Wrong question and the wrong standard of proof.
Lipsitch M.
J Med Ethics. 2022 Apr 20. PMID: 35444009
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
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
Lipsitch M.
J Med Ethics. 2022 Apr 20. PMID: 35444009
Magen O, Waxman JG, Makov-Assif M, Vered R, Dicker D, Hernán MA, Lipsitch M, Reis BY, Balicer RD, Dagan N.
N Engl J Med. 2022 04 28. 386(17):1603-1614. PMID: 35417631
De Salazar PM, Lu F, Hay JA, Gómez-Barroso D, Fernández-Navarro P, Martínez EV, Astray-Mochales J, Amillategui R, García-Fulgueiras A, Chirlaque MD, Sánchez-Migallón A, Larrauri A, Sierra MJ, Lipsitch M, Simón F, Santillana M, Hernán MA.
PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 Mar. 18(3):e1009964. PMID: 35358171
Kahn R, Schrag SJ, Verani JR, Lipsitch M.
Am J Epidemiol. 2022 Mar 24. 191(5):800-811. PMID: 35081612
Sun DS, Kissler SM, Kanjilal S, Olesen SW, Lipsitch M, Grad YH.
PLoS Biol. 2022 03. 20(3):e3001579. PMID: 35263322
Magosi LE, Zhang Y, Golubchik T, DeGruttola V, Tchetgen Tchetgen E, Novitsky V, Moore J, Bachanas P, Segolodi T, Lebelonyane R, Pretorius Holme M, Moyo S, Makhema J, Lockman S, Fraser C, Essex MM, Lipsitch M.
Elife. 2022 03 01. 11. PMID: 35229714
Goldstein E, Fireman BH, Klein NP, Lipsitch M, Ray GT.
Epidemiol Infect. 2022 Feb 24. 150:e85. PMID: 35506177
Cohen K, Ren S, Heath K, Dasmariñas MC, Jubilo KG, Guo Y, Lipsitch M, Daugherty SE.
BMJ. 2022 02 09. 376:e068414. PMID: 35140117
Hayek S, Shaham G, Ben-Shlomo Y, Kepten E, Dagan N, Nevo D, Lipsitch M, Reis BY, Balicer RD, Barda N.
Science. 2022 03 11. 375(6585):1155-1159. PMID: 35084938
Joshi K, Rumpler E, Kennedy-Shaffer L, Bosan R, Lipsitch M.
medRxiv. 2022 Jan 25. PMID: 34212161
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