Category: big data

Public Health Approach to Big Data in the Age of Genomics: How Can we Separate Signal from Noise?

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The term Big Data is used to describe massive volumes of both structured and unstructured data that is so large and complex it is difficult to process and analyze. Examples of big data include the following: diagnostic medical imaging, DNA sequencing and other molecular technologies, environmental exposures, behavioral factors, financial transactions, geographic information & social Read More >

Posted on by Muin J Khoury, Director, Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1 Comment
Categories big data, epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, genomics, public health
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