Associate Director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Bill Hanage is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Co-Director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. His research and teaching focus on the epidemiology of infectious disease and the evolution of infectious agents. He received his PhD from Imperial College London. Dr Hanage has made seminal contributions to the study of diverse pathogens, both bacteria and viruses, and has a special interest in evolution in response to interventions such as vaccination or antimicrobials. His awards include the Fleming Prize from the Microbiology Society and a young investigator award from the American Society for Microbiology. He has published more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters and is a regular contributor to popular media aiming to improve public understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and other infectious diseases.
Choudhary MC, Crain CR, Qiu X, Hanage W, Li JZ.
Clin Infect Dis. 2022 01 29. 74(2):237-245. PMID: 33906227
Wikle N, Tran TN, Gentilesco B, Leighow SM, Albert J, Strong ER, Brinda K, Inam H, Yang F, Hossain S, Chan P, Hanage WP, Messick M, Pritchard JR, Hanks EM, Boni MF.
medRxiv. 2021 Nov 06. PMID: 34426816
Wu F, Xiao A, Zhang J, Moniz K, Endo N, Armas F, Bonneau R, Brown MA, Bushman M, Chai PR, Duvallet C, Erickson TB, Foppe K, Ghaeli N, Gu X, Hanage WP, Huang KH, Lee WL, Matus M, McElroy KA, Nagler J, Rhode SF, Santillana M, Tucker JA, Wuertz S, Zhao S, Thompson J, Alm EJ.
Sci Total Environ. 2022 Jan 20. 805:150121. PMID: 34534872
Baaijens JA, Zulli A, Ott IM, Petrone ME, Alpert T, Fauver JR, Kalinich CC, Vogels CBF, Breban MI, Duvallet C, McElroy K, Ghaeli N, Imakaev M, Mckenzie-Bennett M, Robison K, Plocik A, Schilling R, Pierson M, Littlefield R, Spencer M, Simen BB, Hanage WP, Grubaugh ND, Peccia J, Baym M.
medRxiv. 2021 Sep 02. PMID: 34494031
Kennedy-Shaffer L, Qiu X, Hanage WP.
Am J Epidemiol. 2021 09 01. 190(9):1918-1927. PMID: 33831177
Kahn R, Wang R, Leavitt SV, Hanage WP, Lipsitch M.
Epidemiology. 2021 09 01. 32(5):698-704. PMID: 34039898
Che Y, Yang Y, Xu X, Brinda K, Polz MF, Hanage WP, Zhang T.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 08 31. 118(35). PMID: 34453008
Zhang AN, Gaston JM, Dai CL, Zhao S, Poyet M, Groussin M, Yin X, Li LG, van Loosdrecht MCM, Topp E, Gillings MR, Hanage WP, Tiedje JM, Moniz K, Alm EJ, Zhang T.
Nat Commun. 2021 08 06. 12(1):4765. PMID: 34362925
Schaeffer B, Taylor B, Bushman M, Hanage WP.
Cell Host Microbe. 2021 07 14. 29(7):1048-1051. PMID: 34265244
D'Aeth JC, van der Linden MP, McGee L, de Lencastre H, Turner P, Song JH, Lo SW, Gladstone RA, Sá-Leão R, Ko KS, Hanage WP, Breiman RF, Beall B, Bentley SD, Croucher NJ.
Elife. 2021 07 14. 10. PMID: 34259624
Although COVID cases have ticked up, there is also good news: Old COVID tests may still be good; businesses should know how to pivot if infections keep climbing; and overall COVID conditions aren't nearly as bad as they…
The U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic was full of missteps—ones that experts say can inform preparations for future global health emergencies.
Bill Hanage discusses the current state of the monkeypox outbreak and efforts to control disease spread.
Screening programs at Boston-area universities helped show how quickly the Omicron variant of the coronavirus overtook the Delta variant in the fall of 2021, according to a new study.
For immediate release: February 2, 2022 Boston, MA – The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant’s “milder” outcomes are likely due to more population immunity compared to earlier waves of the pandemic rather than the virus’s properties, according to a paper…
