Papers, Posters, and Abstracts
2013
A Mobile Phone Application for pertussis classification based on machine learning
M. Adamczyk,
D. Parker,
J. Cremer,
J. Picone,
A. Harati,
P.M. Polgreen
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, (February 2013).
A Mobile Phone Application for Recording Vaccine Refusals
D. Murphy,
J. Cremer,
P.M. Polgreen
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, (February 2013).
2012
Using Sensor Networks to Study the Effect of Peripatetic Healthcare Workers on the
Spread of Hospital-Associated Infections
T. Hornbeck,
D. Naylor,
A.M. Segre,
G. Thomas,
T. Herman,
P.M. Polgreen
Journal of Infectious Diseases. vol.206. 10. 2012. pages 1549–1557.
Inferring Realistic Intra-hospital Contact Networks Using Link Prediction and Computer Logins
T. Herman,
M. Monsalve,
S. Pemmaraju,
P.M. Polgreen,
A.M. Segre,
D. Sharma,
G. Thomas
2012 ASE/IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and 2012 ASE/IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust. 2012. Pages: 572–578.
Using Online Classified Ads to Identify the Geographic Footprints of Anonymous,
Casual Sex-seeking Individuals
J.A. Fries,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen,
2012 ASE/IEEE International Conference on Social Computing and 2012 ASE/IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust. 2012. Pages: 402–410.
Monitoring Hand Hygiene via Human Observers: How Should We Be Sampling?
J.A. Fries,
A.M. Segre,
G. Thomas,
T. Herman
K. Ellingson,
P.M. Polgreen
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 7, Page 689–695, July 2012.
2011
Who Should We Be Listening to? Applying Models of User Authority to Detecting Emerging Topics on the EIN
J.A. Fries,
D.E. Curtis,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2011).
Comparing Methods for Sentinel Surveillance Site Placement
G. Fairchild,
A.M. Segre,
G. Rushton,
E. Foster?,
P. Polgreen
10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2011).
Inferring travel from social media
A. Signorini,
P. Polgreen,
A.M. Segre
10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2011).
Adverse drug events: ‘Insights’ from Google search volume
J. Simmering,
C. Yang?,
E. Foster?,
L. Polgreen,
P.M. Polgreen
10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2011).
Early detection of adverse drug events using the full text of letters to the editor
C. Yang?,
J. Simmering,
P. Srinivasan,
L. Polgreen,
P.M. Polgreen
10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2011).
Clustering of U.S. cities based on mortality from influenza and pneumonia
E. Foster?,
J. Cavanaugh,
P.M. Polgreen
10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2011).
Game-theoretic surveillance approaches for hospital-associated infections
A. Miller?,
P.M. Polgreen,
L. Polgreen
10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2011).
Can we identify ‘bellwether’ states with respect to syphilis incidence?
M. Monsalve,
S. Tolentino,
S. Pemmaraju,
P.M. Polgreen
10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2011).
Changes in the spatial distribution of syphilis
S. Tolentino,
S. Pemmaraju,
P.M. Polgreen,
A. Ho,
M. Monsalve,
A.M. Segre
10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2011).
Analysis of zero-inflated and overdispersed time series: an application to syphilis surveillance in the United States
M. Yang?,
J. Cavanaugh,
P.M. Polgreen
10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2011).
Changes in alcohol-related travel behavior due to an under 21 ordinance
T. McCarty,
E. Foster?,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
10th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2011).
The Systematic Bias of Random Graphs in Modeling Disease Spread Dynamics
D. Curtis,
P.M. Polgreen,
S.P. Pemmaraju,
A.M. Segre
Epidemics3: The Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics, (November 2011).
Comparing Agent-Based and Continuous Compartmental Epidemiology Models
P. Rhomberg,
P.M. Polgreen,
A.M. Segre
Epidemics3: The Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics, (November 2011).
