Publications
Below is a list of recent publications by CEID faculty, including the names of the affiliated authors. To learn more about specific members of our faculty and their research click here.
May 2023
- JAMA Network Open Misinformation messages shared via WhatsApp in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study Dr. Veronika Wirtz (co-author)
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases Genomic Epidemiology of a SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak in a U.S. Major League Soccer Club: Was it travel related? Dr. David Hamer; Dr. John Connor (co-authors)
- Veterinary Pathology Hepatic proinflammatory myeloid phenotypes are a hallmark of Ebola virus Kikwit pathogenesis in rhesus monkeys Dr. John Connor (co-author)
- Infectious Diseases of Poverty High-risk spatiotemporal patterns of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a nationwide study in Iran from 2011 to 2020 Dr. David Hamer (co-author)
- BMC Health Services Research Policies enacted during COVID-19 came with unintended health benefits: why go back? Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez (co-author)
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases Healthcare During Travel: A Geosentinel Descriptive Analysis, 2017-2020 Dr. David Hamer (co-author)
- Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research Compliance of good storage practices of pharmacies and medicine outlets: a scoping review Dr. Muhammad Zaman; Dr. Veronika Wirtz (co-authors)
April 2023
- Vaccines Heterogeneity in Vaccinal Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Can Be Addressed by a Personalized Booster Strategy Dr. Laura White (co-author)
- iScience The Human E3 ligase RNF185 is a regulator of the SARS-CoV-2 envelope protein Dr. Robert Davey (co-author)
- iScience Cell culture systems for isolation of SARS-CoV-2 clinical isolates and generation of recombinant virus Dr. John Connor (co-author)
- Vaccines Vaccines Alone Cannot Slow the Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Dr. Laura White (co-author)
March 2023
- The Lancet Global Health Clinical research as a critical component of epidemic response: the case of PREVAIL in Liberia Dr. Mosoka Fallah (co-author)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology Use of expert consensus to develop a shared list of procedures with potential for aerosol generation during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic Dr. Preeti Mehrotra; Dr. Cassandra Pierre (co-authors)
- PLOS One Associations between mortality from COVID-19 and other causes: A state-level analysis Dr. Andrew Stokes (co-author)
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases Challenges and Approaches to High-Level Isolation Unit Staffing and Just-in-Time Training: A Meeting Report Lauren Sauer (co-author)
February 2023
- Pathogens Establishment of an Inactivation Method for Ebola Virus and SARS-CoV-2 Suitable for Downstream Sequencing of Low Cell Numbers Dr. Adam Hume (co-author)
- PLoS One Trends in maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic–evidence from Zambia Dr. David Hamer (co-author)
January 2023
- medRxiv The impact of vaccination frequency on COVID-19 public health outcomes: A model-based analysis Dr. Laura White (co-author)
- medRxiv Antibody escape, the risk of serotype formation, and rapid immune waning: modeling the implications of SARS-CoV-2 immune evasion Dr. Laura White (co-author)
- medRxiv Shielding under endemic SARS-CoV-2 conditions is easier said than done: a model-based analysis Dr. Laura White (co-author)
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Adapting an In-Home Randomized Intervention Trial Protocol for COVID-19 Precautions Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez (co-author)
- BMC Public Health Feasibility of digital contact tracing in low-income settings – pilot trial for a location-based DCT app Dr. Mosoka Fallah (co-author)
- MedRxiv Variations in COVID-19 impacts by social vulnerability in Philadelphia, June 2020-December 2022 Dr. Ellie Murray (co-author)
- MedRxiv Differences Between Reported COVID-19 Deaths and Estimated Excess Deaths in Counties Across the United States, March 2020 to February 2022 Dr. Andrew Stokes (co-author)
- Nature Spike and nsp6 are key determinants of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 attenuation Dr. John Connor (co-author)
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases Monkeypox Vaccination Strategy and Missed Opportunities in STI and HIV Prevention: An Urban Sexual Health Clinic’s Experience During a Public Health Emergency Dr. Cassandra Pierre (co-author)
December 2022
- Journal of Travel Medicine Dengue outbreak amongst travellers returning from Cuba—GeoSentinel surveillance network, January–September 2022 Dr. David Hamer (co-author)
- Viruses Inactivation of Ebola Virus and SARS-CoV-2 in Cell Culture Supernatants and Cell Pellets by Gamma Irradiation Dr. John Connor (co-author)
- Brill The IMF COVID-19 Surveillance Monitor Dr. Kevin Gallagher (co-author)
