Publications

Evaluating spatially adaptive guidelines for the treatment of gonorrhea to reduce the incidence of gonococcal infection and increase the effective lifespan of antibiotics.

Author(s): Yaesoubi R, Cohen T, Hsu K, Gift TL, St Cyr SB, Salomon JA, Grad YHJournal: PLoS Comput BiolPMID: 35139073 February 2022

In the absence of point-of-care gonorrhea diagnostics that report antibiotic susceptibility, gonorrhea treatment is empiric and determined by standardized guidelines.…

Evaluating the reliability of mobility metrics from aggregated mobile phone data as proxies for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA: a population-based study.

Author(s): Kishore N, Taylor AR, Jacob PE, Vembar N, Cohen T, Buckee CO, Menzies NAJournal: Lancet Digit HealthPMID: 34740555 November 2021

In early 2020, the response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic focused on non-pharmaceutical interventions, some of which aimed to reduce transmission…

Reporting practices for genomic epidemiology of tuberculosis: a systematic review of the literature using STROME-ID guidelines as a benchmark.

Author(s): Cheng B, Behr MA, Howden BP, Cohen T, Lee RSJournal: Lancet MicrobePMID: 33842904 August 2021

Pathogen genomics have become increasingly important in infectious disease epidemiology and public health. The Strengthening the Reporting of Molecular Epidemiology…

The relationship between human mobility measures and SAR-Cov-2 transmission varies by epidemic phase and urbanicity: results from the United States

Author(s): Kishore N, Taylor AR, Jacob PE, Vembar N, Cohen T, Menzies NA, Buckee CJournal: medRxiv April 2021

Global efforts to prevent the spread of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic in early 2020 focused on non-pharmaceutical interventions like social distancing;…

Children as sentinels of tuberculosis transmission: disease mapping of programmatic data.

Author(s): Gunasekera KS, Zelner J, Becerra MC, Contreras C, Franke MF, Lecca L, Murray MB, Warren JL, Cohen TJournal: BMC MedPMID: 32873309 September 2020

Identifying hotspots of tuberculosis transmission can inform spatially targeted active case-finding interventions. While national tuberculosis programs maintain notification registers which…

Adaptive guidelines for the treatment of gonorrhea to increase the effective life span of antibiotics among men who have sex with men in the United States: A mathematical modeling study.

Author(s): Yaesoubi R, Cohen T, Hsu K, Gift TL, Chesson H, Salomon JA, Grad YHJournal: PLoS MedPMID: 32243443 April 2020

The rise of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance highlights the need for strategies that extend the clinically useful life span of antibiotics.…

Evaluating spatially adaptive guidelines for the treatment of gonorrhea to reduce the incidence of gonococcal infection and increase the effective lifespan of antibiotics.

Evaluating the reliability of mobility metrics from aggregated mobile phone data as proxies for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA: a population-based study.

Reporting practices for genomic epidemiology of tuberculosis: a systematic review of the literature using STROME-ID guidelines as a benchmark.

The relationship between human mobility measures and SAR-Cov-2 transmission varies by epidemic phase and urbanicity: results from the United States

Children as sentinels of tuberculosis transmission: disease mapping of programmatic data.

Adaptive guidelines for the treatment of gonorrhea to increase the effective life span of antibiotics among men who have sex with men in the United States: A mathematical modeling study.

Polyclonal Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infections and Risk for Multidrug Resistance, Lima, Peru.

Identifying Hotspots of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Transmission Using Spatial and Molecular Genetic Data.

The potential impact of coinfection on antimicrobial chemotherapy and drug resistance.

How could preventive therapy affect the prevalence of drug resistance? Causes and consequences.