Enhancing Situational Awareness by Ground Truthing with Historical Outbreaks

Authors

  • Lauren Castro Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
  • Kirsten Taylor-McCabe Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
  • Eric Generous Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
  • Joseph Longo Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
  • Kristen Margevicius Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
  • Reid Priedhorsky Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
  • Alina Deshpande Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5087

Abstract

Situational awareness is important in responding to rapidly unfolding events. To better provide actionable information and knowledge, Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed an app that contextualizes unfolding disease outbreaks in relation to historical data based on epidemiological determinants that influence the timeline of an outbreak. The app provides information on useful data streams that can be monitored for prevention or mitigation actions. This app gives the user an understanding of the developing situation through the integration of operational and epidemiological analysis. In this poster, the usage of this app for cholera will be demonstrated.

Author Biography

Lauren Castro, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States

Lauren Castro is a post-baccalaureate student in the Systems Analysis and Surveillance Group, Defense Systems and Analysis Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She holds a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University.

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Published

2014-03-09

How to Cite

Castro, L., Taylor-McCabe, K., Generous, E., Longo, J., Margevicius, K., Priedhorsky, R., & Deshpande, A. (2014). Enhancing Situational Awareness by Ground Truthing with Historical Outbreaks. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.5210/ojphi.v6i1.5087

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Oral Presentations