The Cornell Institute for Disease and Disaster Preparedness (CIDDP), co-directed by Dr. Nathaniel Hupert (Weill Cornell Medicine) and Prof. Jack Muckstadt (Cornell Engineering), grew out of many years of collaborative work involving a range of academic specialties related to preparation for and response to natural and man-made disasters and disease epidemics.
CIDDP efforts advance research and education in the field of public health response logistics, the systematic study of physical and human infrastructures, materials and supplies, transport resources, information and communication systems, business processes, decision support systems and command and control systems required to respond quickly and appropriately to health crises.
Interlinked Goals
- Primary research through theoretical modeling, model validation activities and development of decision support tools for improved health system response to pressing threats including COVID-19, pandemic influenza, bioterrorism and other emerging infections such as Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
- Education of the nation's next generation of engineers and public health practitioners and researchers, with combined expertise in both the quantitative techniques of operations research (simulation, mathematical modeling and statistical analysis) and the applied field of public health system research
- Outreach to end-users, including hospitals, health systems, federal, state, regional and local public health officials, insurance and risk management entities, data integrators and information system developers capable of translating pilot projects into widely available decision support tools
Pandemic Response Planning Tools
COVID-19 Research
Other CIDDP Research
Non-COVID Response Logistics Modeling Tools and Reports
Publications
Key Personnel
Vaccine Distribution Model
Major Weill Cornell Medicine Public Health Response Logistics Models and Reports
| Date | Model Name | Client | Development Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Weill Cornell Medicine Bioterrorism and Epidemic Outbreak Response | U.S. Health & Human Services (HHS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | N. Hupert, D. Wattson |
| 2004 | Community-Based Mass Prophylaxis: A Planning Guide for Public Health Preparedness | U.S. HHS AHRQ | N. Hupert, J. Cuomo and S. Morse |
| 2004-09 | Regional Hospital Caseload Calculator | U.S. HHS AHRQ | N. Hupert, J. Cuomo and D. Wattson |
| 2005 | Hospital Surge Capacity Optimization and Utilization Tool | U.S. HHS AHRQ | N. Hupert and D. Wattson |
| 2005-07 | Catastrophic Patient Allocation | U.S. HHS AHRQ | J. Muckstadt, S. Chinchalkar, N. Hupert and W. Xiong |
| 2006 | Triage and Surge Capacity Tool (TriSCT) | U.S. HHS AHRQ and Columbia University National Center for Disaster Preparedness | N. Hupert, E. Hollingsworth and W. Xiong |
| 2006-07 | Stochastic Simulation of Health System Response to Large-Scale Epidemics | J. Muckstadt, D. Murray, P. Jackson, W. Xiong, E. Hollingsworth and N. Hupert | |
| 2007 | LabMod | Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative | W. Xiong, E. Hollingsworth and N. Hupert |
| 2007 | Hospital Self-Prophylaxis | NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | W. Xiong, E. Hollingsworth, N. Hupert, J. Muckstadt, J. Vorenkamp and E. Lazar |
| 2007 | Stochastic HIV/AIDS Treatment Scale-Up in Sub-Saharan Africa | Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative | J. Muckstadt, M. Al-Gwaiz, W. Xiong, K. King, E. Hollingsworth and N. Hupert |
| 2008-09 | Hospital Preparedness Exercises Guidebook; Pocket Guide and Atlas of Resources and Tools | U.S. HHS AHRQ | M. Cheung M, A-T. Vu, D D. Varlese, W. Xiong and N. Hupert |
| 2010-14 | Pharmaceutical-Based Antiviral Dispensing for Pandemic Influenza | U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) | N. Hupert, J. Muckstadt, C. Barnett, R. Chen and K. King |
