Micaela Roy, Rita S Lee, Kristin Furfari
Centering equity in a longitudinal health systems science curricula
Medical teacher
human travel plays crucial role spread infectious disease regions travel infected individuals one region another transport virus places previously unaffected may accelerate spread disease places disease yet well established develop apply models metrics analyze role interregional travel relative spread disease drawing data covid19 united states better understand transportation affects disease transmission established multiregional timevarying compartmental disease model spatial interaction compartmental model integrated statistical estimates travel regions integrated model derived transmission import index assess risk covid19 transmission states based index determined states high risk disease spreading states scale months analyzed index changed time 2020 model provides tool policymakers evaluate influence travel regions disease transmission support strategies epidemic control