EpiEarth wins 2025 R&D 100 awards

EpiEarth predicts the number of disease cases, disease risk and the impact of mitigations on potential epidemics.

The software can predict on a day, season or decadal timescale, giving officials the necessary time to plan. The modular design enables the substitution of different models, diseases or vector species, making EpiEarth generalizable across vector-borne diseases that affect humans, crops and livestock. “15 years ago, those in both earth sciences and epidemiology, we could see this was coming. We knew these things were moving north, and so we needed to predict that,” said Jeanne Fair, co-principal investigator.

“Human health is a very important component for national security, and vector-borne diseases are just one segment of human health,” added Morgan Gorris, an investigator on the project.