Featured Publications
Lessons from SARS-CoV-2 in India: A data-driven framework for pandemic resilience
Salvatore M, Purkayastha S, Ganapathi L, Bhattacharyya R, Kundu R, Zimmermann L, Ray D, Hazra A, Kleinsasser M, Solomon S, Subbaraman R, Mukherjee B. Lessons from SARS-CoV-2 in India: A data-driven framework for pandemic resilience. Science Advances 2022, 8: eabp8621. PMID: 35714183, PMCID: PMC9205583, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abp8621.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchComparative impact assessment of COVID-19 policy interventions in five South Asian countries using reported and estimated unreported death counts during 2020-2021
Kundu R, Datta J, Ray D, Mishra S, Bhattacharyya R, Zimmermann L, Mukherjee B. Comparative impact assessment of COVID-19 policy interventions in five South Asian countries using reported and estimated unreported death counts during 2020-2021. PLOS Global Public Health 2023, 3: e0002063. PMID: 38150465, PMCID: PMC10752546, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 deathsPolicy of BangladeshUnder-reporting of deathsCOVID-19 performanceSouth Asian countriesIndia's strategyDeath dataGlobal SouthDeath registration systemPolicy interventionsMiddle income countriesDeath tollComparative impact assessmentSouth AsiaPandemic policiesDeath estimationPublic health interventionsPolicyRegistration systemDeath countsSri LankaIncome countriesCountriesAsian countriesHealth interventions
2023
A randomized trial of a mobile health intervention to augment cardiac rehabilitation
Golbus J, Gupta K, Stevens R, Jeganathan V, Luff E, Shi J, Dempsey W, Boyden T, Mukherjee B, Kohnstamm S, Taralunga V, Kheterpal V, Murphy S, Klasnja P, Kheterpal S, Nallamothu B. A randomized trial of a mobile health intervention to augment cardiac rehabilitation. Npj Digital Medicine 2023, 6: 173. PMID: 37709933, PMCID: PMC10502072, DOI: 10.1038/s41746-023-00921-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCentre-based cardiac rehabilitationMHealth interventionsCentre-based CRPhysical activity levelsMobile health interventionsPositive health behaviorsPrimary outcomeCR careIntervention participantsRandomized trialsCardiac rehabilitationModerate risk patientsHealth behaviorsMobile healthHealth interventionsHealth systemWalking distanceText messagesMHealthActivity levelsRandomized clinical trialsSecondary outcomesInterventionParticipantsHealth
2022
Understanding Baseline Physical Activity in Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollees Using Mobile Health Technologies
Golbus J, Gupta K, Stevens R, Jeganathan V, Luff E, Boyden T, Mukherjee B, Klasnja P, Kheterpal S, Kohnstamm S, Nallamothu B. Understanding Baseline Physical Activity in Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrollees Using Mobile Health Technologies. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2022, 15: e009182. PMID: 35559648, PMCID: PMC9308648, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.122.009182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBaseline physical activityMobile health technologyCardiac rehabilitationPhysical activityExercise minutesHealth technologiesWalking distanceRehabilitation indicatorsModerate-risk patientsAssociated with daily step countsPhysical activity of patientsDaily step countCardiac rehabilitation programMobile health interventionsInitiate cardiac rehabilitationPatient-level featuresActivity of patientsMultivariate linear regressionStep countsUsual careRehabilitation programHealth interventionsAssociated with ageWear timePersonal care
2020
Comprehensive public health evaluation of lockdown as a non-pharmaceutical intervention on COVID-19 spread in India: national trends masking state-level variations
Salvatore M, Basu D, Ray D, Kleinsasser M, Purkayastha S, Bhattacharyya R, Mukherjee B. Comprehensive public health evaluation of lockdown as a non-pharmaceutical intervention on COVID-19 spread in India: national trends masking state-level variations. BMJ Open 2020, 10: e041778. PMID: 33303462, PMCID: PMC7733201, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041778.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffective public health interventionsPublic health interventionsPublic health evaluationPublic health metricsAverage daily numberHealth interventionsState-level trendsHealth metricsTest positivity rateCohort studyCase fatality rateHealth evaluationNational trendsCOVID-19Holistic assessmentDaily numberConfirmed COVID-19 casesCOVID-19 pandemicNational patternsNational lockdownInterventionCOVID-19 outbreakFatality rateCase countsState-wise variations
2016
The impact of supplementary immunization activities on the epidemiology of measles in Tianjin, China
Wagner A, Zhang Y, Mukherjee B, Ding Y, Wells E, Boulton M. The impact of supplementary immunization activities on the epidemiology of measles in Tianjin, China. International Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2016, 45: 103-108. PMID: 26972042, PMCID: PMC4834250, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.03.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRate ratiosSustainable public health interventionRate of measlesPublic health interventionsEstimate rate ratiosSupplemental immunization activitiesMeasles incidenceGeneralized estimating equationsNon-local migrantsHealth interventionsPoisson regressionNon-local residentsEstimating equationsEpidemiology of measlesExchangeable working correlation structureTemporal trendsMeasles casesCase countsResidentsImmune activationMeasles eliminationIncidenceUrban areasWorking correlation structureDisparities