Global Health Network and Supercourse for Epidemiolgy

Publications

April/15/2007

Global Health Network / the Supercourse for Epidemiology, Internet and Global Health

120.Linkov F, Ardalan A, Dodani S, Lovalekar M, Sauer F, LaPorte R, Building JIT lectures during the Prodrome of the Katrina and Rita Hurricanes Prehospital and Disaster Medicine April 2006

119.Emerging alternative to peer review: Amazon.com model? Linkov F, LaPorte R, Lovalekar M, Dodani S Web Quality Control for Lectures: Supercourse and Amazon.com.
Croat Med J. 2005 Dec;46(6):875-8.

118.LaPorte RE, Linkov F, Lovalekar M, Dodani S, Elkhoudari S, Shubnikov E Scientists are from Mars and Editors are from Venus Angeologie 2005 Vol 57:3

117. Matibag GC, Igarashi M, LaPorte RE, Tamashiro H Advocacy, Promotion and e-Learning: Supercourse for Zoonosis. Environmental Health and Preventive medicine Vol 10 (2005), No. 5

116. Ardalan A, Linkov F, Holakouie K, Noji E, LaPorte R Bridging Schools of Public Health between Iran and the US: Teaching and Sharing About Bam Earthquake Lancet Volume 363, Number 9423 29 May 2004

114. Linkov F, LaPorte E, Globalization of Prevention Education: Reaching 136 countries with a Golden lecture Lancet 2003 Nov 8;362(9395):1586-7

113. Linkov F, Studying Populations: Simplifying Epidemiology Teaching and Learning International Journal of Epidemiology 32: 890-891.

112. Sa E, Sekikawa A, Linkov F, Lovalekar M, LaPorte RE. Open source model for global collaboration in higher education. Int J Med Inf. 2003 Sep;71(2-3):165.

111. Chotani RA, LaPorte RE, Linkov F, Dodani S, Ahmed D, Ibrahim KM. Just-in-time lectures: SARS. Lancet. 2003 Jun 7;361(9373):1996

110. LaPorte RE, Linkov F, Villasenor T, Sauer F, Gamboa C, Lovalekar M, Shubnikov E, Sekikawa A, Sa E. Papyrus to PowerPoint (P2P): Metamorphosis of scientific communication. Brit Med J 2002:325:1478-1481

107. LaPorte RE, Shoubnikov E. Reaching out to teachers: The BA Supercourse. {Abstract}The Bibliotheca Alexandria Conference on Ethical and Social Responsibilities in Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt. 20 Oct. 2002

105. Abebe Kebede and Mita Lovalekar. Sharing lectures worldwide to improve training in health. National Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Grandover Resort and Conference Center, Greensboro, NC September 8-10 2002.

104. E.Shubnikov, Choubnikova J. Application of the Internet into Public Health in Russia. Abstract MP72 at XYI IEA World Congress of Epidemiology, Montreal,
Canada, August 18-22, 2002.

103. LaPorte RE, Last J, Sekikawa A, Shubnikov E, Sa E. Epid-Internet-ology: Internet at the Center of Our Field. {Abstract} XVI IEA World Congress of Epidemiology. Montreal, Canada. 18-22 Aug. 2002

102. Sekikawa A. Overview of the Global Health Network Supercourse. In “First Forum on International Cooperation and Research on Medical Education” The University of Tokyo, International Research Center for Medical Education. Tokyo, Apr 2002 pp 4-15.

101. Hamlet N. Supercouse – Epidemiology, the Internet, and global health. Bull WHO 2002;80:516.

100. Husseini A. Saad R. LaPorte RE. Health supercourse to end Arab isolation {Correspondence}. Nature 2002:417:788.

99. LaPorte RE, Sekikawa A, Sa ER, Linkov F, Lovalekar M. Whisking research into the classroom {Infopoints}. Brit Med J 2002;324:99. http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7329/99

98. R. LaPorte, B. Acosta, A. Sekikawa, A. Troufanov, E. Shubnikov "Supercourse of Global Health Network and Pertinent Information Security Policy". 4th Russian scientific conference "Society and Personal Infosecurity Problems". May 22-23, 2002, Tomsk, Russia p 26-29 (in Russian).

