Forrest W. Crawford, PhD
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Associate Professor Adjunct of Biostatistics
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Forrest Crawford's work focuses on mathematical and statistical problems related to discrete structures and stochastic processes in epidemiology, public health, biomedicine, and evolutionary science.
Last Updated on December 14, 2024.
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Biostatistics
Associate Professor AdjunctPrimarySchool of Management
Associate Professor on TermSecondaryStatistics
Associate Professor TenureSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Biostatistics
- Center for Biomedical Data Science
- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
- Public Health Modeling
- School of Management
- Statistics
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale-UPR Integrated HIV Basic and Clinical Sciences Initiative
Education & Training
- PhD
- University of California at Los Angeles (2012)
- MS
- University of California Los Angeles (2009)
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Biostatistics
Public Health Interests
COVID-19; Infectious Diseases; Modeling
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0000-0002-0046-0547- View Lab Website
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Frederick Lewis Altice, MD, MA
Gregg Gonsalves, PhD
Kaveh Khoshnood, PhD, MPH
A. David Paltiel, MBA, PhD
Daniel Weinberger, PhD
77Publications
3,181Citations
Biostatistics
Publications
2024
Communication network dynamics in a large organizational hierarchy
Josephs N, Peng S, Crawford F. Communication network dynamics in a large organizational hierarchy. The Annals Of Applied Statistics 2024, 18 DOI: 10.1214/24-aoas1919.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConcepts
2023
Geographic and temporal trends in fentanyl-detected deaths in Connecticut, 2009–2019
Lu H, Crawford F, Gonsalves G, Grau L. Geographic and temporal trends in fentanyl-detected deaths in Connecticut, 2009–2019. Annals Of Epidemiology 2023, 79: 32-38. PMID: 36669599, PMCID: PMC10163838, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.01.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and Concepts
2022
Dependence-Robust Confidence Intervals for Capture–Recapture Surveys
Sun J, Van Baelen L, Plettinckx E, Crawford F. Dependence-Robust Confidence Intervals for Capture–Recapture Surveys. Journal Of Survey Statistics And Methodology 2022, 11: 1133-1154. PMID: 37975066, PMCID: PMC10646701, DOI: 10.1093/jssam/smac031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricRandomized controlled trials of biomarker targets
Erlendsdottir M, Crawford F. Randomized controlled trials of biomarker targets. Clinical Trials 2022, 20: 47-58. PMID: 36373783, PMCID: PMC9974557, DOI: 10.1177/17407745221131820.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsBlood pressure targetsManagement of hypertensionPressure targetsTreatment strategiesBiomarker targetsControlled TrialsRandomized trialsPatient populationLower blood pressure targetsIntensive blood pressure controlAcute respiratory distress syndromePhysicians attemptNew randomized trialsBlood pressure controlRespiratory distress syndromeLack of blindingTrial patient populationValidity of trialsAdaptive treatment strategiesAntihypertensive medicationsAvailable medicationsDistress syndromeTreat analysisTime-varying confoundingTreatment algorithmRandomization for the susceptibility effect of an infectious disease intervention
Eck DJ, Morozova O, Crawford FW. Randomization for the susceptibility effect of an infectious disease intervention. Journal Of Mathematical Biology 2022, 85: 37. PMID: 36127558, PMCID: PMC9809173, DOI: 10.1007/s00285-022-01801-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsInfectious disease interventionsInfection outcomesInfection riskDisease interventionDirect effectRandomized trialsTreatment allocationInfectious disease transmissionStudy subjectsHarmful treatmentPathogen of interestInterventionOutcomesTreatmentRandomization designVaccineDisease transmissionSusceptibility effectsTrialsRiskRandomizationInfectionIndividualsA Sample Size Formula for Network Scale-up Studies
Josephs N, Feehan D, Crawford F. A Sample Size Formula for Network Scale-up Studies. Sociological Methods & Research 2022, 53: 1252-1289. DOI: 10.1177/00491241221122576.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsSample size formulaRelative error propertySize formulaError propertiesPopulation size estimationNetwork scaleStatistical precisionSimple formMinimum sample sizeNetwork modelSample size calculationSample sizeNSUMSingle random sampleFormulaSize estimationSize calculationSubpopulations of interestEstimatorEstimationSampled individualsEvaluating the Mediating Role of Recall of Intervention Knowledge in the Relationship Between a Peer-Driven Intervention and HIV Risk Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs
Aroke H, Buchanan A, Katenka N, Crawford FW, Lee T, Halloran ME, Latkin C. Evaluating the Mediating Role of Recall of Intervention Knowledge in the Relationship Between a Peer-Driven Intervention and HIV Risk Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs. AIDS And Behavior 2022, 27: 578-590. PMID: 35932359, PMCID: PMC10408304, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03792-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsInjection-related risk behaviorsPeer-driven interventionRisk behaviorsIntervention knowledgeHIV injection risk behaviorsHIV risk behaviorsInjection risk behaviorsMarginal structural modelsPotential causal pathwaysHIV testingIndex participantsRisk ratioInverse probabilityIntervention NetworkInterventionPeer educatorsTotal effectCausal pathwaysVisitsDrugsFuture studiesParticipantsOutcomesDirect effectPWIDSociodemographic characteristics and HIV risk behaviors of native-born and displaced Syrian men and transgender women who have sex with men in Lebanon
Orr LV, Crawford FW, Khoshnood K, Khouri D, Fouad FM, Seal DW, Heimer R. Sociodemographic characteristics and HIV risk behaviors of native-born and displaced Syrian men and transgender women who have sex with men in Lebanon. AIDS And Behavior 2022, 26: 4004-4011. PMID: 35672550, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03726-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsSARS-CoV-2 Attack Rate and Population Immunity in Southern New England, March 2020 to May 2021
Tran TN, Wikle NB, Yang F, Inam H, Leighow S, Gentilesco B, Chan P, Albert E, Strong ER, Pritchard JR, Hanage WP, Hanks EM, Crawford FW, Boni MF. SARS-CoV-2 Attack Rate and Population Immunity in Southern New England, March 2020 to May 2021. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2214171. PMID: 35616938, PMCID: PMC9136627, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.14171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHigh vaccine coveragePopulation immunityPublic health agenciesVaccine coverageVaccination campaignMAIN OUTCOMECOVID-19 positive test resultsSARS-CoV-2 attack ratesIntensive care unit occupancyHealth agenciesLarge epidemic waveProportion of vaccinesAttack rateObservational case seriesPopulation-level immunitySARS-CoV-2Median ageCase seriesCOVID-19 casesPercentage of individualsVaccination planningDelta variantOngoing epidemicPandemic settingVaccineVaccination with BNT162b2 reduces transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to household contacts in Israel
Prunas O, Warren JL, Crawford FW, Gazit S, Patalon T, Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE. Vaccination with BNT162b2 reduces transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to household contacts in Israel. Science 2022, 375: eabl4292. PMID: 35084937, PMCID: PMC9261115, DOI: 10.1126/science.abl4292.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsVaccine effectivenessSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Syndrome coronavirus 2Effectiveness of vaccinesEffectiveness of vaccinationTotal vaccine effectivenessSARS-CoV-2Household contactsSecond doseCoronavirus 2Household transmissionDelta variantDay 10VaccinationBNT162b2COVID-19InfectionChain binomial modelVaccineDoseImmunity
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