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Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security awarded \$23.5 million CDC grant
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This resource covers public health epidemic preparedness funding and is only tangentially relevant to AI safety, though it touches on data-driven modeling and forecasting infrastructure that parallels concerns in AI risk forecasting and coordination.
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The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security received a five-year $23.5 million CDC grant to enhance public health infrastructure through data-driven epidemic preparedness tools. The project will build partnerships with public health stakeholders nationwide and train professionals in modeling and analytics for epidemic response. It is part of the CDC's Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network, established in response to COVID-19.
Key Points
- •Five-year $23.5M CDC grant funds the 'Toward Epidemic Preparedness' project at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
- •Project will establish large-scale partnerships with state/local health departments, elected leaders, and non-traditional stakeholders.
- •Led by epidemiologist Caitlin Rivers and risk assessment expert Crystal Watson, both senior scholars at the Center.
- •Focuses on training public health students, practitioners, and modelers to use data-driven analytics tools for epidemic responses.
- •Part of CDC's Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, created in 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security has received a five-year $23.5 million award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics to conduct an epidemic preparedness project as part of the CDC’s multisite Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network. The Center for Health Security is based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The Center for Health Security’s project—Toward Epidemic Preparedness: Enhancing Public Health Infrastructure and Incorporating Data-Driven Tools—will establish large-scale partnerships with traditional and nontraditional public health stakeholders across the country, as well as train public health students, practitioners, and modelers to use modeling and analytics tools for the full spectrum of epidemic responses. The project will engage diverse groups, including state and local public health departments, elected leaders, public health decision-makers, and meteorologists.
The project is led by Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security senior scholars [Caitlin Rivers](https://publichealth.jhu.edu/who-we-are/our-people/caitlin-rivers "Caitlin Rivers"), PhD, MPH, and [Crystal Watson](https://publichealth.jhu.edu/who-we-are/our-people/crystal-watson "Crystal Watson"), DrPH. Rivers returned to the Center for Health Security last year after serving as the CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics founding associate director from August 2021 to June 2022.
“This initiative is a crucial step in fortifying our nation's defenses against future epidemics,” says Rivers, an epidemiologist who is also an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, which spans the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering. “Through collaborative partnerships and the deployment of data-driven tools, we aim to empower public health professionals, decision-makers, and communities across the country to proactively respond to emerging health threats.”
“This project enables our team to promote nationwide adoption of data analytics tools with new and established partners,” says Watson, a risk assessment and preparedness expert who is also an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering. “Building analytical and communication skills is vital for aiding policymakers in gathering, understanding, and acting on evidence during health crises.”
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