by Usha Govindarajulu | May 24, 2023 | Biostatistics, Blog, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
May 24, 2023 The authors developed a semiparametric maximum likelihood estimation procedure via a kernel smoothed-aided expectation-maximization algorithm. The variances for this were estimated through weighted bootstrap. The authors focused on this for the...
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 | Jan 20, 2022 | Biostatistics, Blog, COVID-19, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
January 18, 2022 A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) presents results from a large cohort study from New York State on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness. They used data for 8,690,825 adults in New York State to assess the effectiveness of the...
by Usha Govindarajulu | Nov 26, 2021 | Biostatistics, Blog, COVID-19, Healtcare, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
At home Antigen tests statistical results November 24, 2021 Antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 are back and are pending more approvals by the current administration. If so, they may be used more often and more frequently to help people get back to a more normal lifestyle....
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 | Jul 21, 2021 | Biostatistics, Blog, Healtcare, Professor, Usha Govindarajulu
With all the news about vaccine efficacy and how long the effects of the vaccine will last, it is interesting to wonder how the statistical models to detect such effects are designed for such research . In the Khoury et al paper (2020), they do consider the decay of...
