Aurora Horstkamp
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Aurora Horstkamp posted an update 5 weeks ago
Found an article on the Harvard datathon that actually has more info about archiving websites on your own through other sites such as the Wayback machine. I have tried other sites but the issue is many will only save a screenshot of a landing page but not the dataset. Check out the resources suggested in the…
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Researchers rush to preserve federal health databases before they disappear from government websites
Journalists have long relied on federal health data for their reporting. We include several tips that they can use to help researchers preserve the data.
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Does this have additional links?
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Aurora Horstkamp posted an update 5 weeks ago
The Infectious Disease Committee had its first meeting yesterday and set up a Google Groups. Today they are also talking about archiving CDC/NIH websites. I learned that Harvard set up a datathon, a data preservation event today which I missed. Not sure if there will be future meetings, but if it went well, I assume it will be a…
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This is excellent. We should start a list of groups seeking to protect public health through advocacy, data preservation, misinformation response, etc.
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This is disheartening. It makes me wonder how many other university administrators are uninformed or just plain delusional. I also cannot imagine how much relying on the private sector to fill the gap of NIH funding is feasible, though it would be the only other option.
I think many scientists and government workers should be encouraged to…
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I look at our various committees (infectious disease, reproductive health, health systems and insurance, institutional defense, not sure what else), and I think it’s not just science but health and social equities, healthcare access and maintaining the integrity of the institutions that work toward the progress of population health. So I have…
