Predicting a Pandemic
January 1, 2011 | Report
Learn how harnessing the power of prediction markets could offer public health officials and policy-makers a valuable tool in protecting public health.
Prediction Markets/Forecasting
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The Use of Twitter to Track Levels of Disease Activity and Public Concern in the US During the Influenza A H1N1 Pandemic
May 1, 2011 | Journal Article
During the H1N1 outbreak, the authors of this study monitored disease activity by analyzing public messages, "tweets," on the social networking site Twitter. The study established a model for monitoring disease outbreaks in real time.
@Choo: Can Twitter Track The Flu?
December 19, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Now that flu season is upon us, more and more Americans will be tweeting about aches and pains and other symptoms that could signal the onset of the flu. Pioneer grantee Philip Polgreen and his colleagues at the University of Iowa in Iowa City sugge ...
Pioneer Grantees Top RWJF's Most Influential Research Articles of 2011
January 31, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
And the winner is … We were quite proud and excited by the recent news that the work of two Pioneer Portfolio grantees placed first and second in the Most Influential RWJF Research Articles of 2011, as announced by David Colby, vice president of res ...