Coloradoan: Partnership between CU, CSU welcomes first medical students
“I’ve had a lot more face-to-face time with attending (physicians), and I’ve been able to take more of a hands-on approach with patients, too." -Nick Mason, medical student
“I’ve had a lot more face-to-face time with attending (physicians), and I’ve been able to take more of a hands-on approach with patients, too." -Nick Mason, medical student
Carol Wilusz said wastewater has been key in demonstrating that the virus was infecting people in early hot spots much earlier than the first cases showed up at hospitals. "The virus has been circulating a long time before we knew about it," Wilusz said, "and the evidence is all in the wastewater."
8:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3: Brian Foy, PhD, and Tony Schountz, PhD, Professors in the CSU Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology at Colorado State University will discuss the science behind animal-to-human transmission and how COVID-19 has played out thus far, followed by a live Q&A session.
“I just can’t say enough about the oncology nurses at CSU… I know they treated her with so much compassion and love and that made it easier for me too,” Rachel Askeland says.
“We’re seeing heroic efforts at CSU," said Polis. He’s ordering the ramping up of state testing facilities, including at the University of Colorado and Colorado State University, to address the growing backlog of cases at the national testing labs and the state’s need for faster test results.
Carol Wilusz, the molecular biologist who will be leading the sewage testing at CSU, said results should be extracted from the sewage and available within 48 hours of the sample collection.
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"Pets are helping to fill at least some of this void," said Lori Kogan. "Companion animals have perhaps never been more important, as people struggle to adapt to their new reality."
The move is a first step in establishing a CU School of Medicine branch in partnership with CSU.