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COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Shruti Khare
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
2
Kate M. Bubar
Stanford University
3
K.E. ArunKumar
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
4
Waqaar Shah
Department of Health and Social Care
5
Timothy A. Bates
Oregon Health & Science University
6
Estee Y. Cramer
University of Massachusetts Amherst
7
Jennie S. Lavine
Emory University
8
Gonzalo E. Mena
Carnegie Mellon University
9
Frederik Plesner Lyngse
University of Copenhagen
10
Panke Qu
The Ohio State University

Papers

1
Immune evasion, infectivity, and fusogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 and FLip variants
Cell|2024
159 cit.
2
Publication in eLife (2024) [14 citations, W4399075733]
eLife|2024
14 cit.
3
Measuring effects of ivermectin-treated cattle on potential malaria vectors in Vietnam: A cluster-randomized trial
PLoS neglected tropical diseases|2024
4 cit.
4
Impacts on study design when implementing digital measures in Parkinson's disease-modifying therapy trials
Frontiers in Digital Health|2024
4 cit.
5
A fundamental limit to the effectiveness of traveller screening with molecular tests
Epidemiology and Infection|2025
3 cit.
6
Publication in Biosensors (2026) [3 citations, W7130927252]
Biosensors|2026
3 cit.
7
A Re-evaluation of Global Financial Outlooks and Prospects in the Telehealth Industry Amidst the Transition to a Post-Pandemic Era
International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT)|2024
1 cit.
8
Academic Performance Prediction Based on Multisource, Multifeature Behavioral Data
International journal of research and scientific innovation|2025
1 cit.
9
Population-based serosurveys for SARS-CoV-2 transmission 2021–2022, Massachusetts USA
Vaccine|2025
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Jennifer M. McGoogan
Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
2
Helen Tatlow
University of Oxford
3
Christopher I Jarvis
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
4
A Ghani
Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology
5
Salihu S. Musa
University of Maryland, College Park
6
Christine Tedijanto
University of California, San Francisco
7
Rosalind M Eggo
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
8
Alex Washburne
Sandia National Laboratories
9
Carl A. B. Pearson
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
10
Damien C. Tully
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Papers

1
Changes in social contacts in England during the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and March 2021 as measured by the CoMix survey: A repeated cross-sectional study
PLoS Medicine|2022
175 cit.
2
Social contact patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in 21 European countries – evidence from a two-year study
BMC Infectious Diseases|2023
63 cit.
3
Social contact patterns following the COVID-19 pandemic: a snapshot of post-pandemic behaviour from the CoMix study
Epidemics|2024
34 cit.
4
Monitoring transmission intensity of trachoma with serology
Nature Communications|2023
28 cit.
5
The Heterogeneous Severity of COVID-19 in African Countries: A Modeling Approach
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology|2022
27 cit.
6
Infection fatality rate and infection attack rate of COVID-19 in South American countries
Infectious Diseases of Poverty|2022
26 cit.
7
Unwillingness or reluctance of Palestinians to get the COVID-19 vaccine: the reasons behind it and how to persuade them
International Journal of Infectious Diseases|2022
23 cit.
8
COVID-19 and Lassa fever in Nigeria: A deadly alliance?
International Journal of Infectious Diseases|2022
16 cit.
9
Unravelling the dynamics of Lassa fever transmission with differential infectivity: Modeling analysis and control strategies
Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering|2022
14 cit.
10
Mathematical dynamics for HIV infections with public awareness and viral load detectability
Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation with Applications|2023
14 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Alessandro Vespignani
Northeastern University
2
GM Leung
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
3
Neil M. Ferguson
NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre
4
Bryan T. Grenfell
Princeton University
5
Simon I Hay
University of Washington
6
James Watmough
University of New Brunswick
7
Justin Lessler
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8
W. John Edmunds
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
9
Marc Lipsitch
Harvard University
10
Gerardo Chowell
Georgia State University

Papers

1
The global distribution and burden of dengue
Nature|2013
10.2k cit.
2
Reproduction numbers and sub-threshold endemic equilibria for compartmental models of disease transmission
Mathematical Biosciences|2002
9.9k cit.
3
The Incubation Period of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases: Estimation and Application
Annals of Internal Medicine|2020
6.6k cit.
4
Epidemic Spreading in Scale-Free Networks
Physical Review Letters|2001
5.8k cit.
5
Nowcasting and forecasting the potential domestic and international spread of the 2019-nCoV outbreak originating in Wuhan, China: a modelling study
The Lancet|2020
4.9k cit.
6
Temporal dynamics in viral shedding and transmissibility of COVID-19
Nature Medicine|2020
4.7k cit.
7
Estimates of the severity of coronavirus disease 2019: a model-based analysis
The Lancet Infectious Diseases|2020
4.2k cit.
8
The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
Science|2020
4k cit.
9
Report 9: Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID19 mortality and healthcare demand
Spiral (Imperial College London)|2020
3.8k cit.
10
Epidemic processes in complex networks
Reviews of Modern Physics|2015
3.7k cit.

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