Ian Hambleton
Prof of Biostatistics and Informatics at the University of the West Indies
UWI and RDH
Planning for the future
Where are we now?
- Campus committee convened
- Draft RDH Policy & Roadmap
- REDCap installation + pilot
- Developing website
- RDH guidelines...
- ... associated RDH training
Where do we want to be?
...in 3-5 years
- Full-featured virtual Centre serving campus community
- Minimal institutional support
- Research active
- Globally recognised centre for Caribbean data
- A resource hub for emergency response
Data Centre and COVID-19
(Phase 1) Modelling / predictions (Mar-May 2020)
An operational Data Centre would facilitate readiness for a range of emergency scenarios
Lessons from ongoing work with COVID stakeholders:
(Phase 2) Surveillance / monitoring (Apr - ongoing)
(Phase 3) Vaccine rollout (Jan - ongoing)
All phases have had significant data-handling demands.
We have had limited data + limited RDH infrastructure
Reduced effectiveness / efficiency of UWI response
Needs have been in THREE phases
...in 5-10 years
- Full-featured virtual Centre serving UWI community
- Fully self-financing
- Globally recognised centre for Caribbean data handling / analytics
Our proposal for viability
Two important steps
(2) Institutional UWI in-kind support
(1) RDH as a cost centre
Will allow continued progress after Aug 2021
We will bring in funds from different sources
Funds to be re-invested in RDH infrastructure
Facilitating (1) and (2) maximises the chance of success
eg. staff secondment
RDH (Feb 2021) initial restructure
By Ian Hambleton
