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Journal articles
2018, 'U.S. nationwide reconnaissance of ten infrequently monitored antibiotics in municipal biosolids', Science of the Total Environment, 643, pp. 460 - 467, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.206
,2018, 'A systematic review of spatial decision support systems in public health informatics supporting the identification of high risk areas for zoonotic disease outbreaks', International Journal of Health Geographics, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12942-018-0157-5
,2018, 'Avian influenza virus ecology and evolution through a climatic lens', Environment International, 119, pp. 241 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.018
,2018, 'Phylogeography of H5N1 avian influenza virus in Indonesia', Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65, pp. 1339 - 1347, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12883
,2018, 'The effects of random taxa sampling schemes in Bayesian virus phylogeography', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 64, pp. 225 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2018.07.003
,2018, 'Bayesian Phylogeography and Pathogenic Characterization of Smallpox Based on HA, ATI, and CrmB Genes', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 35, pp. msy153 - msy153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msy153
,2018, 'Converging and emerging threats to health security', Environment Systems and Decisions, 38, pp. 198 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10669-017-9667-0
,2018, 'GeoBoost: Accelerating research involving the geospatial metadata of virus GenBank records', Bioinformatics, 34, pp. 1606 - 1608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btx799
,2017, 'Does influenza pandemic preparedness and mitigation require gain-of-function research?', Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses, 11, pp. 306 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12458
,2017, 'Multiscale model for pedestrian and infection dynamics during air travel', Physical Review E, 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.052320
,2017, 'Bayesian phylogeography of influenza A/H3N2 for the 2014-15 season in the United States using three frameworks of ancestral state reconstruction.', PLoS Computational Biology, 13, pp. e1005389 - e1005389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi
,2017, 'Named entity linking of geospatial and host metadata in GenBank for advancing biomedical research', Database, 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/database/bax093
,2017, 'Self-propelled pedestrian dynamics model: Application to passenger movement and infection propagation in airplanes', Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 465, pp. 248 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2016.05.090
,2016, 'pyJacqQ: Python Implementation of Jacquez's Q-Statistics for Space-Time Clustering of Disease Exposure in Case-Control Studies', Journal of Statistical Software, 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.18637/jss.v074.i06
,2016, 'A high-precision rule-based extraction system for expanding geospatial metadata in GenBank records', Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 23, pp. 934 - 941, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocv172
,2016, 'Social media mining for toxicovigilance: automatic monitoring of prescription medication abuse from Twitter.', Drug Safety, 39, pp. 231 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40264-015-0379-4
,2015, 'Evolution of 2014/15 H3N2 influenza viruses circulating in US: consequences for vaccine effectiveness and possible new pandemic', Front Microbiol, 6, pp. 1456 - 1456, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01456
,2015, 'Knowledge-driven geospatial location resolution for phylogeographic models of virus migration', Bioinformatics, 31, pp. i348 - i356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btv259
,2015, 'In silico analysis suggests interaction between Ebola virus and the extracellular matrix', Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, pp. 135 - 135, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00135
,2015, 'Combining phylogeography and spatial epidemiology to uncover predictors of H5N1 influenza A virus diffusion', Archives of Virology, 160, pp. 215 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-014-2262-5
,2014, 'Comparison of ARIMA and random forest time series models for prediction of avian influenza H5N1 outbreaks', BMC Bioinformatics, 15, pp. 1471 - 2105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/15-276
,2014, 'Diffusion of influenza viruses among migratory birds with a focus on the Southwest United States', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 26, pp. 185 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2014.05.029
,2013, 'Phylogeography of influenza A H5N1 clade 2.2.1.1 in Egypt', BMC Genomics, 14, pp. 1471 - 2164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/14-871
,2013, 'Using value of information to guide evaluation of decision supports for differential diagnosis: is it time for a new look?', BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 13, pp. 1472 - 6947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/13-105
