2023
Optimizing COVID-19 testing strategies on college campuses: Evaluation of the health and economic costs
Johnson K, Pasco R, Woody S, Lachmann M, Johnson-Leon M, Bhavnani D, Klima J, Paltiel A, Fox S, Meyers L. Optimizing COVID-19 testing strategies on college campuses: Evaluation of the health and economic costs. PLOS Computational Biology 2023, 19: e1011715. PMID: 38134223, PMCID: PMC10773932, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011715.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
COVID-19 Testing and Case Rates and Social Contact Among Residential College Students in Connecticut During the 2020-2021 Academic Year
Schultes O, Clarke V, Paltiel AD, Cartter M, Sosa L, Crawford FW. COVID-19 Testing and Case Rates and Social Contact Among Residential College Students in Connecticut During the 2020-2021 Academic Year. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2140602. PMID: 34940864, PMCID: PMC8703252, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.40602.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResidential studentsAcademic yearHigher educationResidential college studentsSpring semesterFall semesterStudentsClose interpersonal contactConnecticut CollegeMean contactFall 2020Residential collegeMost institutionsCollege studentsCollegeUniversityCampusSemesterInstitutionsUniversity campusEducationResidence hallsVariety of approachesInterpersonal contactSocial distancing measuresMaximizing the Efficiency of Active Case Finding for SARS-CoV-2 Using Bandit Algorithms
Gonsalves GS, Copple JT, Paltiel AD, Fenichel EP, Bayham J, Abraham M, Kline D, Malloy S, Rayo MF, Zhang N, Faulkner D, Morey DA, Wu F, Thornhill T, Iloglu S, Warren JL. Maximizing the Efficiency of Active Case Finding for SARS-CoV-2 Using Bandit Algorithms. Medical Decision Making 2021, 41: 970-977. PMID: 34120510, PMCID: PMC8484027, DOI: 10.1177/0272989x211021603.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBandit algorithmsMobility dataThompson sampling algorithmWeb appFunctional prototypeTesting resourcesSequential decisionAlgorithmPartial informationSampling algorithmClassic problemDecision scienceSpatial correlationAllocationPoint distanceInformationResourcesDeploymentAppsDecisionsTradeoffHaystackPrototypeObjectsDataClinical and Economic Effects of Widespread Rapid Testing to Decrease SARS-CoV-2 Transmission.
Paltiel AD, Zheng A, Sax PE. Clinical and Economic Effects of Widespread Rapid Testing to Decrease SARS-CoV-2 Transmission. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2021, 174: 803-810. PMID: 33683930, PMCID: PMC9317280, DOI: 10.7326/m21-0510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Antigen testingHome testingSARS-CoV-2 antigen testingIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioSARS-CoV-2 transmissionCost-effectiveness ratioBase-case analysisRapid testingPrevention guidanceDeath avertedDisease progressionInpatient careCommunity transmissionOutcome estimatesTesting interventionsViral transmissionDisease controlInfectionNumber of personsCumulative infectionsNational containment strategyWarrants considerationU.S. populationDeath
2020
Waiting for Certainty on Covid-19 Antibody Tests — At What Cost?
Weinstein MC, Freedberg KA, Hyle EP, Paltiel AD. Waiting for Certainty on Covid-19 Antibody Tests — At What Cost? New England Journal Of Medicine 2020, 383: e37. PMID: 32501664, DOI: 10.1056/nejmp2017739.Peer-Reviewed Original Research