Grant: Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Public health response and its impact
McGill University
$500,000.00
Using Online News Media to Assess Community and Public Health Responses to COVID-19
EF 2019-20
Résumé
Canada has played a leading role in developing computer-based systems for scanning news on the internet to detect signals of infectious diseases. We will work with he Public Health Agency of Canada and the World Health Organization to develop artificial intelligence methods for analyzing news on the internet to understand how communities and public health agencies around the world are responding to the corona virus epidemic. These methods will help to understand the impact of the epidemic, identify effective strategies for controlling the epidemic, and contribute to improved global disease surveillance in the future.
Programme
Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Public health response and its impact
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Quebec, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
Tel que publié
Id
422608
Name
Buckeridge David L
Region
Québec
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Population and Public Health
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
Canadian 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Rapid Research
Projecttitle
Using Online News Media to Assess Community and Public Health Responses to COVID-19
Programtype2
Operating Grants
Orgnameinp2
McGill University
Cihramount2
$500,000
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Public health response and its impact
Keyworddelim
Artificial Intelligence; Biomedical Informatics; Coronavirus; Ethics; Event-Based Surveillance; Infectious Diseases; Media Bias; Public Health
Abstract
Canada has played a leading role in developing computer-based systems for scanning news on the internet to detect signals of infectious diseases. We will work with he Public Health Agency of Canada and the World Health Organization to develop artificial intelligence methods for analyzing news on the internet to understand how communities and public health agencies around the world are responding to the corona virus epidemic. These methods will help to understand the impact of the epidemic, identify effective strategies for controlling the epidemic, and contribute to improved global disease surveillance in the future.
Competitiondate
202002
Approvedterm2
2 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Buckeridge, David L; Li, Yue
Approvedterm
2 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $500,000~ $0~
