by Usha Govindarajulu | Mar 29, 2023 | Biostatistics, Blog, New York
Statistical issues in general (Part I) March 27, 2023 In an article that first appeared in 2021 in Biometrics but is now finally open access in the same journal , the authors, Moss and Bin discuss how publication bias and p-hacking have had strong effects on...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Feb 15, 2023 | Biostatistics, Blog, New York, Usha Govindarajulu
February 15, 2023 In an article recently published in the Biometrical Journal, Magir and Jimenez discuss delayed separation of survival curves with proposals for a new weighted log-rank test to handle this through stratification. This common problem has occurred in...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Feb 4, 2022 | Biostatistics, Blog, COVID-19, New York, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
February 2, 2022 A recent article in the Lancet Infectious Diseases presents a large scale study of post-vaccination infection conducted in the United Kingdom to assess potential long-haul symptoms. It was a prospective, community-based, nested, case-control study...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Sep 30, 2021 | Biostatistics, Blog, Healtcare, New York, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
Booster shots for all vaccines September 30, 2021 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been promoting booster shots most recently for all vaccines for COVID-19: Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. However, the Food & Druge...
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...
