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Collaboratory is made up of individuals, groups, and communities of practice. Within its digital environment, public health professionals, academics, epidemiologists, data scientists, developers, modelers, and public health  decision makers will find a fertile ground to brainstorm, cultivate ideas and co-develop  innovative solutions to complex public health problems. 

Collaboratory aims to be more than just a platform—it will be an interactive knowledge-sharing space where members can jointly analyze, learn from peers, tap into expert opinions, and amalgamate resources to produce timely, effective, and actionable insights.  

Individuals

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Practitioners in pandemic and epidemic intelligence are welcome to Collaboratory to connect to peers in their domains of interest, share ideas and insights, to create new/utilize existing outputs and contribute to meeting Collaboratory objectives.  

Groups

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Groups of practitioners who share a common interest and actively engage in learning from one another, collaborating and co-creating in pandemic and epidemic intelligence are welcome to bring the group to Collaboratory to connect to peers in their domains of interest, share ideas and insights, to create new/utilize existing outputs and contribute to meeting the objectives. 

Communities of practice

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A community of practice is a group of people who "share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly" (Jean Lave, Etienne Wenger, 1991).  Collaboratory respects desired ways-of-working of existing communities of practice and is building on those foundations, empowering communities to grow and strengthen connections, collaborate, and cooperate with other individuals, groups, and communities of practice on Collaboratory.


Explore current communities and join Collaboratory

Collaboratory engages with a wide range of partners and practitioners and seeks to engage with a wide range of stakeholders across sectors and geographies to leverage strengths and resources. 

Collaboratory respects desired ways-of-working of existing groups and communities of practice and is building on those foundations. Initiatives for onboarding existing groups and communities of practice, as well as starting new groups and communities of practice in the pandemic and epidemic intelligence area, are encouraged and supported by Collaboratory. Support includes in onboarding, growing, strengthening connections, and facilitating collaboration, and cooperation internally and with other individuals, groups, and communities of practice.