A new study from the NIH found that, after at least 90 days, 0.3% of coronavirus survivors were reinfected with COVID-19 in comparison with 3% of people who did not have antibodies.
The Department is extremely pleased to welcome four distinguished colleagues–
Scarlett Bellamy, Aaron Foster, DeJuran Richardson and
Alisa Stephens– who will join our adjunct faculty and provide career mentorship for students and junior faculty from historically marginalized groups.
We will be featuring interviews with each adjunct faculty member over the next few weeks.
Alumna Alisa Stephens-Shields, PhD’12
What is your current position at your home institution?
I am an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics at the University of Pennsylvania.
What do you enjoy most about your job?
I enjoy that it never gets old. There are always new questions to be investigated, and I’m constantly learning something new about a different disease area or medical condition. I’ve learned about risk factors and markers for progression in chronic diseases, assessment of performance outcomes and quality of life, and t