042 - Behind the Scenes of the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Tracking Map

Public Health On Call

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

News, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.6 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The COVID-19 dashboard run by the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering has been a critical source of near real-time tracking of the spread of the novel coronavirus since it first emerged. Beth Blauer, executive director of Centers for Civic Impact and an expert on the public's use of data and analytics, is part of the team that manages the map. Blauer talks to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how the global dashboard originated, what new features have been added, and how the data can help individuals and officials make informed decisions for COVID-19 response.

Learn more: jhsph.edu/covid-19

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0:00.0	Welcome to Public Health On Call, a new podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
0:12.7	Our focus is the novel coronavirus.
0:15.2	I'm Josh Sharfstein, a faculty member at Johns Hopkins, and also a former secretary of Maryland's health department.
0:21.6	Our goal with this podcast is to bring evidence and experts to help you understand today's
0:26.9	news about the novel coronavirus and what it means for tomorrow.
0:30.5	If you have questions, you can email them to public health question at jhhhue.edu.
0:36.3	That's public health question at jh.h. That's public health question at jh.u.edu for future podcast
0:41.2	episodes.
0:42.6	Today, I speak with Beth Blower, the executive director of
0:46.7	the Centers for Civic Impact at Johns Hopkins University.
0:51.0	She is an expert on the public's use of data and analytics.
0:55.0	She's also part of the team putting together the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Map and Data Repository.
1:02.0	We discuss the map, including some exciting new features, and talk about why public access to data about the pandemic is so important.
1:11.6	Let's listen.
1:13.3	Beth, thanks so much for joining me.
1:15.3	Now, I'm guessing most, if not all people who are listening
1:19.5	to this podcast have seen the map that Johns Hopkins
1:22.9	has of coronavirus infections around the world.
1:26.1	Could you tell me how this map started?
1:29.0	Sure.
1:29.7	So it's, I think, a great J.HU story
1:32.9	where we had an incredibly entrepreneurial faculty member
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