Rachel Rebecca Yorlets
Postdoctoral Fellow - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Rachel Yorlets, PhD MPH is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Biostatistics at the Boston University School of Public Health. Her research agenda applies modern causal inference methods to social epidemiology questions, and she is especially interested in understanding how migration affects long-term health care engagement among vulnerable populations. She enjoys teaching and mentoring.
Dr. Yorlets earned her PhD in Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health and her MPH in Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health.
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Publications
- Published on 4/30/2025
Yorlets RR, Goméz-Olivé FX, Ginsburg C, Harawa S, Kahn K, Tollman S, Collinson M, Lurie M. Self-reported HIV testing and treatment among migrants from northeast South Africa: A cross-sectional, population-based analysis. South Afr J HIV Med. 2025; 26(1):1666. PMID: 40356942.
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- Published on 11/11/2024
Yorlets RR, Lee Y, Gantenberg JR. Calculating risk and prevalence ratios and differences in R: Developing intuition with a hands-on tutorial and code. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 Nov; 99:48-53. PMID: 39531944.
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- Published on 10/15/2024
Yorlets RR, Lee Y, Gantenberg JR. Corrigendum to "Calculating risk and prevalence ratios and differences in R: Developing intuition with a hands-on tutorial and code" [Ann Epidemiol 86 (2023) 104-109]. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 15; 99:47. PMID: 39413480.
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- Published on 1/20/2024
Samuels EA, Goedel WC, Jent V, Conkey L, Hallowell BD, Karim S, Koziol J, Becker S, Yorlets RR, Merchant R, Keeler LA, Reddy N, McDonald J, Alexander-Scott N, Cerda M, Marshall BDL. Characterizing opioid overdose hotspots for place-based overdose prevention and treatment interventions: A geo-spatial analysis of Rhode Island, USA. Int J Drug Policy. 2024 Mar; 125:104322. PMID: 38245914.
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- Published on 8/10/2023
Yorlets RR, Lee Y, Gantenberg JR. Calculating risk and prevalence ratios and differences in R: developing intuition with a hands-on tutorial and code. Ann Epidemiol. 2023 Oct; 86:104-109. PMID: 37572803.
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- Published on 3/21/2023
Dzomba A, Ginsburg C, Kabudula CW, Yorlets RR, Ndagurwa P, Harawa S, Lurie MN, McGarvey ST, Tollman S, Collinson MA, White MJ, Gomez-Olive FX. Epidemiology of chronic multimorbidity and temporary migration in a rural South African community in health transition: A cross-sectional population-based analysis. Front Epidemiol. 2023; 3:1054108. PMID: 38455922.
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- Published on 3/1/2023
Yorlets RR, Lurie MN, Ginsburg C, Hogan JW, Joyce NR, Harawa S, Collinson MA, Gómez-Olivé FX, White MJ. Correction to: Validity of Self-Report for Ascertaining HIV Status Among Circular Migrants and Permanent Residents in South Africa: A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Analysis. AIDS Behav. 2023 Mar; 27(3):928. PMID: 36357810.
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- Published on 2/6/2023
Griffith J, Yorlets RR, Chambers LC, Davis CS, Wentz A, Beaudoin FL, Baird J, Samuels EA. Statewide Policy to Increase Provision of Take-Home Naloxone at Emergency Department Visits for Opioid Overdose, Rhode Island, 2018?2019. Am J Public Health. 2023 Apr; 113(4):372-377. PMID: 36745856.
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- Published on 9/20/2022
Ledesma JR, Lurie P, Yorlets RR, Daly G, Chrysanthopoulou S, Lurie MN. Spurious early ecological association suggesting BCG vaccination effectiveness for COVID-19. PLoS One. 2022; 17(9):e0274900. PMID: 36125984.
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- Published on 9/16/2022
Yorlets RR, Lurie MN, Ginsburg C, Hogan JW, Joyce NR, Harawa S, Collinson MA, Gómez-Olivé FX, White MJ. Validity of Self-Report for Ascertaining HIV Status Among Circular Migrants and Permanent Residents in South Africa: A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based Analysis. AIDS Behav. 2023 Mar; 27(3):919-927. PMID: 36112260.
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