral equation called the _______________ can be shown under under  under certain circumstances to satisfy for the drug release concentration.  

Big Data: The Numerical Imagination Applied Everywhere, Including Medicine

Sizing Up Big Data, Broadening Beyond The Internet by Steve Lohr.  The New York Times.  June 19, 2013.

The entire "Bits" section of today's Times is wonderfully helpful in providing a good feel for the possibilities and challenges of the world of big data.

(1)  The young data scientist profiled in the article has had an interesting career path progressing from ____________ to ___________ to his own firm __________ and finally to _____________.

(2)  His goal at Mount Sinai is "to turn medicine into the land of the _______."

(3)  Big Data as a term embraces ______, ____________ and ___________.

(4)  The McKinsey Global Institute needs _____________________ workers "deep analytical"
skills along with ___________ million more data-literate managers.

(5)  Big Data represents a potential revolution in ________________.

(6)  Essential is clever software to ____________________.

(7)  In the era of Big Data decisions will be based on ____________ rather than _____________.

(8)  How will the use of data impact "anchoring bias?"

(9)  What is the threat posed by incorrect correlation?

(10)  What are the components of the models of biology and health outcomes being developed at Mt Sinai?