Post by Scripps Research

Scripps Research scientists have received two new grants from the Gates Foundation totaling $2M to advance global disease surveillance by expanding wastewater surveillance technologies and developing artificial intelligence systems to improve outbreak prediction and support faster public health responses worldwide. Led by Professor Kristian Andersen, Senior Project Scientist Joshua Levy and Institute Investigator Karthik Gangavarapu, the work is part of the Modjadji Initiative to build affordable, scalable pathogen surveillance systems for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Researchers will expand the open-source wastewater analysis platform Freyja while developing artificial intelligence and machine learning that integrate wastewater and clinical data, helping detect outbreaks earlier and guide more effective public health interventions. More: https://ow.ly/VeMK50ZjmWN