On today’s episode of Capturing COVID Jason Newland MD, MEd sits down with Dr. Jennifer Schuster MD, MSCI and Dr. Jennifer Goldman, otherwise known as “The Jens.” They discuss the Kansas City community during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially COVID-19 testing in schools and getting kids back to school. The Jens joined the pod to share their experience as pediatric infectious disease physicians working in the community as leaders for their school districts. They share what it was like to see some schools not return to in-person learning and the work they did to help them get back. This episode really emphasizes the importance of collaboration in reaching a goal. Listen in to hear the captivating stories that Jason and the Jens share about navigating the unknowns of the pandemic that you may not have heard before.   

UMKC (University of Missouri Kansas City), NGO (Non-governmental Organization), ICU (Intensive Care Unit), Clin-Pharm (Clinical Pharmacy), ID (Infectious Disease), PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), PAPRs (Power Air-Purifying Respirators), RCO (Rachel C. Orscheln MD), MO AAP (Missouri Americal Academy of Pediatrics), RADx-UP (Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics-Underserved Populations Consortium) 

Related Links: 

• SARS-CoV-2 Screening Testing Programs for Safe In-person Learning in K-12 Schools 

• SARS-CoV-2 Screening Testing Programs for Safe In-person Learning 

• Modeling Cost and Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 School Testing Programs 

• Implementation of School-Based COVID-19 Testing Programs in Underserved Populations 

• Building a National Framework to Pair Scientists and Schools During a Global Pandemic 

• Pediatric Vaccine Hesitancy and COVID-19 

• Factors Associated With COVID-19 Non-vaccination in Adolescents Hospitalized Without COVID-19 

• Modeling Cost and Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 School Testing Programs 

Credits 

This podcast is in partnership with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. Contributors to this episode include: 

• Jason Newland MD, MEd, host 

• Jennifer Schuster MD, MSCI, guest 

• Jennifer Goldman MD, guest 

• Gabby Smith, producer and editor 

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