Wastewater Surveillance & Linking Environmental and Public Health - Dr. Katrina Korfmacher

Guest bio: Dr. Katrina Korfmacher is a Professor of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Director of the Community Engagement Core at the Environmental Health Sciences Center. [00:51] - What is wastewater-based epidemiology? [02:26] - Wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 & overcoming disparities in testing [04:09] - Monroe County Wastewater Coronavirus Surveillance Group - interdisciplinary collaboration [08:40] - Wastewater monitoring on college campuses [10:47] - Scaling operations up [12:16] - Separations between environmental and public health This episode was recorded in late September 2021.