Publications

Challenges in Forecasting Antimicrobial Resistance

Pei S, Blumberg S, Vega JC, et al. Challenges in Forecasting Antimicrobial Resistance. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023;29(4):679-685. doi:10.3201/eid2904.221552


Aligning staff schedules, testing, and isolation reduces the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in carceral and other congregate settings: A simulation study

Hoover CM, Skaff NK, Blumberg S, Fukunaga R. Aligning staff schedules, testing, and isolation reduces the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in carceral and other congregate settings: A simulation study. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023;3(1):e0001302. Published 2023 Jan 6. doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0001302


Modeling scenarios for mitigating outbreaks in congregate settings

Blumberg S, Lu P, Kwan AT, et al. Modeling scenarios for mitigating outbreaks in congregate settings. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022;18(7):e1010308. Published 2022 Jul 20. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010308


Developing a COVID-19 WHO Clinical Progression Scale inpatient database from electronic health record data

Ramaswamy P, Gong JJ, Saleh SN, et al. Developing a COVID-19 WHO Clinical Progression Scale inpatient database from electronic health record data. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2022;29(7):1279-1285. doi:10.1093/jamia/ocac041


Early identification of patients admitted to hospital for covid-19 at risk of clinical deterioration: model development and multisite external validation study

Kamran F, Tang S, Otles E, McEvoy D S, Saleh S N, Gong J et al. Early identification of patients admitted to hospital for covid-19 at risk of clinical deterioration: model development and multisite external validation study BMJ 2022; 376 :e068576 doi:10.1136/bmj-2021-068576


Modeling transmission of pathogens in healthcare settings

Stachel A, Keegan LT, Blumberg S; CDC MInD Healthcare Program. Modeling transmission of pathogens in healthcare settings. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2021;34(4):333-338. doi:10.1097/QCO.0000000000000742


Mitigating outbreaks in congregate settings by decreasing the size of the susceptible population

Blumberg S, Lu P, Hoover CM, et al. Mitigating outbreaks in congregate settings by decreasing the size of the susceptible population. Preprint. medRxiv. 2021;2021.07.05.21260043. Published 2021 Jul 7. doi:10.1101/2021.07.05.21260043


Estimation of effects of contact tracing and mask adoption on COVID-19 transmission in San Francisco: a modeling study

Worden L, Wannier R, Blumberg S, Ge AY, Rutherford GW, Porco TC. Estimation of effects of contact tracing and mask adoption on COVID-19 transmission in San Francisco: a modeling study. Preprint. medRxiv. 2020;2020.06.09.20125831. Published 2020 Jun 11. doi:10.1101/2020.06.09.20125831


Assessing the plausibility of supercritical transmission for an emerging or re-emerging pathogen

Blumberg S, Lu P, Lietman TM, Porco TC. Assessing the plausibility of supercritical transmission for an emerging or re-emerging pathogen. medRxiv. 2020. DOI: 10.1101/2020.02.08.20021311.