Editorial OJPHI Vol 7, No 3 (2015)

This issue contains 5 original articles covering various topics in the application of data sciences to public health practice. These range from development of data visualization platforms to facilitate health workforce planning; the development of visualization methods for utilizing incomplete data for surveillance; development of agent-based model to explore the prevalence of gonococcal infections among those who adhere to the CDC guidelines for the use of pre-exposure prophylactic for the prevention of HIV infections in high risk populations; description of a methodology for facilitating inter-disciplinary collaboration for the advancement of global public health surveillance; and an examination of the use of clinical decision support systems within immunization information systems.