Data Network Pilots for DRM 2.0: Environmental Health Data Action Team

1. Data Network Pilots for DRM 2.0: Environmental Health Data Action Team Brand L. Niemann (US EPA), Co-Chair, Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP) Best Practices Committee (BPC), Federal CIO Council December 12, 2006

2. Overview • 1. Background • 2. Network Matrix Framework • 3. Network Node Examples: • A. National – Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals • B. States - Maryland • C. Specific Project – Autism by Autistics • 4. Some Next Steps: • A. 2006 Children’s Environmental Health Report • B. EPA’s 2007 Report on the Environment Human Health Indicators

3. 1. Background • Responsibilities: • Enterprise Architecture Team: Data Architecture: • Leads the architecting of environmental and health information needed to truly understand the state of the environment, measure environmental performance gains, and enable EPA to be able to respond to emergencies. • Source: http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BrandNiemann

4. 1. Background • Purpose: Build an Environmental Health Data Network Pilot for the EHDAT (Environmental Health Data Action Team) where (1) Each node on the network is DRM 2.0 - compliant; (2) Nodes are "distributed but connectable" through W3C standards; and (3) The network is searchable across any and all of the nodes or even subsets of the nodes. Only nodes of Trusted Reference Knowledge (TRK) are included at this time.

5. 1. Background See next slide http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?EPAEnvironmentHealthDataforDRM2

6. 1. Background

7. 1. Background • Contributions to EH DAT Conference Calls: • June 6, 2006: Description of EPA Data Architecture for DRM 2.0 and CIO Council Community of Practice Activities • August 1, 2006: Integrating Three Activities That Are Coming Together Well (Bayesian Web for EPA Science Advisory Board, new environmental health assessment framework at the EPA Science Forum, and pilot Environment Health Data for DRM 2.0 Network). • October 3, 2006: Work with Betty Dabney on Environmental Health Data for Maryland - public domain data organized in a hierarchy. Recently published paper on Integration of Biological Data with Semantic Networks at that shows how scientists are working with geonomic and health data in the Visual Knowledge Semantic Wiki. Note: See EH DAT minutes for details.

8. 2. Network Matrix Framework • Taxonomy (based on EHDAT Environmental Health Primer): • Organizations: • O1 The Department of Health and Human Services (12) • O2 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (12) • O3 Other Federal Agencies (3) • O4 National Not-for-Profit Organizations (9) • O5 Collaborative Efforts (2) • O6 EPA Exchange Network and CDC Tracking and Data Linkage Grants (FY2002-2007) • Topics: • T1 Alerts • … • T19 Toxicology

9. 2. Network Matrix Framework • Examples: • O1 - T19: Third National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (2005) (in process) (DRM 2.0 - Compliant and Semantic Wiki Version). • O1 - T12: Health, United States, 2005 With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans, November 2005 (in process) (DRM 2.0 - Compliant and Semantic Wiki Version). • O2 - T12: EPA Draft Report on the Environment, June 2004 Update) See Human Health • O6-T11: Environmental Health Data for Maryland - public domain data organized in a hierarchy. • Etc. in progress

10. 3. Network Node Examples • A. National – Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals • Repurposed May 20-29, 2006. • B. States – Maryland • Web Site Being Renovated • C. Specific Project – Autism by Autistics • First Group of Graduate Students (Fall 2006 in process) and Second Group of Graduate Students (Spring 2007)

11. A. National – Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals

12. B. States - Maryland Note: Maryland Environmental Public Health Tracking: Website is undergoing major changes and will be unavailable for few days. Please visit us at a later date. http://epht.dhmh.md.gov/

13. C. Specific Project–Autism by Autistics http://vkwiki.visualknowledge.com/wiki/autism

14. 4. Some Next Steps • A. 2006 Children’s Environmental Health Report: • The report discusses programs to improve school environments, address indoor and outdoor air quality, and reduce exposures to chemicals and pesticides. • B. EPA’s 2007 Report on the Environment Human Health Indicators • See next four slides.

15. 4.B. ROE 2007 Health Indicators • Health Status • General Mortality • Infant Mortality • Life Expectancy • Human Disease and Condition • Asthma Prevalence • Birth Defects Rates and Mortality • Cancer Incidence • Childhood Cancer Incidence • COPD Prevalence and Mortality • CVD Prevalence and Mortality • Infectious Diseases Associated with Environmental Exposures or Conditions • Low Birthweight • Preterm Delivery • Human Exposure to Environmental Pollutants • Blood Cadmium Level • Blood Cotinine Level • Blood Lead Level • Blood Mercury Level • Blood POPS Level • Urinary Pesticide Level • Urinary Phthalate Level http://cfpub.epa.gov/eroe/index.cfm

16. 4.B. ROE 2007 Health Indicators • Structure for Each Indicator: • Introduction • What the Data Show • Limitations • Data Sources • References • Downloads • Data • Metadata

17. 4.B. ROE 2007 Health Indicators

18. 4.B. ROE 2007 Health Indicators