97. R.E. LaPorte, B. Acosta, A. Sekikawa, A.I. Troufanov, E.V. Shubnikov. "Security politics of Supercourse(Global Health Network)". Practical conference "Regional Informatica - 2002" Section "Infosecurity". February 18-22, 2002, Irkutsk, Russia (In Russian) http://nit2002.baikal.ru/index.jsp?page=conf_is&image=actions

96. Husseini A. LaPorte RE. Islam with the internet could do much to prevent disease {Letter}. BMJ 2001; 323: 694.

95. Sekikawa A. Overview of the Global Health Network Supercourse: Changing the language of Higher Education? In The First Forum on International Cooperation and Research on Medical Education, "Information Technology and International Cooperation on Medical Education." International Research Center for Medical Education, The University of Tokyo 2001 p 4-5.

94. LaPorte RE, Sauer F, Dearwater S, Aaron DJ, Sekikawa A, Sa ES, Shubnikov E. Towards an Internet Civil Defense against Bioterrorism {Personal View}. Lancet Infectious Disease 2001.

93. Acosta B, Sekikawa A, Sa E, LaPorte RE. Evolution of scientific communication. Food Sci Tech Int 7:183-84;2001.

91. Boyarsky S., Brener I., Vlasov V., Danishevski K., Dato V., Zabina H., Ivanov D., LaPorte R., Linkov F., Luchanski V., Troufanov A., Chepurnov A., Shubnikov E. Internet Prevention Program for Russia (in Russian). Journal of Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion 2001; 3: 27-31.

90. Aaron DJ, Morris KA, Nixon PA, Martin J, Echement DA, LaPorte RE. Innovative Approaches to Compliance. In: Compiance in Healthcare and Research. Burke LE, Ockene IS (Eds). American Health Association Monograph Series. 2001; 319-330.

89. Sekikawa A, Aaron DJ, Acosta B, Sa ER, LaPorte RE. Does the perception of downloading speed influence the evaluation of web-based lectures? Public Health 2001; 115: 152-156.

88. Randolph LH Jr., Sauer F, LaPorte RE, Sekikawa A, Aaron DJ. Information Superiority and Healthy Communities. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2000; 165: 714-715.

87. Acosta-Cazares B, Sekikawa A, Aaron DJ, Sa ER, Rico-Verdín B, LaPorte RE. The Supercourse of Epidemiology: An example of international collaboration (in Spanish). Gaceta Sanitaria 2000: 14 (1): 71-72.

86. Global Health Network Faculty. Towards the enhancement of classroom learning {In Proceeding}. INET 2000 (Published in a CD).

85. LaPorte RE, Sauer F, Akazawa S, Sekikawa A, Gamboa C, Aaron DJ, Ze Y, Zheng H. for the Global Health Network. Information dominance and the Supercourse {in Proceeding}. e-Health for Diabetes in the Western Pacific (Eds.) Aoki N, Akazawa Y, LaPorte RE. Elsevier Press, 2000: 13-16.

84. Sauer F, Gamboa C, LaPorte R, Akazawa S, Serror-Markin. The Human Factor in e-4health {In Proceeding}. e-Health for Diabetes in the Western Pacific (Eds.) Aoki N, Akazawa Y, LaPorte RE. Elsevier Press, 2000: 85-94.

83. Akazawa S, LaPorte RE, Sauer F, Sekikawa A, Akazawa Y. New paradign in health information research and sharing {In Proceeding}. e-Health for Diabetes in the Western Pacific (Eds.) Aoki N, Akazawa Y, LaPorte RE. Elsevier Press, 2000: 123-126.

82. Shoubnikov E., LaPorte RE. Towards a national E-assessment and E-prevention health program in Russia: "Indicators in Health and Ecological Risk Assessment" {Poster Abstract}. Fifth Symposium of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 6-8^th, Jun. 2000: 104.

81. Sauer F, LaPorte RE, Sekikawa A, Aaron DJ, Acosta B, Sa ER. Portal to prevention: Towards increasing “Prevention literacy” in the USAF {Letter}. Aviat Space Environ Med 2000; 71: 1166.

