Two decades of population genomics: will we ever agree on bacterial species?
Hanage WP.
BMC Biol. 2024 Jan 26. 22(1):20. PMID: 38279118
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.
Hanage WP.
BMC Biol. 2024 Jan 26. 22(1):20. PMID: 38279118
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
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