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METRIC accepted to the NIH Commercialization Accelerator Program
by Susan Hinton | Sep 28, 2017 | BioMedware News
The METRIC project has been accepted to the NIH-CAP (NIH Commercialization Accelerator Program). This highly competitive program was established and administered by the NIH. The program is described here. It is run by Larta, an organization focused on innovation,...
Geospatial Cryptography: enabling researchers to access private, spatially referenced, human subjects data for cancer control and prevention
by Susan Hinton | Sep 5, 2017 | Geospatial Data & Analysis
Protecting confidentiality is mission-critical across the health care continuum, yet poses obstacles for the sharing and analysis of health data. Recent advances in cryptography support the analysis of confidential data in the encrypted space (e.g. make it...
Using SpaceStat to identify Blue Zones (areas with a high proportion of the very old)
by Susan Hinton | Jun 4, 2017 | GIS Technology
Recently my colleague Huang Yi, PhD, Nantong University, and I published a paper that used SpaceStat to find Blue Zones in China. The data came from the Chinese and local governments. After loading and validating the data we used spatial time series methods to...
Phase One $205K Grant Awarded to BioMedware for Joinpoint Regression Analysis of Time Series Data
by Susan Hinton | Jan 1, 2016 | BioMedware News
BioMedware has started new research into taking geographic information into better account when analyzing temporal trends in cancer incidence and mortality rates. The National Cancer Institute has funded a $204,574 grant to BioMedware for this work. BioMedware’s Chief...
Workshops! GIS for Community Impact: From Technology to Translation – Oakland, CA
by Susan Hinton | Mar 13, 2015 | GIS Technology
Save the dates April 13 and 14: Oakland, California April 13: Pre-Workshop Short-course: Space Time Analysis for Health and the Environment This 1-day class will provide instruction on the space-time analysis of data relating health events to potential...
Impact of comorbidities on prostate cancer stage at diagnosis in Florida
by Susan Hinton | Mar 9, 2015 | Geospatial Data & Analysis
URO Today recently published the abstract of a research study by authors Xiao H, Tan F, Goovaerts P, Adunlin G, Ali AA, Gwede CK, and Huang Y. "To examine the association of major types of comorbidity with late-stage prostate cancer, a...
BioMeanings Update January 2015
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Jan 12, 2015 | BioMedware News
Two proposal tips We write a fair number of research proposals, with most of them going to the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and surveillance. We also submit proposals to the National Science Foundation and NASA. For those...
Geoffrey Jacquez’s talk on the future of the CRCSI Health Program
by Susan Hinton | Nov 9, 2014 | BioMedware News
Due to an interrupted flight, Dr. Jacquez's presentation was delivered via video at the CRCSI annual conference in Perth, Australia in November, 2014. The vision addresses opportunities at the forefront of wearable sensors and the genome+, exposome and behavome.
Ebola and “R naught”
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Oct 22, 2014 | Learn with BioMedware
There is a certain amount of false information regarding how infectious the Ebola virus is, see, for example, some of the statements by certain Congressman. Mathematical epidemiologists use something called "R naught", the basic reproductive number, to quantify how...
BioMedware is pleased to announce its membership in the 43pl Consortium
by Susan Hinton | Sep 21, 2014 | BioMedware News
The 43pl consortium operates a unit trust which facilitates participation in the CRCSI by a large number of small to medium sized enterprises. Founded in 2003, the CRC for Spatial Information (CRCSI) is a research organisation funded by Australia's Cooperative...