Estimating Vaccine Efficacy Against Transmission via Effect on Viral Load.
Kennedy-Shaffer L, Kahn R, Lipsitch M.
Epidemiology. 2021 11 01. 32(6):820-828. PMID: 34469363
Other Positions
Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Director, Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics
Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Overview
I am Professor of Epidemiology with primary appointment in the Department of Epidemiology and an affiliated appointment in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, where my wet lab is located. I direct the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, a center of excellence funded by the MIDAS program of NIH/NIGMS. I am also the Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Infectious Disease Epidemiology.
B.A., 1991, Philosophy
Yale University
D.Phil, 1995, Zoology
University of Oxford
Bibliography
Infections, hospitalisations, and deaths averted via a nationwide vaccination campaign using the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in Israel: a retrospective surveillance study.
Haas EJ, McLaughlin JM, Khan F, Angulo FJ, Anis E, Lipsitch M, Singer SR, Mircus G, Brooks N, Smaja M, Pan K, Southern J, Swerdlow DL, Jodar L, Levy Y, Alroy-Preis S.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 22. PMID: 34562375
Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in pregnancy.
Dagan N, Barda N, Biron-Shental T, Makov-Assif M, Key C, Kohane IS, Hernán MA, Lipsitch M, Hernandez-Diaz S, Reis BY, Balicer RD.
Nat Med. 2021 Oct. 27(10):1693-1695. PMID: 34493859
Leveraging Pathogen Sequence and Contact Tracing Data to Enhance Vaccine Trials in Emerging Epidemics.
Kahn R, Wang R, Leavitt SV, Hanage WP, Lipsitch M.
Epidemiology. 2021 09 01. 32(5):698-704. PMID: 34039898
Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Setting.
Barda N, Dagan N, Ben-Shlomo Y, Kepten E, Waxman J, Ohana R, Hernán MA, Lipsitch M, Kohane I, Netzer D, Reis BY, Balicer RD.
N Engl J Med. 2021 09 16. 385(12):1078-1090. PMID: 34432976
Assessing the feasibility of Nipah vaccine efficacy trials based on previous outbreaks in Bangladesh.
Nikolay B, Ribeiro Dos Santos G, Lipsitch M, Rahman M, Luby SP, Salje H, Gurley ES, Cauchemez S.
Vaccine. 2021 Sep 15. 39(39):5600-5606. PMID: 34426025
Leveraging Vaccines to Reduce Antibiotic Use and Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance: A World Health Organization Action Framework.
Vekemans J, Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Kang G, Hausdorff WP, Fiore A, Tayler E, Klemm EJ, Laxminarayan R, Srikantiah P, Friede M, Lipsitch M.
Clin Infect Dis. 2021 08 16. 73(4):e1011-e1017. PMID: 33493317
Covid-19 Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated Health Care Workers.
Bergwerk M, Gonen T, Lustig Y, Amit S, Lipsitch M, Cohen C, Mandelboim M, Levin EG, Rubin C, Indenbaum V, Tal I, Zavitan M, Zuckerman N, Bar-Chaim A, Kreiss Y, Regev-Yochay G.
N Engl J Med. 2021 10 14. 385(16):1474-1484. PMID: 34320281
Decreased infectivity following BNT162b2 vaccination: A prospective cohort study in Israel.
Regev-Yochay G, Amit S, Bergwerk M, Lipsitch M, Leshem E, Kahn R, Lustig Y, Cohen C, Doolman R, Ziv A, Novikov I, Rubin C, Gimpelevich I, Huppert A, Rahav G, Afek A, Kreiss Y.
Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2021 Aug. 7:100150. PMID: 34250518
Comparative performance of between-population allocation strategies for SARS-CoV-2 vaccines.
Joshi K, Rumpler E, Kennedy-Shaffer L, Bosan R, Lipsitch M.
medRxiv. 2021 Jun 21. PMID: 34212161
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