University Scientists Selected to Implement COVID-19 Early Warning System in Upstate New York.”

David Larsen, associate professor in the Department of Public Health at Falk College, was quoted by Business Insider for the story “University Scientists Selected to Implement COVID-19 Early Warning System in Upstate New York.” Professor Larsen has been leading the wastewater testing for COVID-19 at Syracuse University, in partnership with scientists from SUNY ESF and SUNY Upstate as well. “Tracking the coronavirus in wastewater provides a cost-effective method of understanding community-level transmission dynamics,” says Larsen.