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COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Mei Jun Loy
National University of Science and Technology
2
Chukwuma N. Eruchalu
Massachusetts General Hospital
3
Haya Elayan
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
4
Dennis M. Feehan
Harvard Global Health Institute
5
Emily Aiken
University of California, Berkeley
6
William J. Bradshaw
Akebia Therapeutics (United States)
7
Elliot Mbunge
University of Johannesburg
8
Nicolò Gozzi
Institute for Scientific Interchange
9
Catarina Fontes
University of Minho
10
Cornelia Ilin
University of California, Berkeley

Rising Stars Papers

1
Human digital twins unlocking Society 5.0? Approaches, emerging risks and disruptions
Ethics and Information Technology|2024
28 cit.
2
Comparative evaluation of behavioral epidemic models using COVID-19 data
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2025
16 cit.
3
Leveraging mobile phones to improve malaria healthcare service delivery in Buhera rural communities: implications for practice and policy
Behaviour and Information Technology|2024
9 cit.
4
Indoor air sampling for detection of viral nucleic acids
Journal of Aerosol Science|2025
9 cit.
5
Bridging the digital divide: mapping Internet connectivity evolution, inequalities, and resilience in six Brazilian cities
EPJ Data Science|2024
8 cit.
6
Collaborative forecasting of influenza-like illness in Italy: The Influcast experience
Epidemics|2025
8 cit.
7
Determinants of under-five mortality in Zimbabwe: Evidence from the 2015–2016 Zimbabwe demographic Health Survey data
Women and Children Nursing|2024
7 cit.
8
Assessing the collective challenges of AI: An applied framework focused on people centeredness and public participation
Urban Governance|2024
7 cit.
9
New Data Sources for Demographic Research
Population and Development Review|2024
6 cit.
10
Review of implementation barriers and strategic approaches for improving mHealth systems utilization in Africa: Lessons learnt from South Africa and Kenya
Telematics and Informatics Reports|2025
6 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
David Bonsall
Centre for Human Genetics
2
Adebola Popoola
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3
Cristin Swords Adams
Medical University of South Carolina
4
Joseph A. Lewnard
Kaiser Permanente
5
Jinling Hua
Fudan University
6
Andrew Schroeder
Direct Relief
7
Johannes Abeler
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
8
David A. Drew
Massachusetts General Hospital
9
Haksoo Ko
Seoul National University
10
Kah Seng Lee
Sunway University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Clinical outcomes associated with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant and BA.1/BA.1.1 or BA.2 subvariant infection in Southern California
Nature Medicine|2022
365 cit.
2
Features and Functionalities of Medical Mobile Applications for the Endemic Phase of COVID‐19: Review and Content Analysis
Progress In Microbes & Molecular Biology|2022
341 cit.
3
Effectiveness of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in preventing hospital admissions and deaths in people with COVID-19: a cohort study in a large US health-care system
The Lancet Infectious Diseases|2023
130 cit.
4
Association of SARS-CoV-2 BA.4/BA.5 Omicron lineages with immune escape and clinical outcome
Nature Communications|2023
35 cit.
5
Statistical Deconvolution for Inference of Infection Time Series
Epidemiology|2022
30 cit.
6
Lineage replacement and evolution captured by 3 years of the United Kingdom Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2023
28 cit.
7
Effectiveness of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination Against Virus-Associated Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Among Adults: A Case-Control Study
The Journal of Infectious Diseases|2022
27 cit.
8
Immune escape and attenuated severity associated with the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86/JN.1 lineage
Nature Communications|2024
26 cit.
9
Association of Upper Respiratory <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> Colonization With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Among Adults
Clinical Infectious Diseases|2022
22 cit.
10
Attributed causes of excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in a south Indian city
Nature Communications|2023
22 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Christophe Fraser
University of Oxford
2
Chris Wymant
University of Oxford
3
Effy Vayena
ETH Zurich
4
Yamir Moreno
Universidad de Zaragoza
5
Josip Car
King's College London
6
Marc J. M. Bonten
Utrecht University
7
Benjamin J. Cowling
University of Hong Kong
8
Peng Wu
University of South China
9
Sanjay Jha
UNSW Sydney
10
Steven R. Steinhubl
Purdue University West Lafayette

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The global landscape of AI ethics guidelines
Nature Machine Intelligence|2019
5k cit.
2
AI4People—An Ethical Framework for a Good AI Society: Opportunities, Risks, Principles, and Recommendations
Minds and Machines|2018
3.5k cit.
3
Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission suggests epidemic control with digital contact tracing
Science|2020
2.6k cit.
4
Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks
Nature Medicine|2020
2.4k cit.
5
Pandemic Potential of a Strain of Influenza A (H1N1): Early Findings
Science|2009
2k cit.
6
Rational use of face masks in the COVID-19 pandemic
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine|2020
1.5k cit.
7
Impact assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions against coronavirus disease 2019 and influenza in Hong Kong: an observational study
The Lancet Public Health|2020
1.3k cit.
8
Factors that make an infectious disease outbreak controllable
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2004
1.2k cit.
9
Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine against Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Adults
New England Journal of Medicine|2015
1.2k cit.
10
Dynamics of rumor spreading in complex networks
Physical Review E|2004
928 cit.

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