Published 17 February 2017
In December 2016, the PHDL hosted a one-week workshop titled "Empowering Indian Health Researchers with Computational Modeling Tools". The goal of this Fogarty Institute, NIH funded initiative is to enhance evidence-based, data-driven decision-making in India through innovations in information and communication technology.
Six researchers from India participated in the workshop, a collaboration between SHARE INDIA/MediCiti Institute of Medical Sciences, the Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, and the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. The workshop was designed to train Indian health researchers in simulation and modeling for public health decision support. The week focused on hands-on-training in the use and application of FRED (Framework for Reconstructing Epidemiological Dynamics), an open source modeling system, along with other tools developed by the PHDL. On the final day of the workshop, each trainee presented a funding proposal for a research question of interest with research to continue following return to India.