80. Tajima N, Kawamura N. Classroom teaching using the Supercourse (in Japanese). University Time 2000; 274: 78-83.

79. Randolph LH Jr., LaPorte RE, Sauer F, Sekikawa A, Sa ER, Aaron DJ, Acosta B. Advanced Classroom Learning (ACL) through civilian-military shareware. Military Medicine 2000; 65: 714.

78. Sekikawa A, Suyama A, Yahata K, Tamashiro H, Aaron DJ, LaPorte RE. Supercourse model for web-based education in health. Japanese J of Computer Science. 1999; 6: 55-58. http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jacs/JJCS/v6/n1/p55_58/index.html

77. Sekikawa A, Aaron DJ, Acosta B, Nishimura R, Songer TJ, LaPorte RE. Bringing Health onto the Information Superhighway. Oxford illustrated companion to medicine (in press)

76. Sekikawa A, Sa ER, Acosta B, Aaron DJ, LaPorte RE. An Internet mirror site: A means for improving access in developing countries {Letter}. Lancet 2000; 355: 2000.

75. Aaron DJ, Sekikawa A, Acosta B, Sa ER, LaPorte RE. Transnational education: The Global Health Network Supercourse (www.pitt.edu/~super1) {In Proceedings}. XX World Congress of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Sao Paulo (Brazil), 1999; 129-133.

74. Sekikawa A, Randolph L, Sa ER, Acosta B, Aaron D, Sauer F, LaPorte RE. Problem: Boring Lectures, Solution: New Web Formats. Brit Med J Feb. 2000 http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/320/7232/432

73. LaPorte RE, Randolph, LM Jr. Sauer F, Sekikawa A, Aaron D. Information dominance over disease {Letter}. Lancet 2000; 8: 1370-1371.

72. Philippe P. LaPorte RE, Sauer F. Epidemiologic and public health initiatives in telecommunications. Rev. Bras. Epidemiol. 1999; Vol. 2; No. ½.

71. Sa ER, Sekikawa A, Aaron DJ, Acosta B, LaPorte RE. "Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health" - A web-based educational program for health - (in German). Public Health Forum 2000; 27: 18-19.

70. Sauer F, Randolph L, Sekikawa A, Aaron D. LaPorte R. e-Prevention. Telemedicine Today 2000; 8: 23-33.

69. Supercourse Faculty. Global Cooperation in Higher Education. Nature Medicine, 2000; 6: 358.

67. Delamothe T. BMJ set to sign with PubMed Central, JSTOR, and WorldSpace {News}. Brit Med J 2000; 320: 8

65. Ochi G, Shirakawa Y, Asahi S, Toriba M, Sekikawa A, LaPorte RE. Information transmission through the Internet for the Preparedness against Venomous Snakes in the Aftermath of Cambodian Flood in 1997 (in Japanese). Japanese Journal of Disaster Medicine 4; 1999.

64. Sekikawa A, Satoh T. A report on Internet-based Epidemiology Distance Learning. Med Edu 1999; 30: 55-59

63. Sekikawa A, Nishimura R, Satoh T. The Supercourse (in Japanese). J Public Health Prac 1999; 63: 219-22.

62. Supercourse Faculty. The Global Health Network Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health. Telemedicine Journal 1999; 5: 303-307.

61. Tajima N, Kawamura N. Clinical Epidemiology and Internet; http://www.isoc.org/inet99/proceedings/2f/2f_3.htm

60. Tamashiro H, Oshima T, Satoh T, Sekikawa A, LaPorte RE. Supercourse: Environmental Health and Sustainable Development (In Japanese). Jpn J Public Health 1999: 46: 130-133.

59. Yousry A, LaPorte RE. Diabetes Telecommunication, CyberDoc's and the Internet : An Experience from Kuwait. The 1st Pan Arab Congress of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Beirut-Lebanon, 20-23rd Oct. 1999.

58. Yousry A, LaPorte RE, Al-Shatti A. The Internet, The Superhighway, and Distance Education. A Review of Literature. Kuwait Association Medical Journal, Oct. 1999.

