Recent Projects

A cost/benefit model for influenza pandemic planning

  • SAGE Analytica was hired as a subcontractor to develop a computer-based model for an international pharmaceutical company. SAGE developed both the epidemiology and health economics modules for businesses to explore costs and benefits of stockpiling antiviral drugs.
  • SAGE Analytica developed and tested the analytical strategy for the model, and prepared an accompanying analytical report explaining in lay language what the model does, and how corporate executives should use it.

A computer model to educate consumers

  • A major medical data warehouse hired SAGE Analytica as a subcontractor to develop a computer-based model for one of its international pharmaceutical clients. SAGE developed both the epidemiology and health economics modules to for businesses to explore the potential costs and benefits of stockpiling an antiviral drug for use in a pandemic.

  • SAGE Analytica developed and tested the analytical strategy for the model, and prepared an accompanying analytical report explaining in lay language what the model does, and how corporate executives should use it.

  • The pharmaceutical client uses the model to as part of a novel marketing strategy. We are preparing to publish the scientific basis underlying the model in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

Training Software to Read Medical Text

  • Lockheed Martin hired SAGE Analytica to help train computer software to "read" and interpret free-text hospital discharge reports. The teams worked together to identify indicators of medical conditions, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, congestive heart failure, sleep apnea and many other obesity co-morbidities.

  • Lockheed supplied the computer experts and a software package developed to process free text. SAGE Analytica supplied subject matter expertise in statistical analysis, medicine, and medical communication; SAGE Analytica also helped develop the analytic strategy to optimize sensitivity and specificity of the system output.

  • The system was entered into an academic contest in which more than 40 systems competed for the highest score (https://www.i2b2.org/NLP/). The Lockheed/ SAGE Analytica team tied for first and second place two main categories and was among the few participants invited to submit a paper to the Journal of the Association for Medical Informatics (JAMIA).

A Rush Proposal

  • At the eleventh hour, a contractor hired SAGE Analytica to revamp a proposal for a multimillion dollar government contract.

  • Over two days, working up to 4 a.m. the day of the deadline, we worked closely with the client to transform the proposal into a winning document.

  • The proposal came out among the top 3 winner, securing our client a prospective share of the ongoing work.

Joining a Worldwide Team

  • The Google Foundation invited Lone Simonsen of SAGE Analytica to help shape its "Predict and Prevent" initiative. The project's goal is to speed identification of emerging infectious diseases. Along with 20 other internationally-recognized experts in global health, she provided ideas and direction to the project at a 2-day meeting. The initiative is now getting underway.

On the Cutting Edge

  • Sponsored by a grant from a major pharmaceutical company, SAGE Analytica is developing a model to determine the epidemiologic connection between influenza and bacterial pneumonia and other invasive bacterial diseases. This research project will inform public health on the possible role of antibiotics and vaccines against secondary respiratory infections in preparing for a future influenza pandemic.

Supporting Academia

  • A group of academic investigators is currently working with SAGE to develop the most effective strategy for analyzing time series data in an intervention study of influenza vaccine effectiveness.