The Overlooked Data Scientists in the Fight against Coronavirus: Biostatisticians

Eric J. Daza (the author) circa 2014 at the Department of Biostatistics of the Gillings School of Global Public Health at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (Photo credit: J.P. + J.K.)

This is exactly the time to temper the sprinting agility of data science with the scientifically rigorous methodology of biostatistics.

Epidemiologists, infectious-disease specialists in particular, are the ultimate domain experts in…