Extreme Weather and Floods Across California Cause Mass Power Outages and Displacement
January 9, 2023 by Joe Nallen
How Data Can Reshape Hurricane Response
November 1, 2022 by Joe Nallen
TAGS:Mobility Data Hurricanes Data Readiness News mobility data Data Preparedness Data in Crises Hurricanes Caribbean Hurricane Response
Hurricane Ian: Reports and Updates
September 28, 2022
TAGS:Disasters Mobility Data Hurricanes Resources News Spotlight hurricane Situation Reports Hurricane Ian
ReadyMapper: A Digital Solution to Optimize Health System Resilience and Response During Wildfires
August 1, 2022 by Joe Nallen
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Using Novel Technologies to Forecast the Needs of Medically-Vulnerable Populations During Wildfires
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Thu, May 26, 2022 at 11:00am — 12:00pm - LOCATION:
Online via Zoom
TAGS:Wildfires Mobility Data DMDN News Webinar wildfires California DMDN Disaster Mobility Data Network Qlik Event Data Preparedness Data Translation
How Can Human Mobility Data Reshape Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Management?
March 4, 2022
Human mobility data, which shows an individual’s movement as measured by their activity on smartphones and social media platforms, has reshaped emergency management and response. In the seventh DMDN meeting, this topic is discussed in detail with key collaborators from FEMA, CalOES, The City of New Orleans, and NetHope.
TAGS:Disasters Wildfires Mobility Data Hurricanes Data Readiness Data News DMDN translational readiness Human Mobility Data Emergency Response Crisis Mangement Situation Reports Natural Disasters Disaster Mobility Data Network
Network Outages and Changes in Population Density After Tropical Storm Claudette in Louisiana and Alabama
June 24, 2021 by Akash Yadav (CrisisReady)
TAGS:Disasters Hurricanes News Spotlight Louisiana Claudette population network Alabama
CrisisReady Researchers Probe Health Risks from California Wildfire Season
June 24, 2021 by Direct Relief
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Leveraging Facebook mobility data for COVID19 policy development in Wales
June 22, 2021 by CrisisReady
TAGS:COVID-19 Mobility Data Data Readiness News Spotlight Facebook pandemic
TheVerge.com: The Pandemic Showed that Big Tech Isn’t a Public Health Savior
June 9, 2021
CrisisReady co-founder Andrew Schroeder was interviewed for an article which appeared on June 3, 2021 in The Verge on the role that big technology firms played during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Displacement and Gender on St Vincent Following the La Soufriere Volcanic Eruption
by Akash Yadav (CrisisReady)
The La Soufriere volcano on the island of St Vincent began erupting on the 27th of December at the end of 2020. On April 13th, 2021 an enormous plume of ash and smoke spewed from the crater.
TAGS:Disasters Mobility Data DMDN News Case Studies Spotlight Facebook
Where are Health Resources Most Needed to Prepare for the 2021 California Wildfire Season?
by Caleb Dresser, Neil Singh Bedi, Akash Yadav (CrisisReady)
As California prepares for another wildfire season, safety net health facilities are preparing to meet the needs of populations that will be affected in coming months. Given the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing resource limitations, those efforts need to be focused where impacts are likely to be greatest.
As Disaster Response Changes, Data Leads the Way
by Amarica Rafanelli
The environments in which disasters occur are changing. Populations are denser. Climates are more extreme. And technology is burgeoning into new realms. These changes have ushered in a new era of disaster response.
TAGS:Disasters Wildfires Data Readiness News California CalOES CDPH
Launch of CrisisReady
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Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 11:00am — 12:30pm
CrisisReady is organized around the principles of Data Readiness, Methods Readiness, and Translational Readiness, and seeks to advance data-driven decision-making during public health emergencies. CrisisReady evolved from the Covid-19 Mobility Data Network, a research network of 100+ scientists from around the world who volunteered their time to serve as trusted intermediaries between technology companies and city and state governments around the world, in 2020.
Did Data Make a Difference? Reviewing the COVID-19 Crises with Facebook Data for Good
January 26, 2021 by Andrew Schroeder
Incorporating human mobility data improves forecasts of Dengue fever in Thailand
Published in Scientific Reports, 11(1), 923
January 13, 2021 by Kiang, M. V., Santillana, M., Chen, J. T., Onnela, J.-P., Krieger, N., Engø-Monsen, K., Ekapirat, N., Areechokchai, D., Prempree, P., Maude, R. J., & Buckee, C. O.
TAGS:Mobility Data Epidemiology News Case Studies Journal Article health dengue Thailand
Vaccine Distribution, Deserts, and Data Analytics
by Camber Systems
Last week, President Joe Biden announced his goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans in his first 100 days in office. Equitably distributing a vaccine to that many Americans now stands as the country’s final and most daunting task to defeat the pandemic.
TAGS:COVID-19 OpenDP Data Policy News data protection vaccines
Estimating internationally imported cases during the early COVID-19 pandemic
Published in Nature Communications, 12(1), 311
January 12, 2021 by Menkir, T. F., Chin, T., Hay, J. A., Surface, E. D., De Salazar, P. M., Buckee, C. O., Watts, A., Khan, K., Sherbo, R., Yan, A. W. C., Mina, M. J., Lipsitch, M., & Niehus, R.
TAGS:COVID-19 Data Epidemiology News Journal Article health pandemic