GCRI · Health Nexus
STEM foundation of Health Nexus
The science, technology, engineering and mathematics Health Nexus rests on. Each method has a canonical page in the STEM Commons, hosted by the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), and a page here on how it is applied in this field.
STEM foundation of Health Nexus in four parts.
The methods behind the field.
- 01Epidemiology and public health scienceSurveillance design and evaluation · Nowcasting under reporting delaySteward · Health NexusApplied here
- 02Molecular and life sciencesGenomic surveillance of pathogens · Cross-species linkage in One HealthSteward · Biotechnology and BiosecurityApplied here
- 03Probability and statisticsSurvey-weighted and small-area estimation · Expected baselines for excess mortalitySteward · Systems Science and ModellingApplied here
- 04Complex systems and agent-based modellingContact and mobility networks · Cascades across health and infrastructureSteward · Systems Science and ModellingApplied here
- 05Causal inference and impact evaluationEvaluating public health measures · Exposure-response for heat and airSteward · Economic DevelopmentApplied here
- 06Data engineering, interoperability and stewardshipLinking health information systems · Privacy-preserving publicationSteward · Data and ComputeApplied here
- 07Biotechnology platformsCountermeasure manufacturing capacity · Diagnostic readinessSteward · Biotechnology and BiosecurityApplied here
Why health needs this combination of methods.
Health risk combines epidemiology and life sciences for the threat, probability and causal inference for evidence, complex systems for transmission and behaviour, data engineering for surveillance pipelines, and biotechnology for countermeasures.
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Pages in STEM foundation of Health Nexus.
Epidemiology for health security
MethodMolecular and life sciences for health threats
MethodStatistics for health evidence
MethodComplex systems modelling for health
MethodCausal inference for public health
MethodHealth data engineering and interoperability
MethodBiotechnology for health countermeasures
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