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EPSRC IRC in Early-Warning Sensing Systems for Infectious Diseases

EPSRC IRC in Early-Warning Sensing Systems for Infectious Diseases. www.i-sense.org.uk. Early Warning Sensing Systems. Mobile Diagnostics. Social Media. Web searches. Lab Tests. EPSRC Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration. Early Detection. What is it? When and where did it start?

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EPSRC IRC in Early-Warning Sensing Systems for Infectious Diseases

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  1. EPSRC IRC in Early-Warning Sensing Systems for Infectious Diseases www.i-sense.org.uk

  2. Early Warning Sensing Systems Mobile Diagnostics Social Media Web searches Lab Tests

  3. EPSRC Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration

  4. Early Detection • What is it? • When and where did it start? • How much? • Who is it infecting? • How severe is it?

  5. Can web data help to identify outbreaks? Pro-MED – Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases - internet reporting system “This morning I received this e-mail and then searched your archives and found nothing that pertained to it. Have you heard of an epidemic in Guangzhou? An acquaintance of mine from a teacher’s chat room lives there and reports that the hospitals there have been closed and people are dying.” Posted by Stephen O. Cunnion, M.D. 10 Feb (2003) Google Flu Trends - Larry Brilliant and coworkers Nature (2009) Aggregated, anonymous search queries

  6. Building the Toolkit Clinical & health Economic evaluation Genomics IDC Nano- technology Big Data Telecommunications Microelectronics

  7. Connecting Commercial Diagnostic Tests Nose swab Real-time, GPS linked results Ben Miller, Rachel McKendry (UCL)

  8. Plasmonic Nanosensors Molly Stevens (Imperial College) Rodriguez-Lorenzo et al Nature Materials 11, 604–607 (2012) 

  9. Early Detection - Rapid Response Public Health Protecting the public Monitor interventions Clinical Care Helping patients gain faster access to care Accurate Information Electronic prescriptions Prevention Programmes Local information

  10. Thank you! UCL Val Turbe Eleanor Gray Claudio Parolo Bill Lampos Jens Geyti Ingemar Cox Ben Miller Candice Keane Jenny Brookes Natascha Kappeler Kristina Schlegel Isabel Bennett Alexander Wright Dorothy Duffy Robin Weiss Deenan Pillay Eleni Nastouli Andrew Hayward Anne Johnson Andreas Demosthenous Virgilio Valete Evdokia Pilavaki Surrey Vince Emery Simon de Lusignan Imperial Molly Stevens Philip Howes Mike Thomas Subinoy Rana Ben Pierce LSHTM Rosanna Peeling Maureen Murtagh Cordelia Colthart Newcastle Calum McNeil Anil Wipat Neil Keegan Philip Manning Colin Harwood Microsoft Elad Yom Tov OJ-Bio Dale Athey Hiromi Yatsuda Vicki Lawson Google Steve Crossan Andrew Eland Telefonica Mike Short PHE Mike Catchpole Richard Pebody Maria Zambon i-sense Strategic Operations Team Tania Saxl Kailey Nolan

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