Purpose
Our purpose is to improve health outcomes for communities across South Carolina by creating usable knowledge for public health decision makers. Through a dedication to education, research, and service, we aim to train the next generation of public health modelers to develop and implement data-driven approaches to inform and assist clinicians, health organizations, and communities on public health response.
Justification
There is a public health need to utilize data-driven approaches to inform patient care and community needs. Modeling frameworks are being designed and implemented to help healthcare professionals, patients, and public health implementors with decisions about diagnostic testing, treatment initiation, lifestyle changes, and resource allocation. Such models are especially useful because they can provide objective data on the decision-making process and help avoid biases observed in clinical and public health decision making.
Vision
Our vision is to be a leading resource for usable knowledge for public health decisions makers.
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College researchers receive $17.5 million from CDC to strengthen outbreak detection and response
Money will be used to improve preparedness, response, intervention, mitigation and elimination of infectious disease outbreaks
Researchers in the Clemson University Department of Public Health Sciences have received $17.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to inform and improve outbreak detection and response in South Carolina and beyond. The Disease Modeling and Analytics to Inform Outbreak Preparedness, Response, Intervention, Mitigation and Elimination in South Carolina initiative will utilize data-driven approaches to conduct infectious disease forecasting, design decision-support toolkits and enhance methods of communication to public health organizations and decision makers.
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