On Hand Hygiene Compliance and Diminishing Marginal Returns: An Empirically-Driven Agent-Based Simulation Study
T. Hornbeck,
D. Naylor,
A.M. Segre,
G. Thomas,
T. Herman,
P.M. Polgreen
The Computational Social Science Society of the Americas Annual Conference, (November 2011).
The Use of Twitter to Track Levels of Disease Activity and Public Concern in the U.S. during the Influenza A H1N1 Pandemic
A. Signorini,
P.M. Polgreen,
A.M. Segre
PLoS ONE, 6:5 (May 4, 2011).
Contact Patterns for HCWs: Not Everyone is the “Average”
T. Hornbeck,
D.E. Curtis,
T. Herman,
G. Thomas,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, (April 2011).
iScrub: A Pilot Intervention with Feedback from a Companion Website
C.S. Hlady,
D.E. Curtis,
J.A. Fries,
M. Yang,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, (April 2011).
Monitoring Hand Hygiene via Human Observers: How Should We Be Sampling?
J.A. Fries,
S.L. Tolentino,
G. Thomas,
T. Herman,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, (April 2011).
A 3D Virtual Reality Hand Hygiene Compliance Training Simulator
J. Bertrand,
S.V. Babu,
M. Gupta,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, (April 2011).
Analyzing the Impact of Superspreading Using Hospital Contact Networks
D. Naylor,
T. Hornbeck,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, (February 2011).
Samos: A Community-driven Open-access Prediction Market System
J. Paton,
F. Nelson,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance, (February 2011).
Using Craigslist Messages for Syphilis Surveillance
J.A. Fries,
A. T. Y. Ho,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance,
(February 2011).
2010
Using Twitter to Estimate H1N1 Influenza Activity
A. Signorini,
P.M. Polgreen,
A.M. Segre
9th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2010).
Evaluating the Performance of Two Alternative Geographic Surveillance Schemes
G. Fairchild,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen,
G. Rushton
9th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2010).
Samos: A Community-Driven Open-Access Prediction Market System
J. Paton,
F. Nelson,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
9th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2010).
The Use of Craigslist Posts for Risk Behavior and STI Surveillance
J.A. Fries,
A.M. Segre,
L. Polgreen,
P.M. Polgreen
9th Annual Conference of the International Society for Disease Surveillance, (December 2010).
Method for Automated Monitoring of Hand Hygiene Adherence without Radio-Frequency Identification
P.M. Polgreen,
C.S. Hlady,
M.A. Severson,
A.M. Segre,
T. Herman
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 31:12 (December 2010), pp 1294–1297.
Modeling and Estimating the Spatial Distribution of Healthcare Workers
D.E. Curtis,
C.S. Hlady,
S. Pemmaraju,
P.M. Polgreen,
A.M. Segre
1st ACM International Health Informatics Symposium, (November 2010).
Using Social Networks to Prioritize Vaccination Strategies for Healthcare Workers
P.M. Polgreen,
T. Tassier,
S. Pemmaraju,
A.M. Segre
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 31:9 (September 2010), pp 893–900.
A Mobile Handheld Computing Application for Recording Hand Hygiene Observations
C.S. Hlady,
M.A. Severson,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 31:9 (September 2010), pp 975–977.
Peer Effects and Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers
D.E. Curtis,
S. Pemmaraju,
L.A. Polgreen,
P.M. Polgreen,
A.M. Segre
3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists, (June 2010).
Social Network Influence on Vaccination Uptake Among Healthcare Workers
D.E. Curtis,
C.S. Hlady,
S. Pemmaraju,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
5th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections, (March 2010).
iScrub Online: A System for Standardized Hand-Hygiene Observation and Feedback
C.S. Hlady,
J.A. Fries,
D.E. Curtis,
A.M. Segre,
M.A. Severson,
P.M. Polgreen
5th Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections, (March 2010).
