Project 422608
Using Online News Media to Assess Community and Public Health Responses to COVID-19
Using Online News Media to Assess Community and Public Health Responses to COVID-19
Project Information
| Study Type: | Unclear |
| Research Theme: | Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health |
Institution & Funding
| Principal Investigator(s): | Buckeridge, David L; Li, Yue |
| Co-Investigator(s): | King, Nicholas B; Quach-Thanh, Caroline |
| Institution: | McGill University |
| CIHR Institute: | Population and Public Health |
| Program: | |
| Peer Review Committee: | Canadian 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Rapid Research |
| Competition Year: | 2020 |
| Term: | 2 yrs 0 mth |
Abstract Summary
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.
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