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ArticleJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA2018

Project Tycho 2.0: a repository to improve the integration and reuse of data for global population health.

Willem G van Panhuis, Anne Cross, Donald S Burke

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Article in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Toward AI foundation models for epidemics: Promise, challenges, and paths forward.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  9. Transient indicators of tipping points in infectious diseases.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Willem G van PanhuisDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Anne CrossPublic Health Dynamics Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pennsylvania, USA.
Donald S BurkeDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Funding

Training, Outreach & Diversity ComponentU54GM088491 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LAKOSKI, JOAN M · 2009 to 2018
$16.7M
MIDAS Informatics Services Group (ISG)U24GM110707 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ESPINO, JESSI U, WAGNER, MICHAEL MATTHEW · 2014 to 2018
$11.6M
Data integration for global population health through dynamic modelsK01ES026836 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI VAN PANHUIS, WILLEM GIJSBERT · 2015 to 2019
$834k
NIEHS NIH HHS K01 ES026836NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM110707NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM088491
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: In 2013, we released Project Tycho, an open-access database comprising 3.6 million counts of infectious disease cases and deaths reported for over a century by public health surveillance in the United States. Our objective is to describe how Project Tycho version 1 (v1) data has been used to create new knowledge and technology and to present improvements made in the newly released version 2.0 (v2). Materials and Methods: We analyzed our user database and conducted online searches to analyze the use of Project Tycho v1 data. For v2, we added new US data and dengue data for other countries, and grouped data into 360 datasets, each with a digital object identifier and rich metadata. In addition, we used standard vocabularies to encode data where possible, improving compliance with FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) guiding principles for data management. Results: Since release, 3174 people have registered to use Project Tycho data, leading to 18 new peer-reviewed papers and 27 other creative works, such as conference papers, student theses, and software applications. Project Tycho v2 comprises 5.7 million counts of infectious diseases in the United States and of dengue-related conditions in 98 additional countries. Discussion: Project Tycho v2 contributes to improving FAIR compliance of global health data, but more work is needed to develop community-accepted standard representations for global health data. Conclusion: FAIR principles are a valuable guide for improving the integration and reuse of data in global health to improve disease control and save lives.

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Databases, FactualGlobal HealthMetadataCommunicable DiseasesData AggregationEpidemiologic MethodsHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalPublic Health Surveillance

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PMID30321381
PMCPMC6289551

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