Community case study: an academia-industry-government partnership that monitors and predicts outbreaks in Tri-County Detroit area since 2017 DOI Creative Commons
Irene Xagoraraki, Liang Zhao, Yabing Li

et al.

Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Jan. 28, 2025

The Tri-County Detroit Area (TCDA) is the 12th most populous metropolitan area in United States with over three million people. Multiple communicable diseases are endemic TCDA. In 2017, to explore innovative methods that may provide early warnings of outbreaks affecting populations TCDA, an exploratory partnership was funded by a U.S. National Science Foundation Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) began. Since project team including College Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU), City Detroit, Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), industry, and local government health departments, has been testing municipal wastewater from TCDA survey predict surges area. This ongoing effort started years before wastewater-based epidemiology became widespread method public practice, due COVID-19 pandemic, now supported Centers Disease Control Prevention (CDC). work led significant breakthroughs field surveillance/wastewater epidemiology. results our surveillance efforts used assist departments their understanding response issues facilitating messaging awareness, targeted clinical testing, increased vaccination efforts. Our data available methodological advancements published have other communities nationwide beyond. paper describes partnership, lessons learned, achievements, provides look into future. successful implementations advocate importance frequent communications interactions within idea generations each stakeholder decision-making, maintenance scientific rigor, ethical more.

Language: Английский

Community case study: an academia-industry-government partnership that monitors and predicts outbreaks in Tri-County Detroit area since 2017 DOI Creative Commons
Irene Xagoraraki, Liang Zhao, Yabing Li

et al.

Frontiers in Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Jan. 28, 2025

The Tri-County Detroit Area (TCDA) is the 12th most populous metropolitan area in United States with over three million people. Multiple communicable diseases are endemic TCDA. In 2017, to explore innovative methods that may provide early warnings of outbreaks affecting populations TCDA, an exploratory partnership was funded by a U.S. National Science Foundation Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) began. Since project team including College Engineering at Michigan State University (MSU), City Detroit, Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), industry, and local government health departments, has been testing municipal wastewater from TCDA survey predict surges area. This ongoing effort started years before wastewater-based epidemiology became widespread method public practice, due COVID-19 pandemic, now supported Centers Disease Control Prevention (CDC). work led significant breakthroughs field surveillance/wastewater epidemiology. results our surveillance efforts used assist departments their understanding response issues facilitating messaging awareness, targeted clinical testing, increased vaccination efforts. Our data available methodological advancements published have other communities nationwide beyond. paper describes partnership, lessons learned, achievements, provides look into future. successful implementations advocate importance frequent communications interactions within idea generations each stakeholder decision-making, maintenance scientific rigor, ethical more.

Language: Английский

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