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases 313. Performance of Rapid Diagnostic Testing at Days 4-6 from Diagnosis: Implications for Discharge from Isolation on a University Campus Dr. John Connor; Dr. David Hamer; Dr. Laura White (co-authors)
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases 1526. Time from last COVID-19 vaccination’s impact on rapidity of viral culture conversion following SARS-CoV-2 infection: a prospective cohort study Dr. John Connor; Dr. David Hamer; Dr. Laura White (co-authors)
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases 298. Successful Treatment of Persistent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient Dr. John Connor (co-author)
- BJOG COVID-19 Antibody Positivity Over Time and Pregnancy Outcomes in Seven Low-and-Middle-Income Countries: A Prospective, Observational Study of the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research Dr. Patricia Hibberd (co-author)
- EMJ Overcoming COVID-19 Misinformation: Lessons Learned at the Epicentre of the Outbreak in the USA Dr. Syra Madad (co-author)
November 2022
- medRxiv Monthly excess mortality across counties in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic, March 2020 to February 2022 Dr. Andrew Stokes (co-author)
- iScience Linking contact tracing with genomic surveillance to deconvolute SARS-CoV-2 transmission on a university campus Dr. John Connor (co-author)
- Policy Commons V20 Debt Review: An account of debt in the Vulnerable Group of Twenty Dr. Kevin Gallagher (co-author)
- Annals of Internal Medicine Contact Tracing and Exposure Investigation in Response to the First Case of Monkeypox Virus Infection in the United States During the 2022 Global Monkeypox Outbreak Dr. Preeti Mehrotra (co-author)
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Pharmacist-driven assessment and prescribing of COVID-19 therapeutics: A large, tertiary academic medical center’s experience Dr. Jai Marathe (co-author)
- New England Journal of Medicine Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff Dr. Ellie Murray (co-author)
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine COVID-19 Vaccination and Racial/Ethnic Inequities in Mortality at Midlife in Minnesota Dr. Andrew Stokes (co-author)
- BMJ Global Health Risk factors for community-acquired bacterial infection among young infants in South Asia: a longitudinal cohort study with nested case–control analysis Drs. David Hamer & Patricia Hibberd (co-authors)
October 2022
- BMC Health Services Research Health literacy, health outcomes and community health worker utilization: a cohort study in HIV primary care Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez (co-author)
- American Journal of Public Health How Is COVID-19 Impacting You? A Community-Based Photovoice Workshop Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez (co-author)
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Identification of Small Molecules with Improved Potency against Orthopoxviruses from Vaccinia to Smallpox Dr. John Connor (co-author)
- iScience Linking contact tracing with genomic surveillance to deconvolute SARS-CoV-2 transmission on a university campus Drs. David Hamer & John Connor (co-authors)
- The Lancet Infectious Diseases Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with monkeypox in the GeoSentinel Network: a cross-sectional study Dr. David Hamer (co-author)
- PNAS Pandemic origins and a One Health approach to preparedness and prevention: Solutions based on SARS-CoV-2 and other RNA viruses Dr. Gerald Keusch (co-author)
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization Missing data on accessibility of children’s medicines Dr. Veronika Wirtz (co-author)
September 2022
- NASA Biological Diversity and Ecological Forecasting: Current state of knowledge and considerations for the next decade Dr. Michael Dietze (co-author)
- PNAS Dynamics of racial disparities in all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic Dr. Andrew Stokes (co-author)
- Journal of Medical Virology Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Activity of Targeted Kinase Inhibitors: Repurposing Clinically Available Drugs for COVID-19 Therapy Dr. Robert Davey (co-author)
- Journal of Globalization and Development “Keep the Receipts:” The Political Economy of IMF Austerity During and After the Crisis Years of 2009 and 2020 Dr. Kevin Gallagher (co-author)
- PLoS One Veterinary consumption of highest priority critically important antimicrobials and various growth promoters based on import data in Pakistan Drs. Muhammad Zaman & Veronkia Wirtz (co-authors)
- Stem Cell Reports Ebola virus infection induces a delayed type I IFN response in bystander cells and the shutdown of key liver genes in human iPSC-derived hepatocytes Dr. Adam Hume (co-author)
- The Lancet COVID-19 mortality and excess mortality among working-age residents in California, USA, by occupational sector: a longitudinal cohort analysis of mortality surveillance data Dr. Andrew Stokes (co-author)
