What's next: using infectious disease mathematical modelling to address health disparities

Danielle M Richard¹, Marc Lipsitch^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

Danielle M Richard et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2024.

. 2024 Feb 1;53(1):dyad180.

doi: 10.1093/ije/dyad180.

Danielle M Richard¹, Marc Lipsitch^{1

2}

¹ Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Infectious disease epidemiology; health equity; mathematical modelling; social determinants of health; social epidemiology.

Conflict of interest statement

M.L. reports paid service on an advisory board to Janssen Pharmaceutical prior to CDC affiliation. D.M.R. has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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