HCAS Faculty and Student Discuss Mask Safety and the Effectiveness of Hand Sanitizer on Telemundo”

Last year, HCAS faculty member Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D. was interviewed by Telemundo for a series of segments called “Amenaza Escondida”. These segments about hidden threats will appear on the news show “Al Rojo Vivo” which airs on the Spanish language network, Telemundo, across the US and Latin America.

Undergraduate student, Roberta Brugger (Biology and Behavioral Neuroscience double major) helped conduct the research for the segments. The three segments were looking at bacteria on shopping carts and the effectiveness of hand sanitizer, bacteria on gas station pumps, and bacteria on masks and the importance of washing/storing them properly.

The last segment, bacteria and masks, has had over 150,000 views on YouTube.