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NSF Funded Project: Geospatial Modeling of COVID-19 Spread and Risk Communication by Integrating Human Mobility and Social Media Big Data
Tracking Mobility Changes Interactive Web Portal:
https://geods.geography.wisc.edu/covid19/physical-distancing/
Multiscale Dynamic Human Mobility O-D Flow Dataset in the US
https://github.com/GeoDS/COVID19USFlows
Intra-County COVID-19 Infection Modeling (PNAS)
https://github.com/GeoDS/IntraCounty-Mobility-SEIR
State-Specific COVID-19 Infection Projections in the US (Sci. Rep.)
https://github.com/GeoDS/Travel-Network-SEIR
Inter-Country COVID-19 Infection and Importation Modeling (PNAS)
https://github.com/GeoDS/COVID-SDPD
References:
Gao, S., Rao, J., Kang, Y., Liang, Y., Kruse, J, Dopfer, D., Sethi, A., Reyes, F., Yandell, B., & Patz J. (2020). Association of Mobile Phone Location Data Indications of Travel and Stay-at-Home Mandates With COVID-19 Infection Rates in the US. JAMA Network Open. 2020;3(9):e2020485. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.20485
Gao, S., Rao, J., Kang, Y., Liang, Y., & Kruse, J. (2020). Mapping county-level mobility pattern changes in the United States in response to COVID-19. SIGSPATIAL Special. 12(1), 16-26. DOI: 10.1145/3404820.3404824
Kang, Y., Gao, S., Liang, Y., Li, M., Rao, J., & Kruse, J. (2020). Multiscale Dynamic Human Mobility Flow Dataset in the US during the COVID-19 Epidemic. Scientific Data, 7(390), 1-13, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-00734-5.
Chen, S., Li, Q., Gao, S., Kang, Y.,& Shi, X.(2020). State-specific Projection of COVID-19 Infection in the United States and Evaluation of Three Major Control Measures. Scientific Reports,10(22429), 1-9, www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80044-3.
Huang, X., Lu, J., Gao, S., Wang, S., Liu, Z., & Wei, H. (2021). Staying at home is a privilege: evidence from fine-grained mobile phone location data in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 1-18, DOI:10.1080/24694452.2021.1904819.
Hou, X., Gao, S., Li, Q., Kang, Y., Chen, N., Chen, K., Rao, J., Ellenberg, J., & Patz, J. A. (2021). Intra-county modeling of COVID-19 infection with human mobility: assessing spatial heterogeneity with business traffic, age and race. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS), June 15, 2021, 118 (24), e2020524118
Han, X., Xu, Y., Fan, L., Huang, Y., Xu, M., & Gao, S. (2021). Quantifying COVID-19 importation risk in a dynamic network of domestic cities and international countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS), June 15, 2021, 118 (31), e2100201118
Li, K., Foutz, N. Z., Cai, Y., Liang, Y., & Gao, S. (2021). Impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns and stimulus payments on low-income population’s spending in the United States. PLOS ONE, September 8, 2021, 16(9): e0256407.
Liang, D., Shi, L., Zhao, J., Liu, P., Sarnat, J. A., Gao, S., Schwartz, J., Liu, Y., Ebelt, S., Scovronick, N., & Chang, H. H. (2021). Urban air pollution may enhance COVID-19 case-fatality and mortality rates in the United States. The Innovation , 1(3), 100047, Cell Press.
Liang, Y., McNair, K. W., Gao, S., & Göçmen, A. (2021). Exploring Store Visit Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic Using Mobile Phone Location Data. In Shih-Lung Shaw and Daniel Sui (Eds): Mapping COVID-19 in Space and Time: Understanding the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of a Global Pandemic (Chapter 13) , pp. 253-275, Springer.
Media Coverage:
CNN Health: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/08/health/stay-at-home-orders-coronavirus-study-wellness/index.html
UW News: https://news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-researchers-tracking-travel-social-media-to-help-contain-virus/
Madison TV Channel3000 https://www.channel3000.com/uw-madison-researchers-map-travel-data-to-combat-pandemic
Fox47 – Madison http://fox47.com/news/local/uw-madison-researchers-map-travel-data-to-combat-pandemic
WISN TV – ABC https://www.wisn.com/article/uw-madison-scientists-develop-social-distancing-tracker-map/32163419#
WKOW – ABC 27 https://wkow.com/2020/05/06/uw-research-project-tracking-public-movement-sees-recent-spike-in-travel/
NBC 15 https://www.nbc15.com/2020/10/07/tracking-movement-in-wisconsin-leading-up-to-latest-health-order/
NBC 15 https://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Monitoring-mobility-before-and-after-Safer-at-Home-570677361.html?ref=361
WISBusiness https://www.wisbusiness.com/2020/uw-madison-researchers-tracking-travel-social-media-to-help-contain-coronavirus/
Wisconsin Examiner https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2020/04/11/business-groups-want-state-to-re-open-but-scientists-say-its-too-soon/
Channel 27 https://wkow.com/2020/04/26/with-increased-testing-experts-say-key-indicator-is-rate-of-positive-tests/
Wisconsin Public Radio https://www.wpr.org/more-wisconsinites-leave-home-health-experts-warn-against-ending-social-distancing
Wisconsin Public Radio https://www.wpr.org/again-evers-health-officials-urge-people-stay-home-hopes-reducing-covid-19-spread
Milwaukee Independent http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/quarantine-fatigue-wisconsin-health-experts-warn-rush-end-social-distancing/
Milwaukee Independent http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/quarantine-fatigue-wisconsin-health-experts-warn-rush-end-social-distancing/