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�� ��Disaster researchers have taken the knowledge and expertise they have attained from decades of studying earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other natural hazards, and have applied that lens to this global catastrophe. So many lessons from other disasters—such as the insight that the most marginalized populations suffer disproportionately during times of crisis—have been borne out in this pandemic. There are also new lessons learned, including regarding how to do research when we are distant from one another, that we will undoubtedly carry forward.
–Lori Peek |��Department of Sociology and��Natural Hazards Center

�� ��Researchers of health inequalities have been heavily focused on chronic diseases, and lifestyle behaviors that contribute to them, as the major drivers of health. But now infectious disease is back on our radar. As a health lifestyle researcher, it’s clear to me lifestyle behaviors matter a lot for COVID risk, and social dynamics such as the emergence of new norms around mask-wearing are fundamentally important for understanding lifestyles and risk. I have started conducting research on health lifestyles in the COVID-19 pandemic, following families who have been in my team’s study since 2015–16 to see how the pandemic has changed them.”����
– | Institute of Behavioral Science and Department of Sociology

�� ��Environmental engineering went home to public health, reuniting with a profession that it separated with a bit in the 1970s.”����
–Cresten Mansfeldt |��Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

�� ��Finally people are beginning to realize that healthy indoor environments are critical for human health, not just to keep you out of the cold and rain. People are learning what filtration and ventilation is, and why it is important. Unfortunately also snake oil sales people are coming out of the wood work, selling products that are not backed by science.”
–Shelly Miller | Department of Mechanical Engineering

�� ��What has changed most for public relations is primarily about space and place, particularly for firms. Work from home was a trend that employees cherished in the ‘before times.’��Now that industry professionals have demonstrated they can work effectively and efficiently in a home office, especially when kids are back to school full time, I question whether a five-day week of commuting to and from an official��office will be possible again.”
–Dawn Doty | College of Media, Communication and Information