The Flu Survey

Features The Flu Survey

The phone survey is a key component of the 2.7 million dollar grant awarded by National Institutes of Health (Award Number: R01GM108731, PI: Ling Bian).
The Overall goal of the NIH funded project is to use mobile phone data to construct contact networks in large urban areas, such as Buffalo, NY, and simulate how communicable diseases, such as flu, spread through the contact network.The project contains a weekly, 5 minute Smartphone Survey asking questions regarding flu-like symptoms, protective actions, and frequently visited places.
Users' GPS data are collected in the background only if location service is on.
The collected data will be saved in a secure server.
Only authorized research team can access to the server.
he collected data will be used for the NIH funded project.
The Flu Survey strictly adheres to the privacy policies reviewed and approved by Institutional Review Board.
At the conclusion of the survey, each person who fully participates will receive a $50 worth of award.
The household will earn an extra $10 for each additional phone participant up to $20.
A household of three phone participants can earn up to $200 worth of award.
Any questions, concerns, or complaints that you may have about this study can be answered by contacting the Spatial Network Lab (located in the NCGIA Office), University at Buffalo, North Campus:Ling Bian - [email protected], (716) 645-0484orMelissa Miller - [email protected], (716) 645-2545.
If you have any questions about your rights as a participant in a research project, or questions, concerns or complaints about the research and wish to speak with someone who is not a member of the research team, you should contact (anonymously, if you wish) the Institutional Review Board:875 Ellicott St, Room 5018,University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203E-mail [email protected] 716-888-4888.