NBC Chicago Profiles Wastewater Analysis at Cook County Jail
A wastewater sample is analyzed at SPH's water lab on UIC's west campus.
NBC Chicago profiled SPH's role in analyzing wastewater samples from the Cook County Jail to rapidly identify COVID-19 outbreaks in specific sections of the facility. Samples from the jail are transported to SPH's water lab on UIC's west campus for analysis. Featured in the report are Sam Dorevitch, MD, associate professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, and Abhilasha Shrestha, PhD '19, MPH '13, research assistant professor of environmental and occupational health sciences.
Modified on March 04, 2021