Designing COVID-19 Contact Tracing
Pandemic Preparedness COVID-19 Update – Citizens Guide
The new Pandemic Preparedness Citizen’s Guide, edited by Sarah Booth, Kelsey Hills-Evans & Scott Teesdale to incorporate information around the recent COVID-19 pandemic
Four Things About the Opioid Crisis That Might Surprise You
Introducing the Opioid Response Innovation Initiative
Re-wiring the rules of social systems
Most of the technologies we have designed –and continue to design– are efficiency maximizers. They allow us to do more in less time, to go faster, to reach higher, to build bigger. However, the underlying processes remain unaffected. One benefit of such innovations is known as economies of scale, but economies of scale tend to hide negative externalities.
Three Reasons Why an Effective Opioid Epidemic Intervention is Falling Short
Thousands of people face discouraging roadblocks every day while trying to access opioid treatment.
Vietnam 2018 National Disease Hotline Launch
View the background and celebration of starting the pilot for Vietnam’s National Disease Outbreak Hotline.
Uganda to America: A Career Advancing Journey of a Lifetime
Mandela Washington Fellow Aidah Bukubuza from Uganda shares the impact of her technology career mentorship experience
Stigma, Data and Accessing Care: Preparing for a Fight Against the Opioid Crisis
72,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2017. Consider that this is more American lives claimed than the entire twenty-year Vietnam War.