UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY OF INFORMATICS IN PUBLIC HEALT

描述(申请人提供)：这项申请的总体目的是在匹兹堡大学创建一个公共卫生信息学高级研究中心(CASIPH)，将不同的研究人员聚集在一起，开展研究，重点是提高国家尽快发现和表征疾病病例和疾病爆发的能力。为了实现一个最先进的监测系统的愿景，将其转化为公共卫生实践，以创建一个最先进的监测单位，CASIPH将进行两个研究项目和支持核心活动。研究项目将开发紧密结合的贝叶斯病例检测系统和贝叶斯疫情检测系统。支持性的核心活动将提供评估、软件工程和翻译到实践的服务。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall purpose of this application is to create a Center for Advanced Study of Informatics in Public Health (CASIPH) at the University of Pittsburgh to bring together a diverse group of investigators to carry out research focusing on improving the nation's ability to detect and characterize cases of disease and outbreaks of disease as quickly as possible. To realize a vision of a state-of-the-art surveillance system, translated into public health practice to create a state-of-the-art surveillance unit, CASIPH will conduct two research projects and supporting Core activities. The research projects will develop a Bayesian case detection system and a Bayesian outbreak detection system that will be closely integrated. The supportive core activities will provide evaluation, software engineering, and translation-to-practice services.