Real world data from occupational safety programs revealed most Omicron cases were infectious for several days before being detectable by rapid antigen tests.
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Fall 2020 Scientific Speaking
Effective scientific communication is really hard This summer I met a few cast members from Saturday Night Live, including the comedian Mikey Day. I’m a big fan of the show and have watched it since old enough to stay up until 11:35pm on Saturdays. We talked about the their creative solutions for comedy during lock…
Economic Roots of COVID-19 Racial Inequities
COVID-19 disparities persist in our most vulnerable communities, including low-income families and racial and ethnic minorities, partly because of the financial necessity to continue working, as well as the lack of employment opportunities that enable their residents to work remotely. They are more likely to be essential workers, and that increases their exposure to the…
Advanced Methods for Math Modeling the Epidemiology and Economics of Coronavirus
Pulled from the Infectious Economics archives, these articles provide recommendations for the design and development of robust mathematical models of COVID-19 epidemiology and economics to reduce uncertainty in decision-making and inform evidence-based public policy. Associations are easy; valid causal inference is hard If we want to be honest in evaluating the winners and losers in…
The Atlantic: People v. Cancer
People of lower socioeconomic status face higher cancer death rates than their counterparts. African American men suffer the highest cancer incidence rate of any racial or ethnic group. But these gaps in cancer care can be addressed through policy. What does the case of Medicaid expansion reveal about cancer disparities in America? And what will…
Do FDA Alerts Impact Practice Patterns?
Think about the last time you were forced to make a decision in the face of uncertainty. You may have been choosing which job offer to accept or whether to move from renting to buying a home. You probably weighed the tradeoffs and asked yourself whether it made sense to gather additional information or to…
Solid Machine Learning Model Predicts New HIV Cases Using EHR Data
Incredible new research from Harvard and Kaiser contributed two substantial leaps forward this summer: first in the useful application of machine learning predictions using electronic health records and second in the accurate targeting of people who can benefit the most from HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. This paper in Lancet HIV by Marcus and colleagues is so good…
Crash a Hackathon, Crush a Plenary
“What if, instead, we could demonstrate what actually makes things better?” There was Blythe, interloper, uninvited guest. She gave an impassioned speech about how, using de-identified data, we could conduct a natural experiment to determine what actually makes things more equitable.
How to lead a research team from #hackathon to plenary in 6 months
The Flatiron study is proof of principle that real world evidence can be used to examine and inform health policy interventions, said Zafar, who led a discussion of Adamson’s study at the ASCO plenary session.
ACA Medicaid expansion eliminated racial disparities in timely cancer treatment
A summary about press coverage of results from a research study from Flatiron Health and Yale, presented at the ASCO 2019 Plenary Session. We learned that Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion was associated with reduction in racial disparity in timely treatment of advanced cancer. Results were reported in the The Washington Post, Wall Street…