Abhishek Pandey, PhD
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Vaccines; Global Health; Conflict and Health; Infectious Diseases; Modeling
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2025
Impact of disease severity, age, sex, comorbidity, and vaccination on secondary attack rates of SARS-CoV-2: a global systematic review and meta-analysis
Sumsuzzman D, Ye Y, Wang Z, Pandey A, Langley J, Galvani A, Moghadas S. Impact of disease severity, age, sex, comorbidity, and vaccination on secondary attack rates of SARS-CoV-2: a global systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases 2025, 25: 215. PMID: 39948450, PMCID: PMC11827239, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-10610-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPopulation settingEffective public health strategiesConfidence intervalsImpact of disease severityModified Newcastle-Ottawa ScalePublic health strategiesHigher secondary attack rateRisk of biasNewcastle-Ottawa ScalePandemic responseGlobal systematic reviewRandom-effects modelFreeman-Tukey double arcsine transformationWeb of ScienceNo significant associationDrivers of SARS-CoV-2 transmissionHealth strategiesSecondary attack rateSARS-CoV-2Disease severityEffective pandemic responseTargeted interventionsDouble arcsine transformationOvid MEDLINESystematic reviewHarnessing the potential of human immunodeficiency virus self-testing to bolster pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and achieve UNAIDS targets in sub-Saharan Africa
Galvani-Townsend S, Pandey A. Harnessing the potential of human immunodeficiency virus self-testing to bolster pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake and achieve UNAIDS targets in sub-Saharan Africa. Ann Infect 2025;9:1.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersIntegrating artificial intelligence with mechanistic epidemiological modeling: a scoping review of opportunities and challenges
Ye Y, Pandey A, Bawden C, Sumsuzzman D, Rajput R, Shoukat A, Singer B, Moghadas S, Galvani A. Integrating artificial intelligence with mechanistic epidemiological modeling: a scoping review of opportunities and challenges. Nature Communications 2025, 16: 581. PMID: 39794317, PMCID: PMC11724045, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55461-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArtificial intelligenceEffective public health planningPublic health planningMechanistic modelSystematic search strategyCapabilities of artificial intelligenceData-mining capabilitiesReview of opportunitiesFusion of AIPotential of AIHealth plansSpectrum of infectious diseasesDisease dynamicsImpact of RSVpreF vaccination on reducing the burden of respiratory syncytial virus in infants and older adults
Du Z, Pandey A, Moghadas S, Bai Y, Wang L, Matrajt L, Singer B, Galvani A. Impact of RSVpreF vaccination on reducing the burden of respiratory syncytial virus in infants and older adults. Nature Medicine 2025, 31: 647-652. PMID: 39789324, PMCID: PMC11835734, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03431-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusSyncytial virusRSV diseaseImpact of vaccinationBurden of respiratory syncytial virusVaccination of pregnant womenRSV-related mortalityProtein-based vaccinesVaccination of older adultsRSV vaccinePregnant womenSeasonal influenzaVaccine uptake ratesInfant hospitalizationClinical trialsPrefusion FHospital costsInfantsHealth burdenAdult immunizationVaccineOlder adultsHospitalEnhanced uptakeHigh-income countries
2024
Estimating the lives that could be saved by expanded access to weight-loss drugs
Pandey A, Ye Y, Wells C, Singer B, Galvani A. Estimating the lives that could be saved by expanded access to weight-loss drugs. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2412872121. PMID: 39405358, PMCID: PMC11513960, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2412872121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlucagon-like peptide-1Body mass index categoriesObesity prevalence dataGlucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonistsHazard ratio of mortalityRatio of mortalityPublic health impactWeight loss drugsInsurance coverage issuesGastric inhibitory polypeptideHealthcare accessType 2 diabetesUnited StatesPublic health crisisObesity epidemicReceptor agonistsIndex categoriesHazard ratioPrevalence dataInhibitory polypeptidePeptide-1Health impactsNovel treatmentObesityHealth crisisMortality and morbidity ramifications of proposed retractions in healthcare coverage for the United States
Pandey A, Fitzpatrick M, Singer B, Galvani A. Mortality and morbidity ramifications of proposed retractions in healthcare coverage for the United States. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2321494121. PMID: 38648491, PMCID: PMC11066981, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2321494121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvaluation of Strategies for Transitioning to Annual SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Campaigns in the United States.
