Interdisciplinary study seeks to mitigate transmission of respiratory viral diseases such as flu and COVID-19 in children

Source: Mason Hinawai, University of Michigan Engineering Research News

A pair of Michigan Engineering professors will investigate the transmission of the flu and other respiratory illnesses, including coronaviruses, in child care settings. And they’ll receive some help from ferrets and child-friendly robots – not to mention a host of experts from multiple universities – along the way.

They are part of a team led by Linsey Marr, Charles P. Lunsford Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, with $8.8 million in funding from Flu Lab, an organization that supports bold approaches to defeat influenza.