Asia-Pacific Testbed for Research, Education, and Clinical Applications

Louis FoxUniversity of Washington

CANS2002 Shanghai August 23, 2002

Project Goals

Advance existing international relationships and develop new ones among professionals in the Asia–Pacific region

Create Networks of Networks Networks of People Network of research universities Network of physical networks

Pacific Rim Public Health TestbedNetworks of People

Epidemic alert and response networks PulseNet - USA APEC EINet – APEC economies MEBS - Mekong Basin PACNET/PPHSN – Pacific Islands Basin

ASEANet - SouthEast Asian Nations TEPHINET – Global Etc…..

Pacific Rim Public Health TestbedNetworks of People

Pacific Rim Public Health TestbedNetworks of Research Universities

Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) An association of chief executive officers of 34 premier

universities around the Pacific Rim Promote cooperation in teaching and research on

issues of major importance to the Pacific Rim community

Similar to the goal of APEC to create a community of Pacific Rim nations

APRU members*

AustraliaAustralian National UniversityUniversity of Sydney

CanadaUniversity of British Columbia

ChileUniversity of Chile

ChinaFudan UniversityPeking UniversityTsinghua UniversityUniversity of Science and Technology of China

Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Chinese TaipeiNational Taiwan University

IndonesiaUniversity of Indonesiaa

JapanKyoto UniversityOsaka UniversityUniversity of TokyoWaseda University

KoreaSeoul National University

MalaysiaUniversity of Malaya

*This list does not include all APRUnet participants

MexicoNational Autonomous University of Mexico

New ZealandUniversity of Auckland

PhilippinesUniversity of the Philippines

RussiaFar Eastern National University

SingaporeNational University of Singapore

ThailandChulalongkorn University

USACalifornia Institute of TechnologyStanford UniversityUniversity of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, IrvineUniversity of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraUniversity of OregonUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Washington

Pacific Rim Public Health TestbedNetwork of Physical Networks

AARNET - Australia

APAN – Asia Pacific CERNET - China GEMnet- Japan SINET – Japan WIDE - Japan KOREN/KREONET2 - Korea SingAREN - Singapore UNINET - Thailand

Background

Public Health Distance learning and monitoring technologies already exist in region

However, response to epidemiologic or bioterrorism-related events depends more upon informal communications channels than established monitoring systems A researcher, physician, or public health official in one

region telephones or sends an email to a counterpart in another

Starts a chain of communications that culminates in the activation of formal response mechanisms

Initial Focus Areas

A testbed of communicable disease related networks, institutions, and individuals in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation member economies, building upon high-performance communications networks that are currently in place

A network-aware distance learning application to deliver courses designed to advance learning about emerging infections and bioterrorist-related outbreaks

Testing of secure, self-optimizing surveillance tools for the electronic notification of disease with guaranteed Quality of Service and a Geographic Information System component.

Looking to the future

Public health is the initial target of the testbed These efforts will provide a “proof of concept” Eventually, the testbed could serve many

disciplines, many approaches

University of Washington (UW) -

Overview

Extensive international experience in public health, technology, and distance learning

A leader in Internet development for decades an original participant of Advanced Research Projects

Agency (ARPA) network in the 1960s and 1970s a leading participant National Science Foundation-

funded Internet initiative of the 1980s instrumental in the development of the high-

performance Internet in the 1990s Founding Internet2 member, regional

aggregation point, and international peering point Pacific Northwest GigaPoP, Pacific Wave

Pacific Northwest GigaPop (PNWGP) and Pacific Wave

In the late 1990s, the UW created the GigaPoP (PNWGP) to serve as a Pacific Northwest regional hub of the Internet2 national testbed gigabit network

Pacific Wave, collocated with portions of the PNWGP, is an international peering service that is designed to enhance efficiency of IP traffic

UW OverviewSchool of Public Health and Community Medicine

One of only a handful of Biopreparedness Centers in the United States sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control Working regionally to network public health authorities

in the six northwest states to enhance surveillance and disease reporting.

The School has been active in International Research and Training in Biomedical and Health Informatics since 1999

UW OverviewSchool of Public Health and Community Medicine –continued

Faculty, students, and technical staff from the school are the development core in research projects including: a CDC-Washington State-Public Health, Seattle and King

County project to develop a regional syndromic surveillance system based on the secondary use of clinical data

National Library of Medicine Phase 2 Next Generation Internet contract award

a Denver Public Health-CDC contract to develop Web-based case-reporting software using public wireless networks.

Following September 11, the UW received emergency funding from the APEC Board of Control for enhancing monitoring in the region

UW OverviewDistance Education

UW Distance Learning is the nation’s largest research institution provider of and leader in distance learning

1997 2001

Courses 0 306 Enrollment 0 10,551 Degrees andCertificate Programs 0 32

UW OverviewDistance Education -Types of Programs

Free Courses 1,000 enrollments in 2 months Learning Network, UW Homepage, others

Courses Credit Noncredit

Certificate Programs 29 Programs LAAP Program (learning anytime anywhere

partnerships) Degrees

CSS (Computer and Software Systems) Construction Engineering Library and Information Science PHARM. D.

Public Health Practice Certificate

Partners Emory Johns Hopkins Tulane

Funding Center for Disease Control (CDC)

Format credit graduate-level certificate program (33 credits) Completed in 15 months

Tracks Administrative and Management Community Development Epidemiology and Information Policy Development and Program Planning

Public Health Practice Certificate - continued.

Content Health Care and Public Health Services Epidemiology and Biostatistics Management Informatics Strategic Planning Financial Management Community Health and Needs Assessment

Pacific Rim Networks – Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN)

International consortium of high-performance research and education networks

Goal of promoting advanced research in networking technologies and the development of high-performance, broadband applications in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Primary members include: Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and

Taiwan.

Other members include: Thailand, USA, CGIAR, Canada, Europe, Hong Kong,

Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam.

Pacific Rim Networks – Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) – continued.

Pacific Rim Networks – TransPAC

Created by Indiana University TransPAC is a high bandwidth international

Internet connection from the vBNS to the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) through the Science, Technology, and Research Transit Access

Point (STAR TAP) in Chicago.

Pacific Rim Networks – TransPAC – continued.

Information sharing strategies

PAHO/WHO Library for Disasters

Research Channel http://www.researchchannel.com/

Participation – What you can do now

Inform others about the project – have them contact you or us public health practitioners/ officials medical schools let them know we would like to have other

venues in which to present ideas

Let us know about other networks we don't know about

Volunteer for a pilot

Contact information

Louis FoxVice Provost, Educational Partnerships

& Learning TechnologiesUniversity of Washingtonlfox@u.washington.edu