Publications

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 YH|Journal: PLoS Med|PMID: 32243443| April 2020

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

Accurate quantification of uncertainty in epidemic parameter estimates and predictions using stochastic compartmental models.

Author(s): Zimmer C, Leuba SI, Cohen T, Yaesoubi R|Journal: Stat Methods Med Res|PMID: 30428780| November 2018

Stochastic transmission dynamic models are needed to quantify the uncertainty in estimates and predictions during outbreaks of infectious diseases. We…

Use of daily Internet search query data improves real-time projections of influenza epidemics.

Author(s): Zimmer C, Leuba SI, Yaesoubi R, Cohen T|Journal: J R Soc Interface|PMID: 30305417| October 2018

Seasonal influenza causes millions of illnesses and tens of thousands of deaths per year in the USA alone. While the…

The cost-effectiveness of alternative vaccination strategies for polyvalent meningococcal vaccines in Burkina Faso: A transmission dynamic modeling study.

Author(s): Yaesoubi R, Trotter C, Colijn C, Yaesoubi M, Colombini A, Resch S, Kristiansen PA, LaForce FM, Cohen T|Journal: PLoS Med|PMID: 29364884| January 2018

The introduction of a conjugate vaccine for serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis has dramatically reduced disease in the African meningitis belt.…

A Likelihood Approach for Real-Time Calibration of Stochastic Compartmental Epidemic Models.

Author(s): Zimmer C, Yaesoubi R, Cohen T|Journal: PLoS Comput Biol|PMID: 28095403| January 2017

Stochastic transmission dynamic models are especially useful for studying the early emergence of novel pathogens given the importance of chance…

Identifying cost-effective dynamic policies to control epidemics.

Author(s): Yaesoubi R, Cohen T|Journal: Stat Med|PMID: 27449759| December 2016

We describe a mathematical decision model for identifying dynamic health policies for controlling epidemics. These dynamic policies aim to select…

Identifying dynamic tuberculosis case-finding policies for HIV/TB coepidemics.

Author(s): Yaesoubi R, Cohen T|Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A|PMID: 23690585| June 2013

The global tuberculosis (TB) control plan has historically emphasized passive case finding (PCF) as the most practical approach for identifying…

Generalized Markov Models of Infectious Disease Spread: A Novel Framework for Developing Dynamic Health Policies.

Author(s): Yaesoubi R, Cohen T|Journal: Eur J Oper Res|PMID: 21966083| December 2011

We propose a class of mathematical models for the transmission of infectious diseases in large populations. This class of models,…

Dynamic health policies for controlling the spread of emerging infections: influenza as an example.

Author(s): Yaesoubi R, Cohen T|Journal: PLoS One|PMID: 21915279| January 2011

The recent appearance and spread of novel infectious pathogens provide motivation for using models as tools to guide public health…