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 Hurricane Response mobility data Data Preparedness Data in Crises Hurricanes Caribbean
Hurricane Ian: Reports and Updates
September 28, 2022
TAGS:Resources Disasters Mobility Data Hurricanes Spotlight News Situation Reports Hurricane Ian hurricane
Workshop: Information Analysis Tools for Humanitarian and Public Health Response
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Mon, Aug 1, 2022 — Tue, Aug 2, 2022 - LOCATION:
Live Stream via YouTube
TAGS:Mobility Data Data Uncategorized public health Workshop Bogota Humanitarian Agencies
Data Preparedness for Disasters in Mexico: Regional Hub Workshop Review
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Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 11:00am — 12:00pm - LOCATION:
Online via Zoom
TAGS:Mobility Data Data Readiness DMDN Disasters Event Recording Data in Crises Webinar Spotlight DMDN Data Preparedness Mexico Regional Hub Workshop Disaster 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 epidemiology Tuberculosis mobility data
Updated Insights: Tracking Dispersal of Refugees Fleeing Ukraine
May 18, 2022
An updated map using mobility data from Meta provides insights on the evolving movement patterns of Ukrainian refugees displaced by the Russia-Ukraine War.
TAGS:Mobility Data Resources Visualizations displacement Slovakia Ukraine Ukraine War Data Map Ukrainian Refugees Poland Hungary Romania
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
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 Ukraine War Ukraine Conflict Russia Invasion displacement Refugees UN OCHA OCHA UNICEF Jackson School of International Affairs DMDN Yale University Disaster Mobility Data Network Ukraine
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 Data Analysis Data Map Interactive Map Ukraine Ukraine War Ukraine Refugees Ukraine Conflict
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:Wildfires Mobility Data Hurricanes Data Readiness Data Disasters News Natural Disasters Disaster Mobility Data Network DMDN translational readiness Human Mobility Data Emergency Response Crisis Mangement Situation Reports
Understanding global disasters and displacement through human mobility data
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Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 09:00am — 10:00am
TAGS:Disasters Mobility Data Webinar displacement disasters DMDN Events Human Mobility Data
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 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:Epidemiology COVID-19 Mobility Data Data Resources Spotlight covid mobility data
Situation Reports
The page contains situational awareness PDF reports and hosted layers generated for multiple disasters in the year 2021
TAGS:Data Resources Disasters Mobility Data Visualizations wildfire earthquake network coverage population density changes mobility data hurricane
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:Data Policy Mobility Data Data Readiness Disasters Spotlight mapping vulnerabilities mobility data
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