January 25, 2024. Appreciation of Cytognomix’s COVID-19 research studies by the government of Ontario

Peter Rogan, President of Cytognomix,  accepted a Certificate of Appreciation from Hon. Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health of the Province of Ontario for our work on community COVID-19 outbreaks and their risk factors. This work was carried out in response to the Ministry’s Challenge Questions initiative to researchers, clinical professionals, hospitals and companies addressing how to approach this disease.  Our work contributed to answering the challenge questions: Can we better predict the trajectory of COVID-19 across multiple pandemic waves? What are the drivers of future pandemic waves?

 In the letter that accompanied the certificate, the Minister wrote:

Thanks to your research, we are able to understand the importance of early identification of probable COVID-19 hotspots and the available mitigation strategies to limit rapid spread of COVID-19. Having contributions such as yours allows us to get the right information to the right people at the right time to support the COVID-19 pandemic response.

Our geostatistical epidemiology analyses of incidence and locations of infected individuals during Waves 1-3 provided the Ministry with key insights to support Ontarians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our published findings are described in:
Mucaki EJ, Shirley BC and Rogan PK. Likely community transmission of COVID-19 infections between neighboring, persistent hotspots in Ontario, Canada. F1000Research 2022, 10:1312 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.75891.2).
We are grateful that the Ministry will be able to make use of our research findings and software for management of future disease outbreaks.
Certificate of Appreciation - Ministry of Health Ontario

New support for geostatistical analysis of COVID19 hotspots in Ontario

In response to the Call for Proposals under its Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program to address COVID-19 challenges, the Department of National Defence has recommended CytoGnomix’s project:

Locating emerging COVID19 hotspots in Ontario after community transmission by time-correlated, geostatistical analysis

for funding following evaluation against mandatory, point rated criteria, and strategic considerations.

The project will “provide financial support through a non-repayable Contribution Agreement up to $200,000 for the development of your proposed solution for a maximum performance period of six months.”

August 6, 2020. Updated: Geostatistical Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Positive Cases in the United States

We have just published a new version (#4) of our archive containing geostatistical analyses of SARS-CoV-2 positive cases in the United States (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3890284). This version adds state-by-state results after Federal and State relaxation of distancing constraints on Memorial Day weekend using space-time, countywide geostatistical analysis.