NDEWS Hotspot Alerts is a dynamic notification system that quantifies the degree to which the observation deviates from the expected range of values over an 84-day window provided by biospatial.io. Alerts are updated bi-weekly and limited to US states with statewide partnerships with biospatial.io: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California,…
Jim Hall is a retired epidemiologist who worked for 35 years at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida, and since 1982 has served as director of the Up Front Drug Information Center in Miami. From 1984 to 2014, he served as the Florida representative to the NIDA Community Epidemiology Work Group (CEWG), the predecessor to NDEWS. Through Nova Southeastern University, Hall more recently served as a consultant with the United Way of Broward County’s Commission on Behavioral Health and Drug Prevention, formerly the Commission on Substance Abuse, which was one of the earliest drug-free community programs that is part of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).
The NDEWS Early Warning Network is comprised of three groups: Scientific Advisory Group (SAG), Sentinel Sites and Community-Based Health Experts. NDEWS SAG Members Epidemiology/Surveillance/Bioinformatics/Clinical Georgiy Bobashev, PhDRTI Senior Fellow, Center for Data Science, RTI International Dan Ciccarone, MD, MPHProfessor, Family Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University…
