Topic: COVID-19



Publications

Evaluating the reliability of mobility metrics from aggregated mobile phone data as proxies for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA


Published in The Lancet Digital Health
November 9, 2021 by Nishant Kishore, Aimee R Taylor, Pierre E Jacob, Navin Vembar, Ted Cohen, Prof Caroline O Buckee, Nicolas A Menzies



TAGS:COVID-19 Mobility Data Data Resources Epidemiology Spotlight mobility data covid

Publications

Socioeconomic Status Determines COVID-19 Incidence and Related Mortality in Santiago, Chile


Published in Science 372, no. 6545: eabg5298
May 28, 2021 by Mena, Gonzalo E., Pamela P. Martinez, Ayesha S. Mahmud, Pablo A. Marquet, Caroline O. Buckee, and Mauricio Santillana



TAGS:COVID-19 Mobility Data Grants Epidemiology Case Studies Journal Article data science Chile

Resources

Facebook Mobility Map


The data contained in this map displays county level changes in the rates of mobility and staying put, which can allow people to understand the degree to which their communities may be adopting physical distancing efforts.


TAGS:COVID-19 Data DMDN Visualizations mobility data mobility Facebook

Events

Ground Truth Matters: Travel Surveys, Covid-19, and the Limits of Human Mobility Data


  • DATE:
    Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 10:00am — 11:00am

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic digital data on human mobility has played crucial roles in response efforts ranging from monitoring non-pharmaceutical interventions like physical distancing, evaluating different types of testing and seroprevalence strategies, and assisting with targeted re-opening efforts to maximize health and reduce economic harm.



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Events

Translational Readiness, Data Collaboratives and Capacity Building- Lessons from COVID-19


  • DATE:
    Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:00am — 12:00pm

This Panel examined the practices of recent mobility data collaboratives in order to engage a conversation about the future of global capacity building for translational readiness and crisis response.



TAGS:COVID-19 Event Recording

Events

Launch of CrisisReady


  • DATE:
    Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 11:00am — 12:30pm

CrisisReady is organized around the principles of Data Readiness, Methods Readiness, and Translational Readiness, and seeks to advance data-driven decision-making during public health emergencies. CrisisReady evolved from the Covid-19 Mobility Data Network, a research network of 100+ scientists from around the world who volunteered their time to serve as trusted intermediaries between technology companies and city and state governments around the world, in 2020.



TAGS:COVID-19 OpenDP Disasters News Event Recording

Publications

Nowcasting for Real-Time COVID-19 Tracking in New York City: An Evaluation Using Reportable Disease Data From Early in the Pandemic


Published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 7(1), e25538
January 15, 2021 by Greene, S. K., McGough, S. F., Culp, G. M., Graf, L. E., Lipsitch, M., Menzies, N. A., & Kahn, R.



TAGS:COVID-19 Data Epidemiology Case Studies Journal Article health pandemic New York surveillance

Spotlight

Vaccine Distribution, Deserts, and Data Analytics


by Camber Systems


Last week, President Joe Biden announced his goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in his first 100 days in office. Equitably distributing a vaccine to that many Americans now stands as the country’s final and most daunting task to defeat the pandemic.


TAGS:COVID-19 OpenDP Data Policy News data protection vaccines

Publications

Estimating internationally imported cases during the early COVID-19 pandemic


Published in Nature Communications, 12(1), 311
January 12, 2021 by Menkir, T. F., Chin, T., Hay, J. A., Surface, E. D., De Salazar, P. M., Buckee, C. O., Watts, A., Khan, K., Sherbo, R., Yan, A. W. C., Mina, M. J., Lipsitch, M., & Niehus, R.



TAGS:COVID-19 Data Epidemiology News Journal Article health pandemic

Events

Did data make a difference? Lessons from Facebook Data for Good in 2020


  • DATE:
    Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 11:00am — 01:00pm

The role of Facebook Data for Good tools for COVID-19 response, routine immunizations, and development programs and what this means for …



TAGS:COVID-19 Event Recording mobility Facebook data science

Publications

Quantifying the dynamics of migration after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico


Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Dec 2020, 117 (51) 32772-32778
December 22, 2020 by Rolando J. Acosta, Nishant Kishore, Rafael A. Irazarry, Caroline Buckee



TAGS:COVID-19 Disasters Mobility Data Hurricanes News Case Studies Journal Article displacement

Events

Using Human Mobility Data to Inform Pandemic Response Theory and Practice


  • DATE:
    Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 10:00am — 11:30am

This 90-minute panel will examine the application of mobility data in monitoring the spread of the pandemic and informing containment policy, with a particular focus on privacy-preserving safeguards, methodological challenges, and translational barriers.


TAGS:COVID-19 OpenDP Event Recording mobility data science

Publications

Measuring mobility to monitor travel and physical distancing interventions: a common framework for mobile phone data analysis


Published in The Lancet Digital Health
November 1, 2020 by Kishore, N., Kiang, M. V., Engø-Monsen, K., Vembar, N., Schroeder, A., Balsari, S., & Buckee, C. O.



TAGS:COVID-19 Mobility Data Data News Journal Article pandemic surveillance

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