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases Identifying pauci-/asymptomatic and unrecognized Ebola virus disease among close contacts based on exposure risk assessments and screening algorithms Dr. Mosoka Fallah (co-author)
August 2022
- African Health Sciences Support for the response to COVID-19 in Uganda: contribution of the global health security program at Makerere University’s Infectious Diseases InstituteDr. Rodgers Ayebare (co-author)
- Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science Relative Risk Assessment for Substandard Antibiotics Along the Manufacturing and Supply Chain: A Proof-of-Concept Study Drs. Veronika Wirtz & Muhammad Zaman (co-authors)
- Antiviral Research Ligand-based design of peptide entry inhibitors targeting the endosomal receptor binding site of filoviruses Dr. Robert Davey (co-author)
- ASM mBio Marburg Virus VP30 Is Required for Transcription Initiation at the Glycoprotein Gene Dr. Robert Davey (co-author)
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases Understanding early pandemic SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a medical center by incorporating public sequencing databases to mitigate bias Dr. John Connor (co-author)
- JAMA Network Open Duration of Symptoms and Association With Positive Home Rapid Antigen Test Results After Infection With SARS-CoV-2 John Connor, Phd (co-author)
- Research Square A high-throughput single-particle imaging platform for antibody characterization and a novel competition assay for therapeutic antibodies John Connor, PhD (co-author)
- Global Health Promotion Vaccination coverage at seven months of age in Limpopo Province, South Africa: A cross-sectional survey David Hamer, MD (co-author)
- Current Infectious Disease Reports Travel in the Time of COVID: A Review of International Travel Health in a Global Pandemic David Hamer, MD (co-author)
- iScience Identification of potent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 infection by combined pharmacological evaluation and cellular network prioritization Dr. Robert Davey (co-author)
- MedRxiv Impact of Lifting School Masking Requirements on Incidence of COVID-19 among Staff and Students in Greater-Boston Area School Districts: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis Ellie Murray,ScD (co-author)
- Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action Advancing COVID-19 Response through Community Participation: Lessons Learned from Community–Academic Research Partnerships for Health Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD (co-author)
- JAMA Network Open Examination of SARS-CoV-2 In-Class Transmission at a Large Urban University With Public Health Mandates Using Epidemiological and Genomic Methodology David Hamer, MD & John Connor, PhD (co-authors)
- Research Square Policy Responses to COVID-19: Lessons for the Global Trade and Investment Regime Warren Kaplan, PhD, JD, MPH & Veronica Wirtz, MSc, PhD (co-authors)
July 2022
- Journal of Travel Medicine Travel associated extensively drug resistant typhoid fever: a case series to inform management in non-endemic regions Dr. David Hamer (co-author)
- Preventive Medicine Reports E-cigarette use among high school students in the United States prior to the COVID-19 pandemic: Trends, correlates, and sources of acquisition Andrew Stokes, PhD (co-author)
- Public Health Reports Community-Based Workforce for COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Prevention Activities in New York City, July–December 2020 Dr. Syra Madad (co-author)
- PLOS One Comparison of anterior nares CT values in asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 in a university screening program Dr. David Hamer, Dr. Laura White (co-authors)
June 2022
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases Risk Factors for Admission Within a Hospital-Based COVID-19 Home Monitoring Program Dr. Jai Marathe (co-author)
- Spatial Information Research Spatial epidemiology of COVID-19 infection through the first outbreak in the city of Mashhad, Iran Dr. David Hamer (co-author)
- Retrovirology Defective HIV-1 genomes and their potential impact on HIV pathogenesis Dr. Andrew J. Henderson (co-author)
- Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness In Layman’s Terms: The Power and Problem of Science Communication Dr. Syra Madad (co-editor)
- Journal of Travel Medicine Malaria in sub-Saharan Africa—a continuing risk for international travelers Dr. David Hamer (co-author)
- Data in Brief Monoclonal antibodies binding data for SARS-CoV-2 proteins Dr. Robert Davey (co-author)
- The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia Consumption of systemic antibiotics in India in 2019 Dr. Veronika Wirtz (co-author)
- American Journal of Preventive Medicine Medicaid Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Policies: Impact on Testing and Treatment in the Commercially Insured Dr. Laura White (co-author)
- SLAS Technology Buildout and integration of an automated high-throughput CLIA laboratory for SARS-CoV-2 testing on a large urban campus Dr. David Hamer (co-author)
