CrisisReady • Scalable expertise in Data Readiness, Methods Readiness, and Translational Readiness, for equitable and transparent crisis planning and response.

CrisisReady’s novel framework for transdisciplinary translation:
Case-studies in wildfire and hurricane response

CrisisReady researchers present two case studies that demonstrate how the team negotiated access to privately-held data while balancing data security and public health utility.
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Data for Good Can’t be a Casualty of Tech Restructuring

The data we produce in our daily lives has become integral to how public decisions are made while planning for public health or disaster response.

However, current restructuring in the tech industry signals that these data streams are in jeopardy.
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We’re Hiring!
Graduate Data Science Intern

CrisisReady is looking to expand its team of scientists to support the development of data products to support emergency response and recovery operation for a range of global crises.

The application is now open!
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How Data Can Reshape Hurricane Response

The short-term impacts of a hurricane are what initially capture the public’s attention, but what about the long-term impacts?

CrisisReady’s recent “Data in Crises” event explored how data can improve response to (and awareness of) the health impacts that persist long after the acute event has passed.
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CrisisReady 2022 Annual Report

Over the past year, CrisisReady has launched several new research projects, workshops, and digital tools to advance crisis response and health system resilience.

Read about these exciting projects in CrisisReady’s 2022 annual report!
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The Use of Human Mobility Data in Public Health Emergencies

Efforts to leverage mobility data in public health response have been laudable but fraught with limitations and potential for inadvertent harm.

CrisisReady published a white paper to identify the gaps that hinder the integration of novel data into the field.
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We provide scalable expertise in Data Readiness, Methods Readiness, and Translational Readiness, for equitable and transparent crisis planning and response.

CrisisReady is based at
Harvard University &
Direct Relief

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WORK

CrisisReady works with international agencies, governments, NGOS, and technology companies to implement Data, Methods, and Translational Readiness for response to health emergencies and disasters.

Our Work

California Wildfires Project

Predicting and responding to dynamic health-system demands in the context of the CA wildfires and PSPS events.

Wildfires

OpenDP

opendp.org

Engaging a community of collaborators in academia, industry, and government to build trustworthy, open-source software tools for privacy-protective statistical analysis of sensitive personal data.

OpenDP

Disaster Mobility Data Network

Mobility data can play a vital role in all aspects of emergency management, from building resilient infrastructure and transport systems, to measuring rates and directions of evacuation, to assisting with targeted, timely, and effective recovery efforts.

DMDN

Safe, Responsible, Fair and Equitable use of Human Mobility Data

The CrisisReady team hosted a series of seminars in March and April 2020 to build consensus around key technical, ethical and policy issues…

Data Policy

COVID-19 Mobility Data Network

covid19mobility.org

A network of infectious disease epidemiologists at universities around the world working with technology companies to use aggregated mobility data to support the COVID-19 response.

Mobility Data

Rapid Response Grants

CrisisReady supports and sustains the practical engagement of academic researchers in response to disasters and public health emergencies by providing small, fast-tracked grants which enable academics to devote focused time and attention to key problems in data, methods, and translational readiness.

Grants

Nowcasting Population Displacement During US Hurricanes

The combination of human mobility data with other datasets can allow a better understanding of unprecedented situations, such as the behavior of populations affected by multiple simultaneous disasters.

Hurricanes

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.

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