Semi-Automated Nonresponse Detection for Surveys (SANDS)

Manual review of open-ended survey responses is labor-intensive and cost-prohibitive at scale. SANDS automates the detection of nonresponses in survey data, reducing the burden on…

Sequential Coverage Algorithm (SCA) and partial Expectation-Maximization (EM) estimation in Record Linkage

To improve the accuracy and efficiency of record linkage in CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Data Linkage Program, particularly for large datasets, by automating…

TowerScout: Automated cooling tower detection from aerial imagery for Legionnaires' Disease outbreak investigation

Rapid identification of cooling towers that could potentially be spreading Legionella bacteria during outbreaks, enabling faster and more efficient outbreak response.

Assessing Large Language Models for Synthetic Survey Data Generation

Survey data de-identification is crucial for the NCHS to maximize data utility while protecting privacy, but determining and applying modern best practices requires further resear…

Development of in-silico genomic and patient datasets using generative ML algorithms

GenAIMeta: Generative AI CDC Metadata Query Application

Metadata plays a crucial role in enhancing public understanding and usage of CDC data. Usable metadata are essential not only for making data easy to find, understand, and use on…

Detecting, evaluating, and redacting PII in NAMCS HC Component

How effective are open-source PII detection models in identifying and redacting PII? The National Center for Health Statistics’ (NCHS) Division of Health Care Statistics has colle…

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Q-Bank

Using generative AI to gain insight of older adult falls

Nowcasting Burden and Infection Trends for Seasonal and Epidemic Pathogens

Improve real-time estimates of disease burden and infection trends for better situational awareness for planning and decision-making at the national, state, and local level. Tradi…

Automating the distribution of CDC-State Department cables using AI models in the Global Health Center

The output from the AI system is the automated and timely distribution of CDC-State Department cables. It delivers accurate, formatted messages directly to the intended recipients…

DHDSP NOFO Technical Assistance Chatbot

The Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP) experienced numerous challenges in coordinating with grantees/recipients to support questions related to their program…

Rapid Detection of Acute Releases of Toxic Substances (RaDARTS)

Reporting on Acute Releases of Toxic substances involves review of new media sources and is a highly labor intensive process which may involve missed content. The goal is to rapid…

DLS AI Assistant tool

Regulatory laboratory compliance has become increasingly complex, requiring scientists, lab personnel, and managers to understand laboratory quality regulations like the Clinical…

PDF information extraction for 889 Forms

Document processing and extraction of text from required 889 compliance forms (PDFs and/or image files) into a searchable cloud-based database. Eliminating manual data entry and p…

ATSDR Toxicological Assistant chatbot

The ATSDR Toxicological Assistant chatbot via the CDC Chatbot has access to query 180 comprehensive toxicological profiles (A-Z Index of Tox Profiles | Toxicological Profiles | AT…

Machine Learning with Premier Healthcare Data to inform predictive modeling of antibiotic use

Surveillance data, including the Emerging Infections Program (EIP) and the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) can be linked to and other inpatient data to better character…

Machine Learning Techniques for Early Detection and Situational Awareness of Rabies Outbreaks

Rabies is enzootic in wildlife and modern-day surveillance techniques are too weak to fully capture the geographic extent of outbreaks nor early outbreak detection. Our ML algorit…

AI-Powered web scanner for digital surveillance of rabies-related news articles

US travelers to international destinations are often exposed to rabies, and in some cases have died upon return to the US. Accurate and early identification of rabies outbreaks ca…

Pathogen strain characterization from mixed strain samples

We use the DNA sequences at specific places in pathogen genomes to create a "DNA fingerprint" that allows us to link cases of diarrheal illness and identify potential foodborne ou…

AMD-Platform Data Harmonization

Current Metadata may not match existing values, decreasing metadata quality. The harmonization of submitted deviant metadata to best match our current values to ensure accurate m…

Text embedding analysis tool

Reviewing large sets of documents can take hours to identify similar clusters or analysis. The tool helps non-technical staff explore large, text-based datasets by generating clus…

Agentic RAG Chatbot

The creation of accurate, detailed, and factually-grounded draft responses to public inquiries takes a large amount of time and could benefit from assistance from LLMs. Because of…

Internal Newsletter Formatter Tool

This project addresses the challenge of efficiently summarizing and formatting lengthy newsletter documents to provide leadership with clear, concise, and actionable information.