Modernizing Public Health Data Systems and Workforce Capacity: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program.

Context: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed governmental public health's outdated information technology and insufficient data science and informatics workforce capacity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program (PHIFP) is well positioned to strengthen public health data science and informatics workforce capacity.

Program: Established in 1996, PHIFP is a 2-year, full-time, on-the-job training program.

Towards Unified Data Exchange Formats for Reporting Molecular Drug Susceptibility Testing.

Background: With the rapid development of new advanced molecular detection methods, identification of new genetic mutations conferring pathogen resistance to an ever-growing variety of antimicrobial substances will generate massive genomic datasets for public health and clinical laboratories. Keeping up with specialized standard coding for these immense datasets will be extremely challenging. This challenge prompted our effort to create a common molecular resistance Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) panel that can be used to report any identified antimicrobial resistance pattern.

Investigating the Relationship Between Type 2 Diabetes and Dementia Using Electronic Medical Records in the GoDARTS Bioresource.

Objective: To investigate the impact of type 2 diabetes on incidence of major dementia subtypes, Alzheimer and vascular dementia, using electronic medical records (EMR) in the GoDARTS bioresource.

Research Design And Methods: GoDARTS (Genetics of Diabetes Audit and Research in Tayside Scotland) comprises a large case-control study of type 2 diabetes with longitudinal follow-up in EMR. Dementia case subjects after recruitment were passively identified in the EMR, and using a combination of case note review, an Alzheimer-specific weighted genetic risk score (wGRS), and genotype, we validated major dementia subtypes.

Design and Implementation of Data Exchange Formats for Molecular Detection of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health threat to the United States and worldwide control of TB. Rapid and reliable drug susceptibility testing (DST) is essential for aiding clinicians in selecting an optimal treatment regimen for TB patients and to prevent ongoing transmission. Growth-based DST results for culture-confirmed cases are routinely reported to the U.

Assessment of a novel radiation reduction protocol for pediatric and adult congenital device implantation.

Purpose: Device implantation requires fluoroscopic guidance, which carries inherent risks of ionizing radiation. We evaluated the impact of a low-dose fluoroscopic protocol on radiation exposure during device implantation.

Methods: All patients who underwent pacemaker or ICD implantation with new transvenous leads from July 2011 to January 2018 were included.