Approaching Optimization for the Location of Primary Stroke Centers at a State Level
P.M. Polgreen,
M.A. Severson,
G. Fairchild,
A.M. Segre,
G. Rushton.
E.C. Leira
American Heart Association International Stroke Conference, (February 2010).
Budgeted Maximum Coverage with Overlapping Costs: Monitoring the Emerging Infections Network
D.E. Curtis,
S. Pemmaraju,
P.M. Polgreen
Workshop on Algorithm Engineering and Experiments (ALENEX 2010), (January 2010), pp 112–123.
2009
Optimizing Influenza Sentinel Surveillance at the State Level
P.M. Polgreen,
E. Chen,
A.M. Segre,
M. Harris, M. Pentella,
G. Rushton
American Journal of Epidemiology, 170 (November 2009), pp 1300–1306.
A Free iPhone Application for Recording Hand-Hygiene Rates
C.S. Hlady,
M.A. Severson,
D.E. Curtis,
J.A. Fries,
S. Pemmaraju,
A.M. Segre,
T. Herman,
P.M. Polgreen
47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, (October 2009).
A Near-Real-Time Method for Discovering Healthcare Worker Social Networks Via Wireless Devices
C.S. Hlady,
D.E. Curtis,
M.A. Severson,
J.A. Fries,
S. Pemmaraju,
A.M. Segre,
T. Herman,
P.M. Polgreen
47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, (October 2009).
The Use of Twitter to Track Public Concerns About Novel H1N1 Influenza
A. Signorini,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
47th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of America, (October 2009).
Analysis of Hospital Health-Care Worker Contact Networks
D.E. Curtis,
G. Kanade,
S. Pemmaraju,
P.M. Polgreen,
A.M. Segre
5th UK Social Networks Conference, (July 2009).
Wireless Applications for Hospital Epidemiology
T. Herman,
S. Pemmaraju,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen,
D.E. Curtis,
J.A. Fries,
C.S. Hlady,
M.A. Severson
1st ACM International Workshop on Medical-Grade Wireless Networks (WiMD 2009),
(May 2009).
A Low-Cost Non-RFID Based Method for Automated Monitoring of Hand-Hygiene Compliance
J.A. Fries,
C.S. Hlady,
T. Herman,
P.M. Polgreen,
A.M. Segre,
19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, (March 2009).
Healthcare Workers’ Social Networks Display Small World Properties: Implication for Disease Control
D.E. Curtis,
J.A. Fries,
C.S. Hlady,
G. Kanade,
S. Pemmaraju,
P.M. Polgreen,
A.M. Segre,
19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, (March 2009).
Vaccination Strategies for Healthcare Workers Based on Social Networks
D.E. Curtis,
S. Pemmaraju,
C.S. Hlady,
J.A. Fries,
T. Herman,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance
(February 2009).
Comparing the Length of Isolation Periods to Prevent the Nosocomial Spread of Mumps
C.S. Hlady,
T. Tassier,
A.M. Segre,
T. Herman,
S. Pemmaraju,
J.A. Fries,
P.M. Polgreen
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance
(February 2009).
Identifying Surveillance Site Locations in Iowa (USA) using a Maximal Population Coverage Model
G. Fairchild,
E. Chen,
G. Rushton,
A.M. Segre,
P.M. Polgreen
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance (February 2009).
Use of a Prediction Market to Forecast H5N1 Influenza
P.M. Polgreen,
F.D. Nelson, G.R. Neumann,
A.M. Segre,
J.A. Fries,
L.C. Madoff
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance (February 2009).
2008
An Application of Social Network Theory to Optimize Influenza Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers
P.M. Polgreen,
T. Tassier,
S. Pemmaraju,
A.M. Segre
International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (March 2008).
Optimizing Influenza Sentinel Surveillance at the State Level
P.M. Polgreen,
E. Chen,
A.M. Segre,
M. Pentella,
G. Rushton
International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (March 2008).