The Use of Human Mobility Data in Public Health Emergencies
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Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 12:00pm — 01:15pm - LOCATION:
Online via Zoom
TAGS:Webinar
Data to drive decisions: How can research inform philanthropic giving?
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Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 02:00pm - LOCATION:
Online via Zoom
TAGS:Webinar Emergency Funding Disaster funding Philanthropy funding NGOs Grantees
The Impact of Gold Mining on the Feasibility of Malaria Elimination in the Amazon
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Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 12:00pm - LOCATION:
Online via Zoom
Mobility Data, Displacement, and the War in Ukraine
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Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 11:00am — 12:00pm - LOCATION:
Online via Zoom
Join us in conversation with representatives of UN OCHA, UNICEF, and the Jackson School of International Affairs at Yale, about data responsibility, displacement analysis, and the limits of mobility data during the war in Ukraine.
TAGS:Mobility Data Data DMDN Webinar Refugees UN OCHA OCHA UNICEF Jackson School of International Affairs DMDN Yale University Disaster Mobility Data Network Ukraine Ukraine War Ukraine Conflict Russia Invasion displacement
Interactive Map: Population Density Changes Map Analyses of Countries Bordering Western Ukraine
March 17, 2022
Our research team created an interactive map showing changes in population densities along the Ukraine-Poland border. This map provides important insights on population movement patterns amid the Ukrainian War.
TAGS:Mobility Data Data Resources Visualizations Ukraine Ukraine War Ukraine Refugees Ukraine Conflict Data Analysis Data Map Interactive Map
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:Data Readiness Data Disasters Wildfires Mobility Data Hurricanes News DMDN translational readiness Human Mobility Data Emergency Response Crisis Mangement Situation Reports Natural Disasters Disaster Mobility Data Network
Understanding global disasters and displacement through human mobility data
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Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 09:00am — 10:00am
TAGS:Mobility Data Disasters Webinar disasters DMDN Events Human Mobility Data displacement
Disaster Mobility Data Network: Mobility Data & Disasters: A Roundtable Discussion (Meeting 7)
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Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 11:00am — 12:00pm - LOCATION:
Zoom
Low parasite connectivity among three malaria hotspots in Thailand
Published in Nature Scientific Reports, 11(1), 23348
December 2, 2021 by Hsiao-Han Chang, Meng-Chun Chang, Mathew Kiang, Ayesha S. Mahmud, Nattwut Ekapirat, Kenth Engø-Monsen, Prayuth Sudathip, Caroline O. Buckee, Richard J. Maude
TAGS:Mobility Data Data Epidemiology Spotlight Journal Article translational readiness mobility data Thailand disease-transmission Regional Mobility Malaria
Disaster Mobility Data Network: Data Ethics & Privacy (Meeting 6)
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Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 09:00am — 10:00am
6th Meeting of the Disaster Mobility Data Network
TAGS:Mobility Data DMDN Webinar event recording mobility data DMDN GFDRR mobilkit
Evaluating the reliability of mobility metrics from aggregated mobile phone data as proxies for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA
Published in The Lancet Digital Health
November 9, 2021 by Nishant Kishore, Aimee R Taylor, Pierre E Jacob, Navin Vembar, Ted Cohen, Prof Caroline O Buckee, Nicolas A Menzies
TAGS:COVID-19 Mobility Data Data Resources Epidemiology Spotlight covid mobility data
Characterizing human mobility patterns in rural settings of sub-Saharan Africa
September 17, 2021 by Hannah R Meredith, John R Giles, Javier Perez-Saez, Théophile Mande, Andrea Rinaldo, Simon Mutembo, Elliot N Kabalo, Kabondo Makungo, Caroline O Buckee, Andrew J Tatem, C Jessica E Metcalf, Amy Wesolowski
Disaster Mobility Data Network: The Use of Human Mobility Data in Public Health Emergencies Radcliffe Seminar Deliberations (Meeting 3)
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Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 09:00am — 10:00am
We are delighted to invite you to our third meeting of the Disaster Mobility Data Network. This session will present summary deliberations from the Harvard Radcliffe Seminar Series held in March and April 2021, in consulation with nearly 40 technologists, scientists, lawyers and humanitarian responders from around the world.
Situation Reports
The page contains situational awareness PDF reports and hosted layers generated for multiple disasters in the year 2021
TAGS:Disasters Mobility Data Data Resources Visualizations mobility data hurricane wildfire earthquake network coverage population density changes
Data in Crisis — Rethinking Disaster Preparedness in the United States
Published in New England Journal of Medicine, Medicine and Society (2021)
September 1, 2021 by Satchit Balsari, M.D., M.P.H., Mathew V. Kiang, Sc.D., and Caroline O. Buckee, D.Phil.
TAGS:Disasters Data Policy Mobility Data Data Readiness Spotlight mobility data mapping vulnerabilities
Disaster Mobility Data Network: Epidemics and Post-Disaster Displacement (Meeting 2)
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Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 09:00am — 10:00am
Thinking clearly about social aspects of infectious disease transmission
Published in Nature, Volume 595, Pages 205–213 (2021)
July 15, 2021 by Caroline O. Buckee, Abdisalan Noor, Lisa Sattenspiel
TAGS:COVID-19 Mobility Data Epidemiology Spotlight Journal Article epidemiology Social Relationships Regional Mobility
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 Alabama Louisiana Claudette population network
CrisisReady Researchers Probe Health Risks from California Wildfire Season
June 24, 2021 by Direct Relief
TAGS:Resources Disasters Wildfires Data Readiness Spotlight News Google HealthMapping California
Leveraging Facebook mobility data for COVID19 policy development in Wales
June 22, 2021 by CrisisReady
TAGS:Mobility Data Data Readiness COVID-19 Spotlight News pandemic Facebook
Disaster Mobility Data Network Launch Meeting
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Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 09:00am — 10:00am
Changes in mobile phone technology, notably the near-ubiquity in many places of GPS-enabled smartphones, have altered the ways that response agencies and researchers understand and respond to crises. As this data becomes mainstream in emergency management, key issues of data capacity and data literacy - as well as ethics, privacy, and data protection - become increasingly pressing.
TAGS:Mobility Data DMDN Event Recording mobility data DMDN GFDRR World Bank