Lauren Ancel Meyers

COVID-19

Austin's COVID experts are reuniting to take on future pandemic threats

Olivia Aldridge

Three years after Austin's first COVID case was detected, Lauren Ancel Meyers, director of UT Austin's Center for Pandemic Decision Science, says it's a matter of when, not if, another pandemic arrives. She and her fellow researchers want to be prepared.
Education

Austin Students Will 'Arrive Infected' If School Buildings Open In August, Data Scientist Says

Claire McInerny

Lee esta historia en español. If school buildings in Austin open on Aug. 18 as planned, there will be infections the first day of class, UT mathematical…
Austin

'Not The Time To Flip On The Light Switch': Health Experts Warn Of More Outbreaks If Austin Reopens

Audrey McGlinchy

The graphs UT Austin professor Lauren Ancel Meyers presented to Austin City Council members in a virtual meeting Tuesday were “plausible futures” and not…
Health

UT Researchers Say Social Distancing Is Working. Slacking Off Could Put Us On A 'Catastrophic Path.'

Jennifer Stayton

UT Austin's COVID-19 Modeling Consortium is analyzing data on a rolling basis to chronicle and predict the spread of the coronavirus. The news so far in…