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

描述（由申请人提供）：本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），汇集不同的研究人员，开展研究，重点是提高国家检测和表征疾病病例和疾病爆发的能力。为了实现一个国家的最先进的监测系统的愿景，转化为公共卫生实践，以创建一个国家的最先进的监测单位，CASIPH将进行两个研究项目和支持核心活动。该研究项目将开发一个贝叶斯病例检测系统和一个贝叶斯疫情检测系统，这两个系统将紧密结合在一起。支助性核心活动将提供评价、软件工程和实践指导服务。

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.