- AIDS and Behavior Real-time Feedback to Improve HIV Treatment Adherence in Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Uganda: A Randomized Controlled Trial Dr. David Hamer, Dr. Lisa Hemmersmith (co-authors)
- iovs Long-term decrease in intraocular pressure in survivors of Ebola virus disease in the PREVAIL III Study Dr. Mosoka Fallah (co-author)
- Clinical Infectious Diseases The contribution of reinfection to annual rate of tuberculosis infection (ARI) and incidence of TB disease Dr. Laura White (co-author)
May 2022
- Journal of Molecular Biology Development of Monoclonal Antibodies to Detect for SARS-CoV-2 Proteins Dr. Robert Davey (co-author)
- Virology Adipocytes are susceptible to Ebola Virus infection Dr. Robert Davey (co-author)
- BJOG Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of pregnant women regarding COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy in 7 low and middle-income countries: An observational trial from the Global Network Dr. Patricia Hibberd (co-author)
- Clinical Infectious Diseases Early introduction and rise of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in highly vaccinated university populations Dr. Laura White, Dr. David Hamer, Dr. John Connor (co-authors)
- Health Security Special Pathogens Readiness in the United States: from Ebola to COVID-19 to Disease X and Beyond Lauren Sauer, MS (co-author)
- JAMA Network Open Evaluation of Age Patterns of COVID-19 Mortality by Race and Ethnicity in the US Dr. Andrew Stokes (co-author)
- PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Use of benznidazole to treat chronic Chagas disease: An updated systematic review with a meta-analysis Dr. David Hamer (co-author)
- Annals of Internal Medicine Addressing Inequities in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Uptake: The Boston Medical Center Health System Experience Dr. Cassandra Pierre (co-author)
- The Lancet Infectious Disease Clinical sequelae among individuals with pauci-symptomatic or asymptomatic Ebola virus infection and unrecognised Ebola virus disease in Liberia: a longitudinal cohort study Dr. Mosoka Fallah (co-author)
- Health Security Developing a Rapid Response Single IRB Model for Conducting Research During a Public Health Emergency Lauren Sauer, MS (co-author)
- The FASEB Journal Interferon-alpha or -beta Facilitates SARS-CoV-2 Pulmonary Vascular Infection by Inducing ACE2 Dr. Adam Hume (co-author)
- JAMA Network Open Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Estimated Excess Mortality From External Causes in the US, March to December 2020 Dr. Andrew Stokes (co-author)
April 2022
- Health Security Increasing International Collaboration and Networking Among High-level Isolation Units and Programs Lauren Sauer, MS (co-author)
- Health Security Health Security Prepared to Act: Lessons Learned by the Special Pathogens Research Network, Based on Collaborations with the NIAID-Led Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial Lauren Sauer, MS (co-author)
- Health Security Contributions of the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers to the US COVID-19 Pandemic Response Lauren Sauer, MS (co-author)
- Journal of Globalization and Development Policy Space for Building Production Capabilities in the Pharmaceuticals Sector in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from Bangladesh Dr. Kevin Gallagher, Dr. Andrew Henderson, Dr. Veronika Wirtz (co-authors)
- MedRxiv Excess all-cause mortality across counties in the United States, March 2020 to December 2021 Dr. Andrew Stokes (co-author)
- PLOS ONE Household access to non-communicable disease medicines during universal health care roll-out in Kenya: A time series analysis Dr. Veronika Wirtz (co-author)
- Health Security Opportunity Among Disaster: Reflecting on 2 Disaster Scenarios During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lauren Sauer, MS (co-author)
- PLOS Contextualizing mobility during the Ebola epidemic in Liberia Dr. Mosoka Fallah (co-author)
- G7 Addressing the Debt Crisis in the Global South: Debt Relief for sustainable Recoveries Dr. Kevin Gallagher (co-author)
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Neglected Testing for Neglected Tropical Diseases at the CDC Dr. David Hamer (co-author)
- Harm Reduction Journal Integration of a community-based harm reduction program into a safety net hospital: a qualitative study Dr. Cassandra Pierre (co-author)
- MedRxiv Viral dynamics of Omicron and Delta SARS-CoV-2 variants with implications for timing of release from isolation: a longitudinal cohort study Dr. John Connor (co-author)
- BJOG Health Care in Pregnancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Pregnancy Outcomes in Six Low-and-Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from a Prospective, Observational Registry of the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Dr. Patricia Hibberd (co-author)
- Cell Reports Humanized mice reveal a macrophage-enriched gene signature defining human lungtissue protection during SARS-CoV-2 infection Dr. John Connor (co-author)