Cellpodium, LLC

Living a Healthier Life

Marie Zoghbi — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:14:19 +0000

Cell Podium and the Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease (CEED) are broadcasting educational videos on breast cancer and the environment. Every week, a new video will feature a CEED scientist discussing the latest research on this topic. And you do not need a computer to watch the videos: you can watch them anytime directly on your cell phone! You can even send these videos from your cell phone to family or friends that are interested in Breast Cancer and the Environment.

There is nothing to install, and no passwords to remember.

From your cell phone, just call (973) 735-6785 and the automated voice system will guide you through the quick sign-up process. If you prefer to receive the videos via email, just send an email to breastcancer@cellpodium.com. Your phone number or email address will only be used to deliver the videos, and will not be released to anyone.

To stop receiving videos, just call (973) 735-6785 (if you enrolled via email, just send an email to breastcancer@cellpodium.com with “Remove” in the subject line).

This project is funded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences grant P30ES005022 and 1R41ES019020-01.

NJ BIN Spotlights Dr. Cesar Bandera and Cell Podium

Evanda Henry — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:07:19 +0000

The winter newsletter for the New Jersey Business Incubation Network features an article on the many triumphs in innovation by Dr. Cesar Bandera, including his success in starting Cell Podium and watching it grow. The article, entitled A Video in Every Phone, gives a good idea of the inspiration and expansion of Cell Podium that has enabled significant projects like the Cholera Project for Haiti through the CDC. To view this article click here.

The Just-In-Time Emergency Incident System (JITEIS) is an ARRA Success

Evanda Henry — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:28:26 +0000

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences applauds Dr. Cesar Bandera’s use of a Recovery Act grant in the ARRA Success Story Training and Health Information Sent via Cell Phone. Dr. Bandera, co-founder of Cell Podium and founder of BanDeMar Networks, originally developed JITTEIS under the umbrella of BanDeMar Network in response to a critical need for mobile emergency responder training by the US Department of Health and Human Services. The technology was conceived to provide emergency responders with information in situations where there is no time or ability to search for information on the web. However, the need to get necessary information urgently to the people who need it has proven to be a growing concern in all industries. Cell Podium was established in 2008 to expand the JITTEIS concept of pushing information to cell phones regardless of carrier, data plan, or internet capabilities to multiple industries. Since then, Cell Podium has been fine tuning JITTEIS to further aid workers, patients, and the public-at-large. NIEHS has taken note of these improvements and the projects generated through them. To check out the article click here.

Cell Podium Highlights JITMM at the 2011 Handheld Technology Expo

Evanda Henry — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:53:48 +0000

Cell Podium, an award winning developer of mobile multimedia technology, announced that it will be showcasing its Just-In-Time Multimedia Messaging system at the 2011 Handheld Technology Expo, hosted by the NIH Handheld User Group, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the NIH Building 10 South Entrance Lobby, booth 22. From 9:30am-2:00pm Cell Podium will be showing how its Just-In-Time Mobile Multimedia system is designed to provide just-in-time training (JITT) and information to a highly mobile and dispersed audience, and has broad government, civilian, industry, and entertainment applications. At 12:50pm, Dr. Cesar Bandera, Cell Podium co-founder, will be discussing how to use mobile technology for outreach and training without user intervention or Internet access at the Masur Auditorium . Dr. Bandera will also be on hand throughout the day to demonstrate how the JITMM system reliably delivers multimedia lessons to cell phones.

Cell Podium, LLC offers mobile alerts, training, and information services that automatically push time-critical multimedia messages to cell phones regardless of subscriber’s phone model, service provider, or access to the internet. The messages provide lesson and alert videos that supplement traditional communications and training methods. The services also collect time-critical multimedia (pictures and videos) captured with cell phones. The pushed multimedia can be archived or live content authored by the customer and/or by Cell Podium. Please visit Cell Podium’s exhibit at booth 22 of the 2011 Handheld Technology Expo to learn more about the benefits of using JITMM.

Cell Podium Creates and Broadcasts Winter Weather Preparedness Videos for CDC

Marie Zoghbi — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:32:41 +0000

With the winter season in full effect, individuals can never be too prepared for Mother Nature’s bitter cold temperatures or blizzard-like conditions. Are you prepared for winter weather conditions? Cell Podium has partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create Winter Weather Preparedness videos to help you be prepared this winter season. A free mobile subscription is available to CDC.gov users to receive the videos on their cell phones. Every few days a new video will be delivered with tips for protecting yourself and others in the winter weather. Subscribers will be able to forward the messages they receive to friends, family, and colleagues.

Subscribe Now

To receive winter preparedness videos on your cell phone via MMS or mobile web, dial (973)735-5823 and an automated voice system will guide you through the quick enrollment process. If you wish to receive videos via email to your mobile device, simply send an email to winter@cellpodium.com.

Your email address or phone number will only be used to deliver the requested information.

Unsubscribing

To stop receiving videos, simply dial (973)735-5823 , or if you enrolled via email then just send an email to winter@cellpodium.com with “Remove” in the subject line.

