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Public Health Informatics, Computational, and Operations Research (PHICOR) is a research and development group that builds and utilizes computer modeling to understand and address issues in health.[1]

History[edit]

Since 2007, PHICOR, founded by Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, has been using its computer models to help decision makers address complex issues in health. This includes the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine supply chains, obesity, and nutrition.[2]

In 2009, the PHICOR team was embedded in the Department of Health and Human Services to help with the national response to the H1N1 influenza pandemic.[3]

In 2010, the PHICOR team began building and utilizing its HERMES (Highly Extensible Resource for Modeling Supply-chains) model to help decision makers and other stakeholders to analyze supply chains of vaccines and other medical supplies to make them more efficient and reliable.[4][5] In 2018, the HERMES software became available to the public.[6]

In 2014, the PHICOR’s became founding members of Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society Program’s Project Play, a consortium of businesses, federal agencies, foundations, major sports leagues and associations and researchers that work to identify gaps in access and quality in sports for young people. The PHICOR team's models were utilized to better understand the impact of increasing youth sport participation.[7]

In 2015, the PHICOR team partnered with Global Fund to help with Malaria control strategies. PHICOR also started working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Chicago PROTECT (Providing Regional Organizations with TEchniques to ConTrol MDROs) and SHIELD Orange County (Shared Healthcare Intervention to Eliminate Life-threatening Dissemination of MDROs) projects.[8]

In 2018, PHICOR worked with Walgreens to understand value of pharmacies distributing vaccines during an epidemic.[9][10]

In 2021, The New York Times adapted PHICOR’s models to visualize county-level immunity against the delta variant and determine when US would reach herd immunity.[11]

In 2022, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded PHICOR over $12.4 million over five years to establish the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) and computational modeling center for precision nutrition and health.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Simon, Scott (19 December 2020). "What History Can Teach Us About Distributing The COVID-19 Vaccine". NPR. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. ^ Smart, Charlie (29 July 2021). "Where People Are Most Vulnerable to the Delta Variant". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  3. ^ Lee, Bruce Y. (1 June 2011). "The Benefits To All Of Ensuring Equal And Timely Access To Influenza Vaccines In Poor Communities". Health Affairs. 30 (6): 1141–1150. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0778. PMC 3385997. PMID 21653968.
  4. ^ Chiacchia, Ken. "PSC, Hopkins Computer Model Helps Benin Vaccinate More Kids at Lower Cost". psc.edu. PSC. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Study: Replacing Existing Vaccines with Heat-Stable Versions Saves Money, Protects More Mothers and Children From Deadly Diseases". www.doctorswithoutborders.org. Doctors Without Borders. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  6. ^ Chiacchia, Ken. "HERMES Public Health Modeling Software Released for Public Use". psc.edu. PSC. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  7. ^ Lee, Bruce Y (4 August 2019). "Age 11 Is When Kids Quit Sports, Here Is The Problem". Forbes. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  8. ^ "CDC Supported Projects". cdc.gov. CDC. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Epidemiologic and economic impact of pharmacies as vaccination locations during an influenza epidemic". www.walgreens.com. Walgreens. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  10. ^ Bartsch, Sarah (12 November 2018). "Epidemiologic and economic impact of pharmacies as vaccination locations during an influenza epidemic". Vaccine. 36 (46): 7054–7063. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.09.040. PMC 6279616. PMID 30340884.
  11. ^ "What's Going On in This Graph? Covid Herd Immunity". The New York Times. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  12. ^ Rebbert, Sarah. "NIH funds CUNY SPH and West Point AI Center for Precision Nutrition and Health". sph.cuny.edu. CUNY SPH. Retrieved 6 November 2023.