57. Aaron DJ, Sekikawa A, LaPorte RE. McKenzie B. Medicine and the Internet: introducing online resources and technology. Oxford University Press, 1997; 376, Euro J Public Health {Book Reviews}1998; 8: 334-35.

56. Aaron DJ, Sekikawa A, Sauer F, Patrick J, Nishimura R, Acosta B, LaPorte R. The reincarnation of biomedical journals as hypertext comic books. Nature Medicine 1998; http://www.medicine.nature.com/web_specials/comics/

55. Acosta B , Laporte RE, Rubio CF. Educación a través de Internet: El caso del Supercurso de Epidemiología. CADUCEUS en linea 1998 (Revista Médica Electrónica in Spanish); http://www.caduceus.com.pe/en-linea/no-03/

54. Sekikawa A, Nishimura R, Tajima N, Hoshuyama T, Takizawa Y, Satoh T. The Internet and international collaboration: The Global Health Network Supercourse (in Japanese) {In Proceeding}. Advancement in Diabetology '98 (Tonyobyo-Gaku-no-Shinpo '98) Shindan to Chiryo sha, Tokyo 1998: 109-114

53. Sekikawa A, Aaron DJ, Acosta B, Nishimura R, LaPorte RE. Peer review of grant applications {Correspondence}. Lancet 1998; 352: 9133.

52. Takahashi K, Sekikawa A, LaPorte RE, Satoh T, Pan G, Ren A, Okubo T, Yoshimura T. Occupational Lung Diseases and Global Occupational Health on the Net. Occupational Medicine 1998; 48: 3-6.

51. Yousry A, LaPorte RE, Al-Sayegh, Kanal. The Supercourse Lectures: A Pioneer Experience at the Asia-Pacific(WHO) Diabetes Epidemiology Course {In Proceeding}. The International Tele-Medicine Symposium, Tunesia, 1998

50. Yousry A, LaPorte RE, A. Al-Shatti A, Wat N, Ogawa K, Sa ER. Distance Education and The Internet: The First Lights from Kuwait {In Proceeding}. The First Arabian Gulf Medical Association Conference, Bahrain, 24-26th, Nov. 1998.

49. Wojtczak A, Akazawa S, Sekikawa A, LaPorte RE. Internet and International Health Policy. Public Health 1998; 112: 273.

48. Acosta-Cázares B. Internet in the field of health (in Spanish). Epidemiología, México 1997; 141: 1-2.

47. Barinas‑Mitchell EJM, Davis NL, McGuire MT, Aaron DJ, LaPorte RE. Internet connectivity of State Health Departments, United States, 1996. Science Communication 1997; 19: 164‑75.

46. Erbey JR, Evans RW, LaPorte RE. Internet technology and clinical laboratory science: The role of the laboratory home page. Laboratory Medicine1997; 28: 58-62.

45. Gamboa CA, LaPorte RE, Schorse ML. History and Future of Academic Computer Networking in Latin American and the Caribbean. In: Internet, Telematics and Health. M.Sosa-Iudicissa et al (Eds.). IOS Press, 1997: 293-96.

44. Marler E, Patrick J. The Internet: An Industry Perspective. In: Internet, Telematics and Health. M.Sosa-Iudicissa et al. (Eds.). IOS Press, 1997: 387-388.

43. Sosa-Iudicissa M, Oliveri N, Gamboa CA, Roberts J. Presentation: Why "Internet, Telematics and Health"? In: Internet, Telematics and Health. M. Sosa-Iudicissa et al. (Eds.). IOS Press, 1997:xii-xxvii.

42. Sauer F, Gamboa CA, Schorse ML. Information Technology in Health. In: Internet, Telematics and Health. M.Sosa-Iudicissa et al (Eds.). IOS Press, 1997: 47-50.

41. World Health Organization DiaMond Group on the Internet: LaPorte R, Sekikawa A, Taback S, Stella P, Jarosz-Chobot P, Schneider U, Hasseb-Elrasoul S, Neu A, Mtonga R, Collado F. Diabetes Short Course Training, and the Internet {letter}. Diabetes Care 1997; 20: 232.

