Marynia Kolak

Demographics alone don’t explain COVID-19 mortality rates—place matters too Illustration of a crowd of people wearing masks, with a pink city skyline in the background

Demographics alone don’t explain COVID-19 mortality rates—place matters too

In Center for Spatial Data Science study, county-level data highlights community vulnerabilities

What is tree equity? A new tool from UChicago data scientists is helping to transform neighborhood health Looking east from Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood.

What is tree equity? A new tool from UChicago data scientists is helping to transform neighborhood health

Leveraging data insights, Chicago will spend $46 million to plant trees, improve environmental quality

Adding social determinants gives public health maps a sense of place and time kolak-stat-1

Adding social determinants gives public health maps a sense of place and time


STAT

Coronavirus in the U.S.: Where the hotspots are now and where to expect new ones npr-1

Coronavirus in the U.S.: Where the hotspots are now and where to expect new ones


National Public Radio

Don’t call it a second wave marynia-second-wave-1

Don’t call it a second wave


Politico

The Health 202: The summer fight against the coronavirus will be a local one marynia-wp-1

The Health 202: The summer fight against the coronavirus will be a local one


POLITICO Nightly: Coronavirus special edition, “Pelosi’s pandemic strategy" marynia-pelosi-politico

POLITICO Nightly: Coronavirus special edition, “Pelosi’s pandemic strategy"


Politico

Social distancing hasn't been as effective in stemming U.S. coronavirus deaths as policymakers hoped kolak-wp-2

Social distancing hasn't been as effective in stemming U.S. coronavirus deaths as policymakers hoped


Did New Yorkers who fled to second homes bring the virus? marina-nyt-1

Did New Yorkers who fled to second homes bring the virus?


A leading model now estimates tens of thousands fewer covid-19 deaths by summer marina-wp-4

A leading model now estimates tens of thousands fewer covid-19 deaths by summer