NORFOLK, Va. — A local professor has developed a new data-driven tool that could transform disease prevention in Hampton Roads by predicting health crises before they occur.
Aditya Chakraborty, an assistant professor at the Joint School of Public Health at Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University, developed the Disease Forecasting Model, which uses data to predict future health crises much like a weather forecast predicts storms.
He says the disease forecasting model uses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data about deaths from 14 major causes to predict future health crises…