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Cambridge Public Health

 

I study population dynamics of influenza, focusing in particular on periods just after outbreak introduction.

Publications from Elements

Journal articles

2021

  • Kissler, SM., Fauver, JR., Mack, C., Tai, CG., Breban, MI., Watkins, AE., Samant, RM., Anderson, DJ., Metti, J., Khullar, G., Baits, R., MacKay, M., Salgado, D., Baker, T., Dudley, JT., Mason, CE., Ho, DD., Grubaugh, ND. and Grad, YH., 2021. Viral Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Persons. N Engl J Med, v. 385
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc2102507
  • Conlan, AJK., Klepac, P., Kucharski, A., Kissler, S., Tang, M., Fry, H. and Gog, J., 2021. Human mobility data from the BBC Pandemic project
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.19.21252079
  • Kissler, SM., Klevens, RM., Barnett, ML. and Grad, YH., 2021. Distinguishing the Roles of Antibiotic Stewardship and Reductions in Outpatient Visits in Generating a 5-Year Decline in Antibiotic Prescribing. Clin Infect Dis, v. 72
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa269
  • Ma, KC., Menkir, TF., Kissler, S., Grad, YH. and Lipsitch, M., 2021. Modeling the impact of racial and ethnic disparities on COVID-19 epidemic dynamics. Elife, v. 10
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.66601
  • Kissler, SM., Klevens, RM., Barnett, ML. and Grad, YH., 2021. Childhood Respiratory Outpatient Visits Correlate With Socioeconomic Status and Drive Geographic Patterns in Antibiotic Prescribing. J Infect Dis, v. 223
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab218
  • Kissler, SM., Fauver, JR., Mack, C., Olesen, SW., Tai, C., Shiue, KY., Kalinich, CC., Jednak, S., Ott, IM., Vogels, CBF., Wohlgemuth, J., Weisberger, J., DiFiori, J., Anderson, DJ., Mancell, J., Ho, DD., Grubaugh, ND. and Grad, YH., 2021. Viral dynamics of acute SARS-CoV-2 infection and applications to diagnostic and public health strategies. PLoS Biol, v. 19
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001333
  • Kissler, SM., Mitchell, M. and Grad, YH., 2021. Reduction in Antibiotic Prescribing Attainable With a Gonococcal Vaccine. Clin Infect Dis, v. 73
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab276
  • 2020 (Accepted for publication)

  • Kissler, SM., Viboud, C., Grenfell, BT. and Gog, JR., 2020 (Accepted for publication). Symbolic transfer entropy reveals the age structure of pandemic influenza transmission from high-volume influenza-like illness data. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, v. 17
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0628
  • 2020

  • Hicks, A., Kissler, S., Mortimer, T., Ma, K., Taiaroa, G., Ashcroft, M., Williamson, D., Lipsitch, M. and Grad, Y., 2020. Targeted surveillance strategies for efficient detection of novel antibiotic resistance variants
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.12.946533
  • Kissler, SM., Tedijanto, C., Goldstein, E., Grad, YH. and Lipsitch, M., 2020. Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period. Science, v. 368
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb5793
  • Nichols, BE. and Kissler, SM., 2020. Ending the HIV epidemic in the USA. Lancet HIV, v. 7
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(20)30051-5
  • Hicks, AL., Kissler, SM., Mortimer, TD., Ma, KC., Taiaroa, G., Ashcroft, M., Williamson, DA., Lipsitch, M. and Grad, YH., 2020. Targeted surveillance strategies for efficient detection of novel antibiotic resistance variants. Elife, v. 9
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56367
  • Lew-Levy, S., Kissler, SM., Boyette, AH., Crittenden, AN., Mabulla, IA. and Hewlett, BS., 2020. Who teaches children to forage? Exploring the primacy of child-to-child teaching among Hadza and BaYaka Hunter-Gatherers of Tanzania and Congo Evolution and Human Behavior, v. 41
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.07.003
  • Firth, JA., Hellewell, J., Klepac, P., Kissler, S., CMMID COVID-19 Working Group, , Kucharski, AJ. and Spurgin, LG., 2020. Using a real-world network to model localized COVID-19 control strategies. Nat Med, v. 26
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-1036-8
  • Kissler, SM., Kishore, N., Prabhu, M., Goffman, D., Beilin, Y., Landau, R., Gyamfi-Bannerman, C., Bateman, BT., Snyder, J., Razavi, AS., Katz, D., Gal, J., Bianco, A., Stone, J., Larremore, D., Buckee, CO. and Grad, YH., 2020. Reductions in commuting mobility correlate with geographic differences in SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in New York City. Nat Commun, v. 11
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18271-5
  • Sun, DS., Kissler, SM., Kanjilal, S., Olesen, SW., Lipsitch, M. and Grad, YH., 2020. Large variation in the association between seasonal antibiotic use and resistance across multiple bacterial species and antibiotic classes
    Doi: 10.1101/2020.12.21.20248670
  • Larremore, D., Fosdick, B., Bubar, K., Zhang, S., Kissler, S., Metcalf, J., Buckee, C. and Grad, Y., 2020. Estimating SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and epidemiological parameters with uncertainty from serological surveys
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.15.20067066
  • 2019

  • Hicks, AL., Kissler, SM., Lipsitch, M. and Grad, YH., 2019. Surveillance to maintain the sensitivity of genotype-based antibiotic resistance diagnostics. PLoS Biol, v. 17
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000547
  • Kissler, SM., Gog, JR., Viboud, C., Charu, V., Bjørnstad, ON., Simonsen, L. and Grenfell, BT., 2019. Geographic transmission hubs of the 2009 influenza pandemic in the United States. Epidemics, v. 26
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2018.10.002
  • Kissler, S., Viboud, C., Grenfell, B. and Gog, J., 2019. Symbolic transfer entropy reveals the age structure of pandemic influenza transmission from high-volume influenza-like illness data
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1101/19005710
  • 2018

  • Klepac, P., Kissler, S. and Gog, J., 2018. Contagion! The BBC Four Pandemic - The model behind the documentary. Epidemics, v. 24
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2018.03.003
  • Dalziel, BD., Kissler, S., Gog, JR., Viboud, C., Bjørnstad, ON., Metcalf, CJE. and Grenfell, BT., 2018. Urbanization and humidity shape the intensity of influenza epidemics in U.S. cities. Science, v. 362
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat6030
  • Kissler, S., Klepac, P., Tang, M., Conlan, AJK. and Gog, J., 2018. Sparking “The BBC Four Pandemic”: Leveraging citizen science and mobile phones to model the spread of disease
    Doi: 10.1101/479154
  • 2017

  • Charu, V., Zeger, S., Gog, J., Bjørnstad, ON., Kissler, S., Simonsen, L., Grenfell, BT. and Viboud, C., 2017. Human mobility and the spatial transmission of influenza in the United States. PLoS Comput Biol, v. 13
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005382
  • 2014

  • Kissler, SM., Cichowitz, C., Sankaranarayanan, S. and Bortz, DM., 2014. Determination of personalized diabetes treatment plans using a two-delay model. J Theor Biol, v. 359
    Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.06.005