Insight Net is a national network of centers working to improve our collective ability to understand, predict, prepare for, and respond to infectious disease threats through collaboration between analytic experts and public health departments.
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Established in 2023 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA), Insight Net focuses on training, analytical tool development, and advancing the analysis and use of data about infectious disease spread. Through this, we aim to improve anticipation of infectious disease outbreaks, generate information to empower public health decision-makers, and guide actions for protecting communities in public health crises.
Innovation
- Develop advanced methods and tools.
- Train the next generation of specialists in ID modeling and analytics.
- Focus on supporting public health decision-making.
Integration
- Bring together methods and tools that are closer to real-world use.
- Establish response-ready data collection mechanisms.
- Evaluate integration efforts.
Implementation
- Help scale up promising outbreak tools after pilot testing.
- Train public health professionals in forecasting.
Together, our mission is to support state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) public health departments by establishing connections with STLT jurisdictions, creating infrastructure for response activities, and identifying key areas of focus in public health emergencies. All centers stand ready to activate in an infectious disease emergency.