Cell Podium awarded Phase I SBIR from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Evanda Henry — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:59:40 +0000

Cell Podium has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Contract from the CDC’s Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (formerly the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response).This program is focused on developing and evaluating mobile data protocols for terrorism preparedness and emergency response tools that supplement text messaging with multimedia. Cell Podium will team up with the Office of Public Health Practice (OPHP) and the New Jersey Center for Public Health Preparedness (NJCPHP) of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health (UMDNJ-SPH) to evaluate the utility and feasibility of ubiquitous mobile multimedia messaging for terrorism preparedness and emergency response. The effort will design and evaluate MMS interoperability solutions, including those already in use at the Atlantic OSHA Training Center, and assess their utility in different terrorism preparedness and emergency response scenarios, including communications with field personnel, the public, and institutions. Requirements assessment will be verified with local, state, and federal health and response agencies. The effort will also design interfaces between mobile multimedia and existing social media providers and evaluate their ability to accelerate the propagation of time-critical information (e.g., viral media distribution on Twitter).

Cell Podium develops Gulf Clean-up Training Videos

Evanda Henry — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:45:05 +0000

The health and safety of workers including those cleaning up the BP oil spill is of top priority to Cell Podium and our clients, including the Worker Education and Training Program (WETP) of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/careers/hazmat/, and the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention http://emergency.cdc.gov/cdcpreparedness/index.asp.

Among the efforts to protect these workers and the public that risk exposure to oil contamination is the offering of mobile-accessible oil spill response training. Cell Podium has developed six just-in-time training videos from the WETP Oil Spill Response Training Tool that give crucial and imperative safety training within one minute for each topic:

Heat Stress
Protect Yourself
Level D PPE

These videos are available in English and Spanish and are currently poster for free through our YouTube page, http://youtube.com/user/cellpodium, as an opportunity for additional training for workers in the field, especially those with limited experience with chemicals. Subscribe to our YouTube page to get the latest safety video updates.

JITTEIS deployed at the Liberty RadEX

Evanda Henry — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:24:22 +0000

In April 2010, Cell Podium participated in the Liberty RadEX, a drill performed in Philadelphia and sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to test the country’s capability to clean up and help communities recover from a dirty bomb terrorist attack. Liberty RadEx portrays conditions at least 30 days after a radiological dispersion device was detonated in Independence National Park. The drill is unique in that it simulated the end of the emergency phase when response operations transition to new teams brought in to test areas for radiation contamination, determine cleanup plans, and help communities recover.

JITTEIS was used in this exercise to broadcast emergency information to the safety officers at all the exercise venues, which was in turn forwarded to the workers under their supervision. During the exercise 93% of the safety officers (30 officers) completed registration successfully, with only seven participants registering through their email address. Over the course of the exercise 16 courses were broadcasted. Results from the exercise are currently being assessed and will be used toward development of the JITTEIS.

Cell Podium displays at TCIP 2010

Evanda Henry — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:54:08 +0000

From February 2-4, 2010, nearly 1,000 emergency responders from across the US convened in Philadelphia, PA alongside national public safety organizations and Federal agency hosts, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate at the 11st Annual Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness (TCIP) Conference and Expo. The public safety community learned about cutting-edge technology for use in prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. The event was co-hosted by the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Defense (DOD), and the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation (NAPSG Foundation) is a partner organization. This year’s conference included an informational session on DHS’s recently announced Virtual USA initiative, an effort supported by the NAPSG and which aids in advancing data interoperability and sharing for emergency responders. It also included sessions on prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery and the technological and training tools available for the emergency response community to effectively manage future hazards and incidents. The conference was an opportunity to directly meet with Federal agencies and members of the public safety community on current emergency response challenges and the brainstorming of potential solutions.

Cell Podium demonstrated its mobile multimedia broadcast service at the 2010 Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference hosted by DHHS, DOD, and DOJ in Philadelphia. At their booth, Cell Podium staff described and demonstrated the commercial version of the Just-In-Time Training for Emergency Incidents System to emergency responders and heads of federal agencies.

Cell Podium hires Student Interns with ARRA Award

Evanda Henry — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:47:51 +0000

Cell Podium has been awarded an Administrative Supplement by the National Institute of Health for the development of Advanced Training Technology for the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) Worker Education and Training Program (WETP).

The main purpose of the grant was to hire students to give them the opportunity to:

Earn some money (and spend it)
Learn in a professional environment
Add value with their work

Cell Podium hired two college students from the New Jersey Institute of Technology- Carlos Paulino and Evanda Henry in addition to one temporary worker. These students are being trained for a continued career in a technology-driven world with the skills necessary for content development and business leadership. Because of this award one new high-tech job can be added for every five clients that subscribe to JITTEIS.

This grant is being used to enhance our technology by making it easier to use, more affordable, and accelerate its commercial deployment.

In addition a separate new tool was developed to automatically convert live multimedia into mobile formats. The ARRA grant has enabled Cell Podium to present their new technology at several shows and event. The students helped prepare for these events as well as being present during the events. Last but not least it was possible to develop several online courses for the safety of helpers of the current golf oil spill disasters. These courses were placed free on YouTube (www.youtube.com/cellpodium).