Department of Internal Medicine Iowa Health Prediction Market opens trading on Avian Flu Market  Philip M. Polgreen, M.D. Assistant Professor Division of Infectious Diseases
3/5/2007 To prepare for a bird flu pandemic, the UI has unveiled a new tool to help public health officials better predict when the disease will strike and plan ways to stem its effects. Through a unique collaboration among the CCOM and the Tippie College of Business, the Iowa Health Prediction Market is launching the Avian Flu Market (AFM), an information trading and aggregation system to help public health officials around the world collect and analyze information to accurately forecast the timing and extent of a human-to-human bird flu outbreak. The project is supported by a $245,685 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Click here to read the complete feature article. |
