Exploration of Cloud Solutions to Enhance Global Infectious Diseases Research Training Program Activities

牙买加和加勒比地区遭受由以下媒介传播的虫媒病毒病的周期性流行 伊蚊，包括基孔肯雅热、登革热、黄热病和寨卡病毒。卫生部 (卫生部)在整个地区不断监测这些病毒的传播并进行例行 监测出现大流行的呼吸道病毒株，包括流感和 SARS-CoV-2。牙买加西印度群岛大学(UWI)在病毒传播方面发挥着关键作用 因为它是国家流感中心的所在地，该中心每周向 卫生部的监视单位。此外，它还拥有牙买加唯一的下一代Sequencer 用于监视和研究。这一补充应用程序将支持和扩展 父母资助的目标，全球传染病(GID)研究培训计划 GID最近收到了培训下一代牙买加人的竞争性续签 使用尖端方法的研究人员。我们认为数据的实用知识 共享计算云环境中的迁移和操作至关重要。目标是 此补充应用程序的主要功能是将病毒监视数据迁移到云，以便进行更深入的 来自多个UWI园区的研究人员和实习生进行分析，并获得更丰富的数据 新的研究项目。第一阶段将允许威斯康星州布法罗尔州立大学的合作者， 和云协作者CTIS，Inc.举行虚拟会议以进行培训，并确定 迁移维护所维护的现有病毒监测数据库的最有效战略 以及MOH到云端。卫生部在牙买加各地设有五个监控点， 有发烧、皮疹和呼吸道疾病的个人的样本被提交给UWI 微生物系或国家公共卫生实验室进行诊断。这个 监测股每周制作一份流行病学公报，在其网站上分享，但 这些数据不容易用于进一步分析，也没有进行进一步的研究。数据 来自该数据库的数据与泛美卫生组织和加勒比公众共享 卫生署将发布关于病毒感染的公告。第二阶段将包括迁移 在制作云数据集之前，在卫生部-GID团队之间进行数据、初始测试和审查 “现场直播。”第三阶段将评估卫生部-GID团队如何使用云资源，以及 更广泛的研究界，以及成本和收益。UWI处于病毒学的前沿 通过其研究生研究计划进行的研究和培训在人类和 通过调查人员的合作网络传播蚊子。这些计划将受益于 拟议探索云解决方案，以加强牙买加的传染病研究。

Jamaica and the Caribbean region endure cyclic epidemics of arboviral diseases transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, including chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever, and Zika. Ministries of Health (MOH) across the region constantly monitor the spread of these viruses and conduct routine surveillance for the emergence of pandemic strains of respiratory viruses including influenza and SARS-CoV-2. The University of the West Indies (UWI) in Jamaica plays a key role in viral surveillance as it houses the National Influenza Center which provides weekly reports to the Surveillance Unit of the MOH. In addition, it has Jamaica's only Next Generation Sequencer which is used in both surveillance and research. This supplement application will support and expand the objectives of the parent grant, Global Infectious Diseases (GID) Research Training Progrsn The GID recently received a competitive renewal to train the next generation of Jamaican researchers using cutting edge methodologies. We consider that working knowledge of data migration and manipulation in a shared computational cloud environment is essential. The goal of this supplement application is to migrate virus surveillance data to the cloud to allow for deeper analysis by researchers and trainees from multiple UWI campuses and access to richer data for new research projects. The first phase will allow collaborators at University at BuffalolSUNY, UWI, and CTIS, Inc., the cloud collaborator, to meet virtually for training purposes and determine the most efficient strategy for migration of existing virus surveillance databases maintained at UWI and the MOH to the cloud. The MOH operates five surveillance sites across Jamaica from which samples from individuals with fever, rash and respiratory illness are submitted to the UWI Department of Microbiology or the National Public Health Laboratory for diagnosis. The Surveillance Unit produces a weekly epidemiological bulletin which is shared on its website, but the data are not readily available for further analysis and no additional research occurs. Data from this database are shared with the Pan American Health Organization and Caribbean Public Health Agency to publish bulletins on viral incidence. The second phase will include migration of the data, initial testing and review among the MOH-GID team, before the cloud dataset is made "live." The third phase will assess how the cloud resource was used by the MOH-GID team and the broader research community, and costs and benefits. The UWI is at the forefront of virology research and training through its graduate research programs in viral discovery in human and mosquito vectors through a collaborative network of investigators. These programs will gain from the proposed exploration of cloud solutions to enhance infectious diseases research in Jamaica.