On-Demand Webinar

Contact Tracing for Public Health:

Using Analytics and Data Visualization to Identify At-Risk Populations to Reduce Disease Spread

About the webinar

Contact tracing is a crucial tactic in reducing the spread of communicable diseases such as COVID-19. It’s used to break the chain of transmission by identifying people who have been exposed to an infected person so that they can take necessary steps to isolate themselves, or if they are already showing symptoms, begin treatment.

The current pandemic has exposed weaknesses in the traditional approach to contact tracing. The swiftness of the COVID-19 outbreak around the globe has overstressed the public health infrastructure and has underlined the need for innovative solutions to modernize contact tracing capabilities.

Below are some of the pressing challenges that organizations need to overcome using Analytics:

  • Slowing the speed of transmission. Coronavirus is spreading faster than public health officials can interview patients and track down contacts. SAS® has proven link and network analytics that can be used for epidemic investigation.
  • Mobilizing sufficient public health resources. The number of confirmed cases has far exceeded the typical caseloads for public health agencies in many countries. Analytics can help case investigators more quickly identify sources of infection and high risk areas -- saving thousands of hours of manual reviews.
  • Improving coordination among diverse agencies. Without a common standard for collecting and storing contact tracing data, it’s challenging to share data across borders. SAS data management capabilities can help you make better use of large volumes of (and share) contact data from a variety of sources.

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About the Experts


Varun Mehta

Practice Head, Global Fraud and Security Intelligence 
SAS

Varun is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) has over 14 years of experience in the Fraud domain working with Financial Institutions, Governments, Commercial customers and Fortune 100 Companies. Varun has a very strong understanding of Government, Security, Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Banking systems, Integration environments as well as fraud prevention and detection techniques and is a key member of the global product teams at SAS including Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Prevention, Public Security as well as Financial Crimes and Insiders frauds having worked on active criminal cases in Regional, State, Domestic and International arenas.

Varun has actively worked with over 20+ governments as well as key nations in working on several areas of Fraud, waste and abuse in the ministries of Defense, Home Affairs, Social Affairs, Healthcare, Education, Manpower, Justice and Corrections as well as Legal and policy frameworks.


Jason Loh

Head - Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, Asia Pacific, Global Tech Practice, SAS

Jason is the Head of AI & Analytics, SAS Global Technology Practice for APAC region. He leads a regional team to guide customers and partners to get the most out of data - with industry solutions powered by analytics, AI/ machine learning & natural language technologies across multiple cloud architectures.

Over the last decade in SAS, he focus on advisory/ technical roles, supporting Asia Pacific customers to drive successful projects for customers in financial services, government and global tech companies including Huawei, Samsung, LG, Sony and Lenovo. He actively contributes to public conferences, industry panels and academia on various AI/ Analytics topics annually.


Joseph Guanio

Fraud and AML Practice Lead, SAS Philippines

Joseph has been with SAS for more than 12 years. He was part of the SAS Professional services and Delivery group for the most part of his career and has extensive experience implementing SAS solutions. He leads the local Anti-Money Laundering practice for PSD and recently moved to Customer Advisory group as the Fraud and AML Practice Lead. As the lead for this practice, Joseph is responsible for assisting the account teams in providing the right Fraud and AML solutions to customers and making sure that customers are utilizing these solutions to help them achieve their business needs.

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