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Epidemic Tracking Tool Wins Open Science Prize

Epidemic Tracking Tool Wins Open Science Prize News & Analysis Guinea Health Agencies Update Real-time tracking of Ebola virus evolution Sierra Leone Liberia Epidemic Tracking Tool Wins In a new report, the National Acad- Open Science Prize emies of Science, Engineering, and Medi- A tool for tracking viral epidemic s de- cine concluded that a congressionally man- veloped by Trevor Bedford, PhD, at the dated volunteer registr y f or militar y Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and personnel exposed to toxic airborne chemi- Richard Neher, PhD, at the University of cals and fumes from these open-air burn pits Basel in Switzerland, was awarded the sec- “has limited value for improving individual ond annual Open Science Prize, selected patient care.” from almost 100 other projects from 45 coun- The National Academies committee ana- tries submitted for the award. The research- lyzed data collected by the Department of ers will receive $230 000 from the National Veterans Affairs (VA) Airborne Hazards and Institutes of Health (NIH), the UK-based Open Burn Pit Registry. Congress directed Wellcome Trust, and the Howard Hughes the VA in 2013 to use the registry to “ascer- Medical Institute to further develop a proto- tain and monitor” the health effects of the type of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Epidemic Tracking Tool Wins Open Science Prize

JAMA , Volume 317 (16) – Apr 25, 2017

Epidemic Tracking Tool Wins Open Science Prize

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News & Analysis Guinea Health Agencies Update Real-time tracking of Ebola virus evolution Sierra Leone Liberia Epidemic Tracking Tool Wins In a new report, the National Acad- Open Science Prize emies of Science, Engineering, and Medi- A tool for tracking viral epidemic s de- cine concluded that a congressionally man- veloped by Trevor Bedford, PhD, at the dated volunteer registr y f or militar y Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and personnel exposed to toxic airborne chemi- Richard...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2017 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.2017.3874
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Abstract

News & Analysis Guinea Health Agencies Update Real-time tracking of Ebola virus evolution Sierra Leone Liberia Epidemic Tracking Tool Wins In a new report, the National Acad- Open Science Prize emies of Science, Engineering, and Medi- A tool for tracking viral epidemic s de- cine concluded that a congressionally man- veloped by Trevor Bedford, PhD, at the dated volunteer registr y f or militar y Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and personnel exposed to toxic airborne chemi- Richard Neher, PhD, at the University of cals and fumes from these open-air burn pits Basel in Switzerland, was awarded the sec- “has limited value for improving individual ond annual Open Science Prize, selected patient care.” from almost 100 other projects from 45 coun- The National Academies committee ana- tries submitted for the award. The research- lyzed data collected by the Department of ers will receive $230 000 from the National Veterans Affairs (VA) Airborne Hazards and Institutes of Health (NIH), the UK-based Open Burn Pit Registry. Congress directed Wellcome Trust, and the Howard Hughes the VA in 2013 to use the registry to “ascer- Medical Institute to further develop a proto- tain and monitor” the health effects of the type of

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Published: Apr 25, 2017

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