A standardised differential privacy framework for epidemiological modeling with mobile phone data
Published in PLOS Digital Health
November 4, 2023 by Koissi Savi Merveille, Akash Yadav, Wanrong Zhang, Navin Vembar, Andrew Schroeder, Satchit Balsari, Caroline O. Buckee, Salil Vadhan, Nishant Kishore
TAGS:OpenDP Mobility Data Epidemiology Lab Updates mobility data epidemiology OpenDp Differential Privacy
The Potential of Novel Data During Public Health Crises in Taiwan
October 4, 2023 by Joe Nallen
TAGS:COVID-19 Mobility Data Data Readiness Epidemiology News Workshops mobility data Taiwan public health
Data for Good Can’t be a Casualty of Tech Restructuring
December 21, 2022 by Caroline Buckee (Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health), Satchit Balsari (Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights), Andrew Schroeder (Direct Relief)
TAGS:Data Policy Mobility Data Blog mobility data data data for good
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
Location Data in the Context of Public Health, Research, and Law Enforcement
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Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 11:30am — Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 05:00pm - LOCATION:
Online
TAGS:Data Policy Mobility Data mobility data Event public health research law enforcement governance
Connecting the dots: understanding how human mobility shapes TB epidemics
Published in Trends in Microbiology, Online ahead of print. 10.1016/j.tim.2022.04.005
May 27, 2022 by Tyler S Brown, D Ashley Robinson, Caroline O Buckee, Barun Mathema
TAGS:Mobility Data Epidemiology Journal Article mobility data epidemiology Tuberculosis
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 mobility data Thailand disease-transmission Regional Mobility Malaria translational readiness
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 mobility data DMDN GFDRR mobilkit event recording
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 mobility data covid
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
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
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.
TAGS:COVID-19 Data DMDN Visualizations mobility data mobility Facebook
CMDN User Feedback Briefs
May 5, 2021 by Jennifer Chan, Lauren Bateman, (Abhishek Bhatia, Kate Bruni)
TAGS:COVID-19 Report cmdn-userfeedback mobility data translationalreadiness
CMDN User Feedback Case Studies
May 5, 2021 by Jennifer Chan, Lauren Bateman, (Abhishek Bhatia, Kate Bruni)
TAGS:COVID-19 Case Studies Report cmdn-userfeedback mobility data translationalreadiness
Ground Truth Matters: Travel Surveys, Covid-19, and the Limits of Human Mobility Data
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Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 10:00am — 11:00am
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic digital data on human mobility has played crucial roles in response efforts ranging from monitoring non-pharmaceutical interventions like physical distancing, evaluating different types of testing and seroprevalence strategies, and assisting with targeted re-opening efforts to maximize health and reduce economic harm.