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Emerg Infect Dis
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Feighner, Brian H. ; Eubank, Stephen ; Glass, Robert J. ; Davey, Victoria J. ; Chrétien, Jean-Paul ; ... More +
Feighner, Brian H. ; Eubank, Stephen ; Glass, Robert J. ; Davey, Victoria J. ; Chrétien, Jean-Paul ; Gaydos, Joel C. Less -
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Advances in infectious disease modeling may offer opportunities to mitigate the effect of emerging infectious diseases upon military readiness (1–3). In August 2005, the US Department of Defense (DoD) Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (GEIS) sponsored a meeting on the epidemiologic applications of infectious disease modeling in support of DoD readiness. Several recommendations were made at this conference to include the identification of organizations with "...demonstrated expertise in model development and operation for collaboration with the DoD and civilian organizations that are developing simulation models or conducting exercises" (4). Despite this recommendation, infectious disease modeling efforts in support of DoD have remained somewhat disjointed. An infectious disease modeling collaboration between DoD-GEIS and The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, begun in 2007, again identified this issue. Concerned that opportunities for collaboration might be missed and that unintended redundancy might be occurring, DoD-GEIS sponsored a second conference on May 12–13, 2008, for infectious disease modelers engaged in DoD projects or on models useful to the DoD.

Over 30 participants from 10 agencies met for a day and a half at the Infectious Disease Modeling Meeting on the campus of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA (Appendix). The first day consisted of presentations detailing past and current work by the participating organizations. These presentations are available on the secure DoD-GEIS website for governmental organizations, collaborators, and academic institutions (request access from http://www.AFHSC.mil/about_GEIS.asp). The second day consisted of a roundtable discussion of how to optimize DoD-relevant infectious disease modeling efforts; specifically, how to maximize opportunities for collaboration and coordination while minimizing unintended redundancy.


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Communicable Diseases Humans Military Personnel
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 15(9):e1.
Document Type:
Journal Article
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Conference Publications
Place as Subject:
United States
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17951/cdc_17951_DS1.pdf
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