40. LaPorte RE on behalf of the Global Health Network. Internet server with targeted access would cure information deficiency in developing countries {Letter}. Brit Med J 1997; 314: 980.

39. LaPorte RE. Improving Public Health via the Information Superhighway. Scientist, Aug. 1997.

38. LaPorte RE, Sekikawa A, Aaron DJ, Nishimura R, Acosta B. Looking to the future: amazon.com and four trends. Brit Med J 1997; 315.

37. Libman I, LaPorte R for the Global Health Network Task Force. The Global Health Network. Book: Internet, Telematics and Health. M. Sosa-Iudicissa et al. (Eds). IOS Press, 1997; 297-300.

36. Libman IM, LaPorte RE, Akazawa S, Boostrom E, Glosser C, Marler E, Pretto E,Sauer F, Villasenor A, Young F. The Need for a Global Health Disaster Network. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 1997; 24-48.

35. Ochi G, Shirakawa Y, Tanaka M, Nitta K, Watoh Y, Sekikawa A, LaPorte RE. An Introduction to the Global Health Disaster Network (GHDNet) Japanese Journal of Disaster Medicine 1997; 2: 18-22

34. Satoh T, Takahashi K, Yahata K, Nakagawa S, Wojtczak A, Takizawa Y, Tajima N, Koyama A, Akazawa S, Higashi T. Yamaguchi N, Sekikawa A. Application of Internet technology in public health (in Japanese). Jpn J Public Health. 1997; 44: 518-22.

33. Libman I, LaPorte RE. "How Information Systems can Advance Diabetes Program Implementation". International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Bulletin. Sep. 1997; 42: 32-34.

32. Sekikawa A, Koyama A, Satoh T, Akazawa S, Shimada K, Nishimura R, Higashi T, Yamaguchi N, Tajima N, et al. The New Trends for Practice on Telecommunication applied preventive and environmental medicine. Preventive and Environmental Medicine {Letter} Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 1997; 2: 45-48.

31. Sekikawa A, LaPorte RE, Satoh T, Ochi G. Health workers need information from countries with better health indicators than Britain and the US {Letter}. Brit Med J 1997; 314: 1418.

30. Sekikawa A, LaPorte, Takizawa Y. Minamata and the Global Health Network {In Proceeding}. The International Scientific Meeting '97 "Mercury and Human Health - Proposal from Minamata" National Institute for Minamata Disease, Japan 1997: 1-19.

29. Sekikawa A, Satoh T, Ochi G, LaPorte RE. Health workers need information from countries with better health indicatros than Britain and the US {Letter}. Brit Med J 1997; 314: 1418.

28. Sekikawa A, Satoh T, on behalf of the Global Health Network Global Health Network. Telecommunication application to Public Health for the Disease Prevention in the 21st century (in Japanese). J Seizon and Life Sci 1997; 8: 83-95.

27. Aaron DJ, Boostrom E, LaPorte RE, Libman IM, Marler E, Sauer F, Songer TJ, Villasenor A. Pennsylvania Health on the Net? Pennsylvania Medicine. 1996; 99: 20-22.

26. Aaron DJ, LaPorte RE. Obituaries and tributes should be put on to the WorldWide Web {Letter}. Brit Med J 1996; 313: 497.

25. Aaron DJ, Sekikawa A, Libman IM, Iochida L, Barinas-Mitchell E, LaPorte RE. Telepreventive Medicine. MD Computing 1996; 13: 335-338.

24. Chang Y-F, Portuese E, LaPorte RE. Increasing the shelf-life of review papers {Letter}. Brit Med J 1996; 312: 513.

23. LaPorte RE for the Global Health Network. Commentary: Telepreventive Medicine-the Autobahn to Health. Brit Med J 1996; 313: 1383-84.

22. LaPorte RE, Barinas E, Chang Y-F, Libman I. Global Epidemiology and Public Health in the 21st Century: Applications of New Technologies. Ann Epidemiol 1996; 6: 162-67.

