by Usha Govindarajulu | Apr 14, 2021 | Blog
In the article previous to this, Part I, we discussed design and statistical issues related to clinical trial designs for COVID-19 research. As part of the discussion about clinical trial designs comes along interpretation of results. As clinical trials for COVID-19...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Mar 31, 2021 | Blog
Earlier we discussed the issues in COVID-19 research related to observational studies that were used as the study design for the research, especially the early time frame of COVID-19 in the U.S. like the spring of 2020. We discussed some of the overarching issues that...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Mar 17, 2021 | Usha Govindarajulu
Doing research in COVID-19 presents many types of problems for having statistical analyses free from biases. In studies that were organized as observational studies to compare treatments or differences on some outcome between COVID-19 patients and either some type of...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Mar 3, 2021 | Biostatistics, Blog, Epidemiology, New York, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
As of right now, this is what we know about serious safety concerns raised about these COVID-19 vaccines: the mRNA vaccines, Pfizer© and Moderna©, the Johnson & Johnson©vaccine, and the Oxford/Astrazeneca© vaccine. These are the current vaccines with...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Feb 17, 2021 | Blog, Epidemiology, Healtcare, New York, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
Much of the new these days focuses around the vaccines that are out on the market due to emergency authorizations for their use due the continued spread and decimation caused by COVID-19. One of the major concerns that have been raised besides safety are also how the...
