Author: Andrew F. Brouwer, PhD, MS, MA, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats and Pandemic Preparedness (MCIDT) Faculty Affiliate The standard surveillance for respiratory viruses comes from people...
Author: Tiffany Henderson, MPH, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Unbeknownst to me in 2004, as a junior at the University of Michigan just starting to understand public health, a team of epidemiologists at the Michigan Health Department was working on...
Author: Dr. Kahler Stone, MPH, Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University We’ve already established that each public health surveillance system is unique in structure and purpose. Three simple and meaningful questions can be asked to understand the...
Author: Dr. Kahler Stone, MPH, Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University What is public health surveillance? When we hear the word surveillance, we might think of spies gathering intelligence or police officers conducting a stakeout, waiting and...
