CDC Launches New Pandemic Prediction Center, Announces Push for Equity and RWD

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have formed the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, intended to rapidly predict disease threats. The center will promote collaboration among disease modelers, health officials, researchers, and public health emergency responders. Real world data (RWD) will hasten the identification of possible disease threats.

Director for Operations Dr. Dylan George remarks, “I am thrilled to be joining an exceptional team at CDC to build new capabilities for the fight against pandemics,” adding, “Pandemics threaten our families and communities at speed and scale – our response needs to move at speed and scale, too.” Read more here.

(Source: The Washington Informer, 8/18/21)