Trevor Bedford (virologist) explained

Trevor Bedford
Profession:Computational virologist
Known For:First warning of community spread of COVID-19 in the United States
Education:University of Chicago (BA)
Harvard University (Ph.D.)

Trevor Bedford is an American computational virologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.[1]

Education and career

Bedford graduated with a BA in Biological Sciences from the University of Chicago in 2002 and obtained a Ph.D in Biology from Harvard University in 2008.[1]

In 2020, he posted on Twitter about the first known community transmission of COVID-19 in the United States. That action was later cited as one of the actions that helped galvanize a rapid response to Covid on a national scale.[2]

In September 2021, he received a 7-year $9 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Later that same month, he was named as part of that year's MacArthur Fellows Program class.[3]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trevor Bedford, Ph.D. . Fred Hutch . January 30, 2020 . September 28, 2021.
  2. Web site: Doughton . Sandi . 250,000 people now follow this Fred Hutch scientist on Twitter. We talk to this leading voice of the coronavirus pandemic . The Seattle Times . September 28, 2021 . June 1, 2020.
  3. News: McCarthy . Ellen . MacArthur will give 25 new fellows $625,000 each to pursue 'high-risk, high-reward' work . The Washington Post . September 28, 2021 . September 28, 2021.