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S. Kempler (Auth./ed.)1 with; G.G. Leptoukh1, R.K. Kiang1, R.P. Soebiyanto1, D.Q. Tong2, P. Ceccato3, S. Maxwell4, R.G. Rommel4, G.M. Jacquez4, K.K. Benedict5, S.A. Morain5, P. Yang6, Q. Huang6, M.L. Golden7, R.S. Chen7, J.E. Pinzon8, B. Zaitchik9, D. Irwin10, S. Estes10, J. Luvall10, M. Wimberly11, X. Xiao12, K.M. Charland13, R.P. Stumpf14, Z. Deng15, C.E. Tilburg16, Y. Liu17, L. McClure18, & A. Huff19 1NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, US 2SISS, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, US 3IRI, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, US 4BioMedware, Ann Arbor, MI, US 5EDAC, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, US 6George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, US 7SEDAC, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, US 8SSAI, Lanham, MD, US 9Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, US 10Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, US 11South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, US 12University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, US 13Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, US 14NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring MD, US 15Civil & Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, US 16University of New England, Biddeford, ME, US 17School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, US 18University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, US 19Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH, US
ABSTRACT: This chapter explores the complex, and sometimes frustrating, world of data discovery, access, delivery and use by reference to the US National Aeronautics & Space Administration’s (NASA’s) public health applications portfolio in 2011. It also provides examples of global information system applications in health.
