How To Become A Contact Tracer

Gurley Contact Tracer

The new episode of our coronavirus crisis podcast features Dr. Emily Gurley of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Gurley is a leading epidemiologist with global experience in issues ranging from transmission to disease burden to the ecological context of epidemics. She is also the instructor of a virtual course from Johns Hopkins that trains people to become contact tracers – an essential  skill in getting COVID-19 under control. We spoke with Emily about her work, the pandemic, and what comes next.