posted June 17, 2024
Several MSI PIs are part of the new Midwest Analytics and Disease Modeling Center (MADMC), which is intended to build on the lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic to better prepare for future public-health emergencies. A center in the School of Public Health, MADMC is a partnership with the Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Electronic Health Records Consortium, and is part of the national Insight network funded by the Centers for Disease Control. Researchers at the center are developing modeling and analytic tools to support decision-making in a future crisis.
MSI PIs involved in the center include:
- Eva Enns (associate professor, Health Policy and Management); MADMC Co-Principal Investigator
- Shalini Kulasingam (professor, Epidemiology and Community Health); Modeling Core
- Caitlyn Ward (assistant professor, Biostatistics and Health Data Science); Modeling Core
- Steve Johnson (assistant professor, Institute for Health Informatics; Associate Director, CTSI Health Informatics Program); Analytics Core
- Rui Zhang (associate professor, Surgery; Division Chief, Computational Health Sciences; Director, Natural Language Processing/Information Extraction Program); Analytics Core
- Kelly Searle (assistant professor, Epidemiology and Community Health); Analytics Core
- Jue Hou (assistant professor, Biostatistics and Health Data Science); Analytics Core
Professor Enns appeared on Minnesota Public Radio to discuss MADMC and its mission. The interview is available on the MPR website: New research hub at the U of M would provide data to guide public emergencies.