Strengthening the Backbone: Government-Academic Data Collaborations for Crisis Response
Rick Yang, Alina Yang, Amaryllis Mavragani, Kirti Gandhi · 2024
Read Strengthening the Backbone: Government-Academic Data Collaborations for Crisis Response by Rick Yang, Alina Yang, Amaryllis Mavragani, Kirti Gandhi (2024) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-11620476.txt.
Description
Rick Yang and three co-authors responded in a 2024 paper to a call for stronger government-academic data partnerships in health crises. The original commentary urged moving from one-off sharing during emergencies to standing collaborations. The response agrees on the goal but says the hard parts got glossed over. Privacy and security of sensitive health data form one hurdle, thrown into relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Standing partnerships also cost standing money: funding, staff, and training that emergency grants do not supply. The authors ask for concrete routes to long-term support, such as grants or private partners. Learning must run both ways, with governments and universities building each other's capacity. Without that honesty, they warn, the backbone stays weak.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rick Yang, Alina Yang, Amaryllis Mavragani, Kirti Gandhi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |