Public Health and Health Professions
Longini Lab
Led by Ira M Longini · Biostatistics
What we study
The Longini Lab studies infectious diseases using mathematical models and statistical analysis. They work on vaccine trials, epidemic modeling, and public health research.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Epistorm: Center for Advanced Epidemic Analytics and Predictive Modeling Technology
Developing advanced tools for epidemic prediction and analysis.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Improving Assessment of Vaccine Effectiveness by Coupling Test-negative Design Studies with Survival Models
2026 · Epidemiology
Develops a new method to assess vaccine effectiveness using data from negative COVID-19 tests.
- Integrated Surveillance Strategies and Clinical Characteristics of Arboviral Diseases in a Pediatric Cohort in Merida, Mexico, 2021–2023
2026 · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Compares different ways to track dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Mexico, and describes patient cases.
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- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Severity and Population-Specific Outcomes of Human Metapneumovirus Infection
2026 · Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Summarizes how often human metapneumovirus infections lead to severe illness across studies.
- Salvaging information from paused or stopped clinical studies
2025 · Clinical Trials
- Randomized Trial of Targeted Indoor Spraying to Prevent Aedes-Borne Diseases
2025 · New England Journal of Medicine
Tests whether targeted indoor spraying prevents mosquito-borne diseases in Mexico.
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How to reach out
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