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Dr. Michael Mina Persistence/public health focus/performant/open minded/diagnostics With great persistence and diligence, Dr Mina has since early in the pandemic combined his expertise in medicine, infectious diseases, public health and epidemiology. Very open minded and innovative, he keeps building on the evidence base of the use of diagnosis and diagnostic tools as powerful interventions in the public health response to COVID-19. He does not give up to explain both policy makers and the clinical field that in a public health pandemic our minds need to be set to find solutions and approaches that are above and beyond what we have had to possibly do in the past. And in the mean time he is already thinking how to prevent the next pandemic. Michael Mina, MD, PhD

Dr. Theresa Chapple Public outreach/pandemic school planning/anti-racism/black women Dr. Chappel has not only worked to translate the epidemiology of the pandemic to a broad audience on Twitter and mass media, including advocating for a nuanced understanding of the research on covid in schools, she has also directly engaged with school districts to help them develop safety plans. Her social media presence is centered on anti-racisism and anti-oppression, and she often uses her personal experiences with racism and it’s intersection with sexism to help others understand the horrible toll of racism on the lives and health of Black women. On top of all this, she has been working in applied public health full-time while also caring for her three daughters who are in zoom school for the year. She is an example of the best of epidemiology. https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/ct-oak-park-new-health-director-tl-0429-20210427-ar6jabxjwnajvniihypfuq52zu-story.html https://newrepublic.com/article/161608/inside-long-messy-year-reopening-schools @Epi_D_Nique and I collaborated to provide a user-friendly review of the CDC’s study on #Covid_19 spread in elementary #schools in one Georgia district. This study is important because of its focus on young children and community spread. Happy?reading! https://t.co/jdROASkBYh — Dr. Theresa Chapple (@Theresa_Chapple) February 26, 2021