21. LaPorte RE, Hibbitts B. Rights, wrongs, and journals in the age of cyberspace. Brit Med J 1996; 313: 1609-12.

20. LaPorte RE. One stop shopping mall for global health information {Letter}. Brit Med J 1996; 312: 1418.

19. Nishimura R, Sekikawa A, Matsushima M, Tajima N, LaPorte RE. It is time to introduce Internet to the field of diabetes {Letter}. J Japn Diab Soc 1996; 39: 160-61.

18. Pereira MA, Fitzgerald SJ, LaPorte RE, Dearwater SR, Aaron DJ, Kohl HW. Exercise science and the information superhighway {Letter}. Med Sci Sports Exercise 1996; 28: 931-32.

17. Sekikawa A, Libman I, Iochida L, LaPorte R, Boostrom E. People will be able to surf across languages for health data on the Internet. Brit Med J 1996; 313: 1264-65.

16. Songer TJ. Diabetes and the Internet. World Diabetes. 1996; http://www.who.int/ncd/dia/nl_inet.html

15. Wang K, LaPorte RE, XU T, Fu G. Public health and telecommunication. Chin J Epidemiology 1996; 17: 172-74.

14. Ferguson EW, Villasenor A, Cunnion S, de Ville de Goyet C, Young F, LaPorte RE. A global health disaster network is needed {Letter}. Brit Med J 1995; 310: 1412

13. Ferguson EW, Sarkisian A, Young F, de Ville de Goyet C. Telemedicine for National and International Disaster Response. J Med Syst 1995; 19: 121-23.

12. Global Health Network Task Force. Towards a Global Health Network. Current Issues in Public Health 1995; 1: 160-64.

11. LaPorte RE, Akazawa S, Drash A, Gamboa C, Lee HK, Libman IM, Marler E,Orschiedt S, Songer T, Tajima N. American Diabetes Association and the Internet. Diabetes Care 1995; 18: 890-95.

10. LaPorte RE, Akazawa S, Gamboa C, Maclure M, Marler E, Sauer F, Shenton C. The Death of Biomedical Journals. Brit Med J 1995; 310: 1387-90. http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/310/6991/1387

9. LaPorte RE, Villasenor A, Gamboa C, Bootstrom E, Marler E, Sauer F, Akazawa S, Glosser C, Libman I. The Global Health Network {In Proceeding}. INET'95 Conference, Vol. 2. Kilnam Chon (Ed). Internet Society, Reston, VA. 1995: 1027-1029.

8. LaPorte RE, Akazawa S, Boostrom E, Campos M, Gamboa C, Gooch T, LeeHK, Libman I, Marler E, Roko K, Sauer F, Tajima N, Wiebe W. Global Public Health and the Information Superhighway: Global Health Network University Proposed. Brit Med J 1994; 309: 736-37. http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/assist/ghnetu.htm

7. Akazawa S, LaPorte R, Kaihara S. Global Health Information Network and Health Care System {In Proceeding}. The 2nd International Conference on Health Technology in he Field of Diabetes, Kyoto, Japan: 4-5 Nov. 1994. WHO.

6. LaPorte RE, Akazawa S, Hellmonds P, Boostrom E, Gamboa C, Gooch T,Hussain F, Libman I, Marler E, Roko K, Sauer F, Tajima N. Global Public Health and the Information Superhighway. Brit Med J 1994; 308: 1651-52.

5. LaPorte RE. Standards for Information Systems in the Global Health Network {Letter}. Lancet 1994; 344: 1640-41.

4. LaPorte RE, Tajima N, Vergona R, Akazawa S. Telecommunications and Global Health {in Proceeding}. The First International Conference on Health Technology in the Field of Diabetes, Kyoto, Apr. 1991.

3. Akazawa Y, Chigan E, King H, Minjoot-Pereira G (Eds). Diabetes and Other Noncommunicable Disease Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 1993; 48-55.

2. LaPorte RE, Gower IF, Rewers M, Tuomilehto J, Tajima N, Akimoto Y, Aiso M,Grabauskas VJ, Williams JG. Telecommunication and International Health Research. Am J Epid 1988; 128: 439-42.

1. LaPorte RE, Tuomilehto J, Tajima N, Dorman J. Multinational Networking of Epidemiologists {Letter}. The Epidemiology Monitor 1986; 7: 2-3.