Wells C, Pandey A, Moghadas S, Fitzpatrick M, Singer B, Galvani A. Evaluation of Strategies for Transitioning to Annual SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Campaigns in the United States. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2024, 177: 609-617. PMID: 38527289, DOI: 10.7326/m23-2451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSARS-CoV-2 vaccination campaignSARS-CoV-2Centers for Disease Control and PreventionDisease Control and PreventionSARS-CoV-2 vaccinesHealth care costsVaccine-acquired immunityFood and Drug AdministrationU.S. Food and Drug AdministrationControl and PreventionNational Institutes of HealthVaccination campaignInfluenza vaccineInitial doseInstitutes of HealthSARS-CoV-2 variantsBooster doseImmune evasionDrug AdministrationUnited StatesNotsew Orm Sands FoundationDoseHealthPopulation immunityNational InstituteA Generalizable Theory-Driven Agent-Based Framework to Study Conflict-Induced Forced Migration
Mehrab Z, Stundal L, Venkatramanan S, Swarup S, Lewis B, Mortveit H, Barrett C, Pandey A, Wells C, Galvani A, Singer B, Moghadas S, Leblang D, Colwell R, Marathe M. A Generalizable Theory-Driven Agent-Based Framework to Study Conflict-Induced Forced Migration. Proceedings Of The AAAI Conference On Artificial Intelligence 2024, 38: 23027-23033. DOI: 10.1609/aaai.v38i21.30345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAgent-based frameworkForced migrationGraph dynamical systemsPolicy implicationsConflict-induced migrationLarge-scale population displacementMigration outflowPolicy challengesComputational frameworkSpatial granularityPopulation displacementSocial theoryConflict settingsRussian forcesModeling frameworkCivilian populationSocial sciencesPolicyAn agent-based framework to study forced migration: A case study of Ukraine
Mehrab Z, Stundal L, Venkatramanan S, Swarup S, Lewis B, Mortveit H, Barrett C, Pandey A, Wells C, Galvani A, Singer B, Leblang D, Colwell R, Marathe M. An agent-based framework to study forced migration: A case study of Ukraine. PNAS Nexus 2024, 3: pgae080. PMID: 38505694, PMCID: PMC10949908, DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchForced migrationOutflow of migrantsCase study of UkraineStudy of UkraineDeliver humanitarian assistanceMigration flowsHumanitarian assistanceHumanitarian resourcesPolicy-makersConflict eventsPolicymaker uncertaintyPolicy questionsRussian aggressionCrisis settingsUkraine warConflictPolicyConflict scenariosUkraineCase studyMigrantsMigrationBehavioral theoryWarCrisis
2023
Modelling the impact of a high-uptake bivalent booster scenario on the COVID-19 burden and healthcare costs in New York City
Pandey A, Fitzpatrick M, Moghadas S, Vilches T, Ko C, Vasan A, Galvani A. Modelling the impact of a high-uptake bivalent booster scenario on the COVID-19 burden and healthcare costs in New York City. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2023, 24: 100555. PMID: 37554154, PMCID: PMC10405058, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealthcare costsVaccine dosesInfluenza vaccine coverageCOVID-19 illnessDirect healthcare costsSevere health outcomesCOVID-19 vaccineCOVID-19 burdenNew York CityBooster vaccineVaccine coverageVaccination ratesBivalent vaccineBase case scenarioHealth outcomesEligible residentsProbable casesDisease controlVaccineCanadian InstituteCOVID-19VaccinationHealth researchCommonwealth FundOutcomes
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News
- October 16, 2024
Expanding Access to Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save Thousands of Lives A Year, Study Finds
- March 25, 2024Source: Healio
Study: Annual COVID-19 vaccine campaign with second dose reduces disease burden, costs
- July 28, 2022Source: The Commonwealth Fund
How Many Lives Could a Fall COVID-19 Booster Campaign Save in the United States?
- July 27, 2022
Traveling or considering a night on the town? Best time to test for COVID is right before you leave
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