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  • Existing models often lack the granularity to capture heterogeneous group behavior and optimize interventions effectively.

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  • To develop and utilize a computational informatics framework integrating disease modeling, social behavior, and resource logistics for infectious disease containment.
  • To optimize intervention timelines and resource allocation for effective outbreak management.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a framework combining infectious disease modeling (expanding on SEIR models) with social behavior, employment stratifications, and resource logistics.
  • Incorporated heterogeneous group behavior, interaction dynamics, asymptomatic/post-recovery transmission, hospitalization, and funeral events.
  • Applied the framework to analyze and optimize containment strategies for the West Africa Ebola outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.

Main Results:

  • Timely interventions (within 1.5 months) can reduce infections by 90% and achieve containment in 6-8 months with minimal additional resources.
  • Delayed interventions (within 5 months) lead to 10-100 fold increases in infections/deaths and 2-4 fold longer containment times.
  • The framework's disease module is adaptable to different pathogens and captures time-variant human behavior and healthcare worker transmission.

Conclusions:

  • Early and optimized interventions are critical for effective infectious disease containment, significantly reducing infections, deaths, and resource needs.
  • The developed computational framework and associated web-based tool provide valuable insights for policy-making, disease management, and resource allocation.
  • Real-time computational systems are essential for proactive pandemic preparedness and response, accurately predicting disease spread and health burdens.