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<h2>About the Reich Lab</h2>

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    <p>
      Led by PI Nicholas Reich and based in the
      <a href="http://www.umass.edu/sphhs/biostatistics" target="_blank">Department
      of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts
      Amherst</a>, the Reich Lab focuses on developing statistical methods and
      tools for data arising from infectious disease settings. In 2019, we were 
      designated as a <a href="https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/cdc-designates-umass-amherst-flu" target="_blank">CDC-funded Influenza Forecasting Center of Excellence</a>
      and from 2020-2023 we ran the <a href="https://covid19forecasthub.org/" target="_blank">US COVID-19 Forecast Hub</a>.
    </p>

    <p>
      We use statistics, data science, and epidemiology to gain better
      understanding of the complexities of infectious disease dynamics. Our work
      has been featured in the
      <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/health/understanding-the-protective-side-of-dengue-virus.html" target="_blank">
        New York Times</a>, <a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/best-case-and-worst-case-coronavirus-forecasts-are-very-far-apart/" target="_blank">FiveThirtyEight</a>, <a href="https://www.economist.com/briefing/2020/04/04/the-hard-choices-covid-policymakers-face" target="_blank">the Economist</a>, and the <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/01/umass-researcher-helps-predict-timing-peak-flu/" target="_blank">Boston Globe</a>, and on
      <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/13/855038708/combining-different-models-new-coronavirus-projection-shows-110-000-deaths-by-ju" target="_blank">National Public Radio</a> and <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-computer-based-models-can-tell-us-about-coronavirus-and-what-they-cant" target="_blank">PBS NewsHour</a>.
    </p>

    <p>
      With active funded projects from the NIH and CDC, the Lab is
      involved in independent and collaborative research efforts. Our
      collaborators include the Influenza Division at the US CDC, 
      the Dengue Branch of the CDC in Puerto Rico, 
      the Infectious Disease Dynamics Working Group and 
      Center for Health Security at
      Johns Hopkins, the Thai Ministry of Public Health and 
      National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), 
      the New York City Department of Health and Mental
      Hygiene, the Children's Hospital Colorado, and the Veterans Health
      Administration branches in New York City and Iowa City.
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    <h2>People</h2>
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    {% for member in page.members %}
      {% if member.type != "Alumni" %}
        <div class="column col-12">
          <div class="card-people columns">
            <div class="card-image column col-3 col-sm-12">
              <div class="img-people" style="background-image: url({{ member.image }});">
              </div>
            </div>
            <div class="column col-9 col-sm-12">
              <div class="card-header">
                <h4 class="card-title">{{ member.name }}</h4>&nbsp;&nbsp;
                <h6 class="card-subtitle show-sm">{{ member.role }}</h6>
                <h6 class="card-subtitle-inline hide-sm">{{ member.role }}</h6>
              </div>
              <div class="card-body">
                {{ member.description }}
              </div>
              <div class="card-footer">
                {% for link in member.links %}
                  <a href="{{ link.url }}" id="link-container">
                    <span class="{{ link.name }}" id="link"></span>
                  </a>
                {% endfor %}
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      {% endif %}
  {% endfor %}
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    <h3 class="people-type">Alumni</h3>
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  <div class="columns">
    {% for member in page.members %}
        {% if member.type == "Alumni" %}
            <div class="alumni-container">
                <div class="card-people alumni-card">
                  <div class="card-image">
                    <div class="img-people" style="background-image: url({{ member.image }});">
                    </div>
                    </div>
                      <div class="card-header">
                        <h4 class="card-title">{{ member.name }}</h4>
                        {% for link in member.links %}
                          <a href="{{ link.url }}" target="_blank" id="alumni-link-container">
                            <span class="flaticon-foreign" id="alumni-link"></span>
                          </a>
                        {% endfor %}
                        <br>
                        <h6 class="card-subtitle-inline">{{ member.role }}</h6>
                      <div class="card-body">
                      {{ member.description }}
                    </div>
                  </div>
                </div>    
              </div>
      {% endif %}
  {% endfor %}
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