Halloran Group
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Our Research
The Halloran Group conducts research on study designs and analytic methods for evaluating vaccines in populations. Research includes developing new methods, such as causal inference with interference, as well as applying existing methods to novel applications. We evaluate vaccines beyond the direct protective effects, including the effect of vaccination on person-to-person transmission and indirect and overall effects of vaccination programs. One focus is on evaluating vaccines for emerging infectious diseases. We also use simulation models of interventions against pathogens in populations to provide guidance for policy. The Halloran group has many national and international collaborators.
M. Elizabeth Halloran, MD, DSC
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Affiliations:
Full Member, Vaccine and Infectious Disease and Public Health Sciences Divisions, Fred Hutch
Head, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, and Epidemiology (BBE) Program, VIDD
Professor of Biostatistics and Professor of Epidemiology, University of Washington
Member, National Academy of Medicine
Director, Center for Inference and Dynamics of Infectious Diseases (CIDID)
Founder and Director, Summer Institute for Statistics and Modeling in Infectious Diseases (SISMID)
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