This Working Group is a collaboration of research in public health, epidemiology, public policy, agriculture, veterinary medicine, and other disciplines; local public health officials; and disaster preparedness personnel. It aims to assist officials who are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide them with timely, evidence-based information.
Kristina Kintziger, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Margaret Mae Sugg, Appalachian State University, and Jennifer Runkle, North Carolina State University
Emails: kkintzig@utk.edu; kovachmm@appstate.edu; jrrunkle@ncsu.edu
Kathleen Brown, University of Tennessee
Katie Cahill, University of Tennessee
Katherine Fulcher, University of Tennessee
Garret Graham, NC Institute for Climate Studies
Hannah Knoch, University of Tennessee
Jennifer L. Mullendore, Buncombe County Health and Human Services
Matt Murray, University of Tennessee
Agricola Odoi, University of Tennessee
Hancen Sale, University of Tennessee
Martha Salyers, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Marcy Souza, University of Tennessee
Fletcher Tove, Buncombe County Health and Human Services
Steven Valeika, Animal Hospital South
CONVERGE is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, Program on Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment (Award #1841338). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.