DRC in the Media

The University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center is home to renowned experts who share insights from their research to better understand breaking news, developing events, and the complex conditions that lead to disaster. Offering a broad range of disciplinary perspectives and expertise, they have been cited in such outlets as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. Discover what our experts have to say:

DRC in the Media

FEATURED DRC MEDIA PLACEMENTS

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Health Risks Are Rising in Mountain Areas Flooded by Hurricane Helene and Cut Off From Clean Water, Power and Hospitals

EXPERT: Sarabeth Baxter Lowe
 
FEATURED IN: The Conversation — Tuesday, October 1, 2024
 
OVERVIEW: Hurricane Helene’s flooding has subsided, but health risks are growing in hard-hit regions of the North Carolina mountains, where many people lost . . . access to power and clean water. …
 
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Planning Now for the Disasters of Tomorrow

EXPERT: Jennifer M Trivedi
 
FEATURED IN: UDaily — Saturday, August 10, 2024
 
OVERVIEW: “Disasters know no boundary lines. Floods, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, drought, conflict — they happen anywhere and everywhere on . . . our planet. It’s why the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center (DRC) has a global reach, and it’s why that reach has global impact. You could see both DRC’s reach and impact during a daylong workshop for graduate students, held during its 60th anniversary celebration earlier this year. The study and work those students were doing will help policy makers and leaders around the world prepare for disasters of the future.”…
 
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How heat and a hurricane combined for misery in Houston

EXPERT: Jennifer M Trivedi
 
FEATURED IN: E&E News by Politico — Friday, July 19, 2024
 
OVERVIEW: “Compound disasters such as hurricanes and heat waves are increasingly testing Texas and other states along the Gulf of Mexico, said Jennifer Trivedi, . . . an expert on disaster vulnerability at the University of Delaware. […]”

“‘There’s a phrase people use: “There’s’ no such thing as a natural disaster,”‘ Trivedi said. ‘Really what we mean by that is there is always some sort of human intervention, human decision-making, human structures that are shaping the systems that really ramp a hazard into a disaster.’ […]”

“At the same time, experts say equitable citywide access to cooling centers and other emergency resources is crucial for protecting vulnerable populations when the lights do go out. And, in the long term, building up climate resilience in socially vulnerable communities is key to better outcomes when disasters strike. ‘It really is an equity question,’ Trivedi said. ‘That’s something that has to be part of these conversations.’ […]”
 
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DRC MEDIA PLACEMENTS: 233


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LabWare rolling out test kit to address nationwide data-collection gaps

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Business Times — Monday, May 4, 2020
OVERVIEW: LabWare, the leading global provider of enterprise software for testing laboratories, has created a COVID-19 test kit that will help states and hospitals eliminate the paperwork at collection sites, reduce the turnaround for test results, and streamline distribution of the results. …
 
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LabWare rolling out test kit to address nationwide data-collection gaps

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Business Times — Monday, May 4, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, professor of epidemiology at the University of Delaware, discusses the importance of timely surveillance data to prevent a full-blown second wave of COVID-19.
 
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LabWare rolling out test kit to address nationwide data-collection gaps

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Business Times — Monday, May 4, 2020
OVERVIEW:
 
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Does rain wash away COVID-19 coronavirus?

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Forbes.com — Thursday, April 30, 2020
OVERVIEW:
 
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Statewide COVID-19 testing plan could become a reality

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Business Times — Wednesday, April 29, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney of the UD Disaster Research Center is one of several experts weighing in on Delaware’s COVID-19 plan moving forward.
 
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Statewide COVID-19 testing plan could become a reality, April 29, 2020

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Business Times — Wednesday, April 29, 2020
OVERVIEW: Article mentions Scan Delaware Health and Jennifer Horney, core faculty with the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center.
 
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Contact tracing and COVID-19

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services — Monday, April 27, 2020
OVERVIEW: Video featuring Jennifer Horney, core faculty of the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center.
 
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Second virus wave? Experts unsure about possibilities

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: DelawareStateNews.com — Saturday, April 25, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, professor founding director of the UD Epidemiology Program, weighs in on the uncertainty around the possibiltiy of a second wave of COVID-19.
 
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Despite calls for more COVID-19 testing in Arizona, the number of tests done each week has fallen

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: AZCentral.com — Friday, April 24, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, professor and founding director of the program in epidemiology at the University of Delaware, discusses the importance of testing for COVID-19.
 
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Air conditioning spread the coronavirus to 10 people sitting near an infected person in a restaurant. It has huge implications for the service industry

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: BusinessInsider.com — Tuesday, April 21, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, the founding director of the University of Delaware’s epidemiology program, told Business Insider that she foresees a slow relaxation of states’ or regions’ emergency orders, which would allow restaurants to reopen with some tweaks to traditional service.
 
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Disaster science reaches out

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FEATURED IN: UDaily, University of Delaware — Wednesday, June 10, 2020
OVERVIEW: The Disaster Research Center has added a new public outreach service in which graduates tudents compile high-quality research on a variety of topics and summarize it in ways that are clear and easy to understand.
 
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Why tracing coronavirus cases from the Black Lives Matter protests could be nearly impossible

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Insider.com — Tuesday, June 9, 2020
OVERVIEW: “Potential exposure in a protest setting is a challenge for contract tracing,” Jen Horney, founding director of the University of Delaware’s epidemiology program, told Insider.
 
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Maine CDC begin providing almost daily numbers for negative COVID-19 tests

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Portland Press Herald — Monday, June 8, 2020
OVERVIEW: If the agency succeeds in reporting the information daily, it would provide critical information for Maine on understanding the incidence of the disease among people with and without symptoms, said Dr. Jennifer Horney, founding director of the epidemiology program and core faculty with the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware.
 
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Protest Crowds and Coronavirus Risk

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Everyday Health — Saturday, June 6, 2020
OVERVIEW: In the time of coronavirus, protests may be seen as “seeding events” or “super-spreader” incidents. Jennifer Horney, Disaster Research Center, on steps people can take to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission if attending a protest.
 
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Will the protests roiling America fuel new coronavirus outbreaks?

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Everyday Health — Saturday, June 6, 2020
OVERVIEW: Jennifer Horney, PhD, professor of epidemiology and core faculty with the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware in Newark, says there are many ways people can reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission if attending a protest.
 
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Epidemiologists and contact tracers are disease detectives

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware State News — Tuesday, June 2, 2020
OVERVIEW: This article, written by Dr. Jennifer Horney and Colten Strickland, explains the work done by epidemiologists in a pandemic.
 
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Social v. Science: Finding the middle group as pandemic restrictions loosen

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Delaware State News — Friday, May 29, 2020
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#54 COVIDCalls 5.28.2020 – Public Health Update + Disaster Research w/ Tricia Wachtendorf

EXPERT: Tricia Wachtendorf
FEATURED IN: Youtube — Thursday, May 28, 2020
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COVIDCalls: Esther Chernak and Tricia Wachtendorf

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FEATURED IN: Scott Gabriel Knowles-COVID-Calls — Thursday, May 28, 2020
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What you need to know? Time to jump back in the pool

EXPERT: Jennifer Horney
FEATURED IN: Georgia Public Broadcasting — Tuesday, May 26, 2020
OVERVIEW: Epidemiologist Jennifer Horney of the University of Delaware says the actual water is safe, but she says pool operators should follow CDC guidelines before re-opening.
 
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