Understanding what determines patterns of infection spread in populations is important for
controlling infection transmission. The science that advances this understanding uses …

Cost effectiveness is becoming an increasingly important factor for stakeholders faced with
decisions about adding a new vaccine into national immunization programmes versus …

Abstract Models for the economic evaluation of health technologies provide valuable
information to decision makers. The choice of model structure is rarely discussed in …

A wide range of communicable human diseases can be considered as spreading through a
network of possible transmission routes. The implied network structure is vital in determining …

Contact patterns in populations fundamentally influence the spread of infectious diseases.
Current mathematical methods for epidemiological forecasting on networks largely assume …

Study Design: We recruited 192 individuals aged 18 to 30 from sexually transmitted disease
and family planning clinics in 96 partner dyads that reported first sexual contact during the …

In early 2002, with the help of Alun Lloyd, Steven Tanner, Ben Bolker, and Tony Sun, I took
on the task of creating a state-of-the-art review of models for the geographic spread of …

Study Design In-person interviews were conducted with both a probability household
sample (n= 363) and a targeted, street-recruited sample of cocaine, heroin, crack, or injected …

Background: Sexual partnerships between people at higher and lower risk for sexually
transmitted infections (STIs)(ie, bridging) occur through dissortative mixing and concurrent …

Results: STI was detected in 22% of partnerships; discordance for demographics or
relationship commitment was reported in 40% to 50%; and partner concurrency in 26%. Few …