CHI get approached on a routine basis by our public health and clinical partners with requests for help and new projects. These projects span the data, information, and behavioral sciences and provide great opportunities for students to work on real projects with major health organizations.
Examples of projects with potential openings include:
AI in Infodemic Management (WHO)
Tasks: Developing methods to identify misinformation from videos and images based on Social Media
Skills: ML/AI Data workflows, LLMs
Project status: New
Evaluating the online presence of Ministries of Health (WHO)
Tasks: Conducting surveys of MoH websites and social media presence
Skills: Fluency in non-English languages
Project status: Ongoing
Monitoring opioid overdoses (CUPHD)
Tasks: Analyzing traditional and novel data sources, mapping results
Skills: GIS, Survey design, data analysis
Project status: Ongoing
Detecting Disruptions in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (PAHO)
Tasks: Use of Social Media and other sources to detect problems with drug supply chain
Skills: Text Analysis, Descriptive Analysis
Project status: Ongoing
Global Drug Freight Cost Estimator (PAHO with IBC)
Tasks: Developing a tool to help countries estimate the cost of freight charges for shipping drugs
Skills: Data analytics, Software development
Project status: New
Predicting National Drug Needs Trends (PAHO)
Tasks: Prediction of National drug needs based on changing climate, immigration, etc
Skills: Predictive Modeling
Project status: New
Drug Name Cleaning (PAHO)
Tasks: Developing general method to clean drug stockpile data received from member states
Skills: ML/AI
Project status: New
Detecting misinformation from TikTok (CDC)
Tasks: Summarizing result sets, video/image analysis, LLM testing
Skills: Visualization, ML, LLM
Project status: Ongoing
Studying the discussion on social media around disability (DRES)
Tasks: Conduct a survey of the online discussion around disability
Skills: Social media analysis
Project status: New
Identifying disruptions to prescription drugs in Latin America (PAHO)
Tasks: Literature and social media searching, data analysis
Skills: Spanish, Portuguese
Project status: Ongoing
Development of LLM-based anti-infodemic tools (PAHO)
Tasks: Development of LLM-based tools to identify, evaluate, and respond to misinformation
Skills: LLM
Project status: Ongoing
Exploration of lesser-known social media platforms for health information (CDC)
Tasks: Survey social media
Skills: Social media analysis
Project status: Ongoing
Extreme weather and health (IDPH)
Tasks: Modeling the relationship between extreme weather events and their health impact
Skills: Data analytics
Project status: Ongoing
Social media discussion on weather and health (IDPH)
Tasks: Conduct review of social media discussions
Skills: Social media analytics
Project status: New
Equity mapping (IDPH)
Tasks: Establish a healthcare access gap map for Illinois
Skills: GIS
Project status: New
Health survey analysis (Uganda MoH)
Tasks: Analyze results of health surveys conducted in Ugandan mobile communities
Skills: Data analytics, visualization
Project status: Ongoing
Project Title: CHIME-in Volunteer Coordinator
Project Description: The CHIME-in volunteer program matches students with public health agencies that need help with informatics and data science projects. Current external partners include the World Health Organization, Pan-American Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Illinois Department of Public Health, Uganda Ministry of Health, and Champaign-Urbana Public Health District.
The goal of this project is to help organize the processes involved with obtaining and assigning projects in preparation for scaling up the program.
Students Eligible:
Student Activities: Responsibilities will include:
• Coordinating volunteer groups for projects
• Helping to identify the requirements of new projects and assigning volunteers.
• Identifying and recruiting volunteers
• Collecting information on qualifications and skills
• Arranging for training when needed
• Communicating frequently with volunteers
• Evaluating the CHIME in program and helping to design its future
• Developing content for social media, newsletters, website etc. to recognize volunteer contributions and to help promote CHIME in.