It was late 2019 when the new SARS-like virus jumped into humans. When word of the virus first arrived, some panicked. People began hoarding food. They bought and then resold masks at higher prices. Many neglected to follow public health recommendations. As time passed, it became clear the government wasn’t handling the pandemic well.

"Watch how Pardis Sabeti uses computational models to study patterns in large datasets of infectious diseases, then have students learn more about an Ebola outbreak in Africa using articles, maps, and computational models."

SMA hosted the first annual SMA Inspire Education Summit, in partnership with SMA outreach director Todd Brown, PhD., at the SMA Prep middle school campus in Sarasota.