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.

Determining if multiple isolates share the same antimicrobial resistant plasmids using short read whole genome sequencing data

Determining if multiple isolates share the same antimicrobial resistant plasmids using short read whole genome sequencing data.

Analyzing multidrug-resistant organism response data

Free text data are collected as part of internal tracking of Antimicrobial Resistance. These data are difficult to clean, categorize, and analyze.

Leveraging AI for the Creation of Synthetic Datasets

We aim to generate synthetic datasets that will support training, testing, and software development improving the overall development process

DHP Data Repository and Dashboard Chatbot

HP uses data to drive action for preventing and addressing HIV in the United States (U.S.). Historically, DHP’s data sources have not been easily accessible internally due to a si…

HIV Data Quality Score (DQS) Project

Currently, 60 health departments and 150 community-based organizations submit National HIV Monitoring and Evaluation (NHM&E) program data using a standard online form. However, th…

NCHHSTP Social Media Modernization Strategy: Thought Leadership and Social Listening

To improve communication and ensure health messaging on social media platforms is responsive to the needs of the American people. AI-powered social listening tools are increasingl…

Lectora AI Toolkit and Microbuilder authoring tools

Using LLM to optimize National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) case note information

The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) employs Census field representatives (FRs) who use open text fields, referred to as ‘case notes,’ to document their interactions with h…

Auto-Suggest Journal Tool

It can be challenging and time-consuming for NCHS staff to research journals and gather the pertinent information to guide a decision of which journal to target for publication. I…

Use of National Language Processing/Machine Learning to Identify Personal Identifiers in Health Center EHR Medication Data

The NLP/ML processes being used are attempting to identify personal identifiers within EHR data fields that capture medication information such as name of medication and dosage of…

AI-Assisted Extraction of Circumstance Information from National Violent Death Reporting System Narratives

The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) compiles both quantitative and qualitative data on the circumstances surrounding violent deaths, including homicides and suicid…

Leveraging GenAI for Efficient Review of CDC Programmatic Reports

Manual qualitative review of text data within programmatic reports, such as Annual Progress Reports (APRs) submitted by Injury Control Research Centers (ICRCs) and Drug Free Commu…

Bridging the gap: Leveraging natural language processing to identify reasons for buprenorphine discontinuation in Electronic Health Records

Life-saving treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), such as the FDA-approved medication buprenorphine, remains underutilized. Buprenorphine has been shown to reduce illicit opioi…