,2013, 'Examining the differences in format and characteristics of zoonotic virus surveillance data on state agency websites', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 15, pp. e90 - e90, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.2487
,2013, 'Phylogeography of swine influenza H3N2 in the United States: translational public health for zoonotic disease surveillance', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 13, pp. 224 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2012.09.015
,2013, 'Use of structured and unstructured data to identify contraceptive use in women veterans', Perspectives in health information management / AHIMA, American Health Information Management Association, pp. 1 - 15
,2012, 'A panel analysis of the strategic association between information and communication technology and public health delivery.', J Med Internet Res, 14, pp. e147, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.2242
,2012, 'Comparison of human and animal surveillance data for H5N1 influenza A in Egypt 2006-2001', PLoS One, 7, pp. e43851 - e43851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043851
,2011, 'A qualitative study of state-level zoonotic disease surveillance in New England', Zoonoses and Public Health, 58, pp. 131 - 139
,2011, 'Enhancing phylogeography by improving geographical information from GenBank', Journal of Biomedical Informatics, Suppl 1, pp. S44 - S47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2011.06.005
,2011, 'Human vs. animal outbreaks of the 2009 swine-origin H1N1 influenza A epidemic', Ecohealth, 8, pp. 376 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-011-0706-x
,2011, 'State-level zoonotic disease surveillance in the United States', Zoonoses and Public Health, 58, pp. 523 - 528
,2011, 'The Yale cTAKES extensions for document classification: architecture and application', Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 18, pp. 614 - 620
,2010, 'Biomedical informatics techniques for processing and analyzing web blogs of military service members', Journal of Medical Internet Research, 12, pp. e45 - e45, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.1538
,2010, 'A comparison of two approaches to text processing: facilitating chart reviews of radiology reports in electronic medical records', Perspectives in health information management / AHIMA, American Health Information Management Association, 7, pp. 1a - 1a
,2010, 'Animals as sentinels: using comparative medicine to move beyond the laboratory', Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) Journal, 51, pp. 262 - 267
,2010, 'At the intersection of public-health informatics and bioinformatics: using advanced Web technologies for phylogeography', Epidemiology, 21, pp. 764 - 768, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181f534dd
,2010, 'Rural residence is associated with delayed care entry and increased mortality among veterans with human immunodeficiency virus infection', Medical Care, 48, pp. 1064 - 1070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ef60c2
,2010, 'Use of statistical analysis in the biomedical informatics literature', Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 17, pp. 3 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1197/jamia.M2853
,2009, 'Risk factors for human infection with West Nile Virus in Connecticut: a multi-year analysis', International Journal of Health Geographics, 8, pp. 67 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X
,2009, 'Linkages between animal and human health sentinel data', BMC Veterinary Research, 5, pp. 15 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/5-15
,2009, 'Human and animal sentinels for shared health risks', Veterinaria italiana, 45, pp. 23 - 24
,2008, 'Web GIS in practice VI: a demo playlist of geo-mashups for public health neogeographers', International Journal of Health Geographics, 7, pp. 38 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X
,2008, 'Spatial and multidimensional visualization of Indonesia's village health statistics', International Journal of Health Geographics, 7, pp. 30 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X
,2008, 'Evaluation of SOVAT: an OLAP-GIS decision support system for community health assessment data analysis', BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 8, pp. 22 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/8-22
,2008, 'Development of grid-like applications for public health using Web 2.0 mashup techniques', Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 15, pp. 783 - 786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1197/jamia.M2731
,2008, 'HCLS 2.0/3.0: health care and life sciences data mashup using Web 2.0/3.0', Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 41, pp. 694 - 705, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2008.04.001
,2007, 'Usability evaluation of the Spatial OLAP Visualization and Analysis Tool (SOVAT)', Journal of Usability Studies, 2, pp. 76 - 95
,2006, 'Exploring the role of GIS during community health assessment problem solving: experiences of public health professionals', International Journal of Health Geographics, 5, pp. 39 - 39
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