Title
Preventing Outbreaks through Interactive, Experiential Real-Life Simulations
UMMS Affiliation
Program in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology; Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems
Publication Date
2020-09-17
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Bioinformatics | Computer Sciences | Epidemiology | Health Information Technology | Immunology and Infectious Disease | Infectious Disease | Medical Education | Pathogenic Microbiology | Public Health Education and Promotion | Virus Diseases
Abstract
Operation Outbreak (OO) is a Bluetooth-based simulation platform that teaches students how pathogens spread and the impact of interventions, thereby facilitating the safe reopening of schools. OO also generates data to inform epidemiological models and prevent future outbreaks. Before SARS-CoV-2 was reported, we repeatedly simulated a virus with similar features, correctly predicting many human behaviors later observed during the pandemic.
Keywords
pathogens, viruses, outbreaks, pandemic response, Operation Outbreak, simulation, education, epidemiological models, prediction, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.042
Source
Colubri A, Kemball M, Sani K, Boehm C, Mutch-Jones K, Fry B, Brown T, Sabeti PC. Preventing Outbreaks through Interactive, Experiential Real-Life Simulations. Cell. 2020 Sep 17;182(6):1366-1371. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.042. Epub 2020 Sep 2. PMID: 32905783. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Cell
Related Resources
PubMed ID
32905783
Repository Citation
Colubri A, Kemball M, Sani K, Boehm C, Mutch-Jones K, Fry B, Brown T, Sabeti PC. (2020). Preventing Outbreaks through Interactive, Experiential Real-Life Simulations. COVID-19 Publications by UMMS Authors. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.042. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/covid19/112