Samuel Scarpino Assistant Professor, and Director of Emerging Epidemics Lab s.scarpino@northeastern.edu 617.373.2482 Expertise applied mathmetics, computational biology, coronavirus, COVID-19, Genetics, machine learning, Mapping, network modeling, physics, population dynamics, Statistics, Vaccine Development, Variants Samuel Scarpino in the Press Article The Worst Covid Strategy Was Not Picking One “We were at this persistent level of misery for a year,” said Sam Scarpino, a professor at Northeastern University. Article The virus threat is easing, but US hospitals are still as full as ever Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences at Northeastern University, says it’s a “perfect storm” of issues: Covid-19 and the ongoing infection control measures that hospitals have to keep in place, a backlog of other patients with a delayed need for acute care, and work force burnout three years into a pandemic. Article Wait, Is This Winter Going … Okay? The staggered peaks “helped us quite a bit, in terms of hospitals being stressed,” says Sam Scarpino, the director of AI and life sciences at the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University. Article Grid XBB.1.5 shows we’re thinking about covid variants all wrong. Here’s a better way. “The immunological history of a population is now much more complicated than it was at the beginning,” said Sam Scarpino, an evolutionary biologist at Northeastern University. “It’s just a lot harder to reason through what may or may not happen with any new variant that shows up.” Article Latest numbers show jump in COVID-19 deaths as expected winter surge arrives While the deaths are still “too many,” said Sam Scarpino of Northeastern University, “we’re doing a lot better than last year for sure.” Article WGBH XBB is now the dominant COVID variant in New England. Here’s how to protect yourself “The properties of the virus that the immune system sees, like the spike protein, are different in a way that causes antibodies from prior infections to not bind as efficiently,” said Sam Scarpino, the director of AI + Life Sciences at Northeastern University. “For individuals that have been previously infected … their antibodies will not […] Article STAT News Three years on, the pandemic — and our response — have been jolting. Here’s what even the experts didn’t see coming Aerosol or droplet? Lab-leak or natural spillover event? There have been several long-running and nasty scientific disputes during the pandemic. And yet we’ve made little progress in fixing the underlying issues that the participants are fighting about, said Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences at Northeastern University. (He spent much of the pandemic […] Article Covid-Mutation Risk Drives Rush to Test Travelers From China Despite the rapid growth of cases there, China may not yet be fertile ground for variants that evade humans’ natural or vaccine-aided immunity, said Sam Scarpino, the director of Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences at Northeastern University’s Institute for Experiential AI. Article Boston district leaders brace for teacher shortages after winter break amid likely upticks in COVID cases Sam Scarpino, director of AI and Life Sciences at Northeastern University, said the upcoming January may be worse, since flu cases are surging at higher rates this year, and COVID remains a problem. Article Sewage Sampling Already Tracks Covid. What Else Can It Find? “We’ve been seeing this done here, in Ghana, in Bangladesh, all over India, at the UK Health Security Administration,” says Samuel Scarpino, the Institute’s managing director of pathogen surveillance and affiliate faculty at Northeastern University, where he worked on the Somerville city project. “But there’s nobody pulling all of that information together, layering it with […] Samuel Scarpino for Northeastern Global News Will more states follow California’s lead in adopting new COVID-19 lockdown measures? Will more states follow California’s lead in adopting new COVID-19 lockdown measures? What do we know about airborne transmission of the coronavirus? What do we know about airborne transmission of the coronavirus? Are there COVID-19 cases in your community? The answer may be in your sewer. Are there COVID-19 cases in your community? The answer may be in your sewer. Researchers from Northeastern are now using wastewater to determine whether COVID-19 cases are present in a population. Scientists still don’t have all the answers about the coronavirus–and that’s a sign of progress Scientists still don’t have all the answers about the coronavirus–and that’s a sign of progress As researchers study SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, one thing to keep in mind is that the research is happening while everyone watches. The CDC is no longer in control of COVID-19 hospitalization data. Here’s what that means. The CDC is no longer in control of COVID-19 hospitalization data. Here’s what that means. Disease surveillance leaves out the communities that need it most Disease surveillance leaves out the communities that need it most ‘We find ourselves asking scientists to do more than simply study the coronavirus’ ‘We find ourselves asking scientists to do more than simply study the coronavirus’ What China can teach us about managing the COVID-19 pandemic What China can teach us about managing the COVID-19 pandemic Researchers joined forces with colleagues around the globe to analyze the efforts to control the COVID-19 outbreak in China. The coronavirus outbreak is an international public health emergency. Here’s what that means. The coronavirus outbreak is an international public health emergency. Here’s what that means.
Article The Worst Covid Strategy Was Not Picking One “We were at this persistent level of misery for a year,” said Sam Scarpino, a professor at Northeastern University.
Article The virus threat is easing, but US hospitals are still as full as ever Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences at Northeastern University, says it’s a “perfect storm” of issues: Covid-19 and the ongoing infection control measures that hospitals have to keep in place, a backlog of other patients with a delayed need for acute care, and work force burnout three years into a pandemic.
Article Wait, Is This Winter Going … Okay? The staggered peaks “helped us quite a bit, in terms of hospitals being stressed,” says Sam Scarpino, the director of AI and life sciences at the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University.
Article Grid XBB.1.5 shows we’re thinking about covid variants all wrong. Here’s a better way. “The immunological history of a population is now much more complicated than it was at the beginning,” said Sam Scarpino, an evolutionary biologist at Northeastern University. “It’s just a lot harder to reason through what may or may not happen with any new variant that shows up.”
Article Latest numbers show jump in COVID-19 deaths as expected winter surge arrives While the deaths are still “too many,” said Sam Scarpino of Northeastern University, “we’re doing a lot better than last year for sure.”
Article WGBH XBB is now the dominant COVID variant in New England. Here’s how to protect yourself “The properties of the virus that the immune system sees, like the spike protein, are different in a way that causes antibodies from prior infections to not bind as efficiently,” said Sam Scarpino, the director of AI + Life Sciences at Northeastern University. “For individuals that have been previously infected … their antibodies will not […]
Article STAT News Three years on, the pandemic — and our response — have been jolting. Here’s what even the experts didn’t see coming Aerosol or droplet? Lab-leak or natural spillover event? There have been several long-running and nasty scientific disputes during the pandemic. And yet we’ve made little progress in fixing the underlying issues that the participants are fighting about, said Samuel Scarpino, director of AI and life sciences at Northeastern University. (He spent much of the pandemic […]
Article Covid-Mutation Risk Drives Rush to Test Travelers From China Despite the rapid growth of cases there, China may not yet be fertile ground for variants that evade humans’ natural or vaccine-aided immunity, said Sam Scarpino, the director of Artificial Intelligence and Life Sciences at Northeastern University’s Institute for Experiential AI.
Article Boston district leaders brace for teacher shortages after winter break amid likely upticks in COVID cases Sam Scarpino, director of AI and Life Sciences at Northeastern University, said the upcoming January may be worse, since flu cases are surging at higher rates this year, and COVID remains a problem.
Article Sewage Sampling Already Tracks Covid. What Else Can It Find? “We’ve been seeing this done here, in Ghana, in Bangladesh, all over India, at the UK Health Security Administration,” says Samuel Scarpino, the Institute’s managing director of pathogen surveillance and affiliate faculty at Northeastern University, where he worked on the Somerville city project. “But there’s nobody pulling all of that information together, layering it with […]