June 20 - August 05, 2022

The role of data in public health has never been more important, especially in research and policymaking. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, we can see how essential it is that we manage and analyze data responsibly so that it cannot be misused by people, intentionally or otherwise. Under the CFI Lab of this 7-week Joint Summer Internship, the students (i) explored the publicly available COVID-19 data collected by the Department of Health (DOH), (ii) learned ethical data management practices, data processing, and data visualization, and (iii) constructed and communicated policy recommendations backed by data.

Meet the Interns

Benjamin Samuel Go
BS Computer Science
Cental Philippine University

"Data is very important to my field so we learn data collection, data structures, and algorithms. Knowing how to handle data can make our lives easier and increases efficiency."​

Robbie Mondia
BS Computer Science
Polytechnic University of the Philippines

"Data is everything turned into records that could protect or endanger us. Right now, securing our data is as important as securing our lives outside the digital world. By utilizing it to help the world have a better place, we could further our future."

Carmela Rae Torres
BS Computer Science
Central Philippine University

"I am a firm believer in making well-informed decisions. Having proof or a foundation for our decisions increases efficiency, lowers resource waste, and reduces overall stress thus making our lives easier."

Intern Visualizations

COVID-19 VARIANTS EMERGENCE, PH HEALTH SHARPEN

Rob looked into the Philippine sequencing data from the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID)​ database and crafted a policy brief based on the prevalence rate of COVID-19 variants per age group in the Philippine setting. For more details, visit this Tableau viz.

MOST AFFECTED AGE GROUP AND QUARANTINED RATIO OF REGIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Benj utilized the DOHDataDrop for COVID-19 and presented his visualizations on the proportion of the positive cases that underwent quarantine for each region. For more details, visit this Tableau viz.

COVID-19 DEATHS AND RECOVERIES

Carmela explored the DOHDataDrop for COVID-19 and presented her findings in the COVID-19 deaths and recoveries in the Philippine setting. For more details, visit this Tableau viz.