One Health, GPAWSS and Machine Learning Integration

While I was at the US Army Public Health Center, working as a Epidemiologist, I gave two presentations detailing the data processing and limitations for companion animal surveillance within the Department of Defense. GPAWSS is a surveillance platform designed to provide surveillance data to inform commanders and VCOs of the distribution, frequency, and incidence of various companion animal diseases. The platform uses multiple heterogeneous data streams including: Remote Online Veternary Record (ROVR) EHR data, laboratory data, and data from a civilian corporate companion animal practice. Data in GPAWSS is managed by the One-Health Division and is displayed on an interactive, web-based platform (Tableau and R-Shiny) tracking disease frequency and incidence globally. GPAWSS also has outbreak detection capabilities.

One presentation detailed the pitfalls of utilizing Master Problem Lists as the main effort of companion animal disease surveillance and what can be used to “fill in the blanks” or “drain the sea of uncertainty”. https://waughr.us/images/GPAWSS_Data_PRES.pdf

The second presentation dealt the Integration of high-performance computing and machine learning within the Army Veterinary Service in order to improve Surveillance of Companion Animal Disease within the Department of Defense. This presentation was part of the Association of Veterinary Infromatics Talbot Symposium 2020. https://waughr.us/images/20200817_ML_GPAWSS.pdf

My work at the University of Florida

My PhD Dissertation Presentation investigating the integration of spatial data within the transmission of zoonotic diseases within two distinct populations. https://www.dropbox.com/s/759iry2pvfpyrp0/Dissertation_Defense_031518_V11.pptx?dl=0

I created some maps for a economic article in investigating the use of Urgent Care Centers And Hospital Emergency Rooms in Florida https://www.bebr.ufl.edu/survey/website-article/use-urgent-care-centers-and-hospital-emergency-rooms-cross-sectional-survey

My American Public Health Association Annual Meeting Award winning presentation analyzing trends in Uber data and Alcohol related arrests in a college town https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/waughsh/aphapresentationasof102016edit-1

My GIS Analysis in 2010, investigating the risk of Oil Spill hazards to the US Gulf Coastline. https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/waughsh/final-project-11370910