[HTML][HTML] Informing pandemic response in the face of uncertainty. An evaluation of the US COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub

E Howerton, L Contamin, LC Mullany, M Qin, NG Reich… - medRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Our ability to forecast epidemics more than a few weeks into the future is constrained by the
complexity of disease systems, our limited ability to measure the current state of an …

Evaluation of the US COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub for informing pandemic response under uncertainty

E Howerton, L Contamin, LC Mullany, M Qin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Our ability to forecast epidemics far into the future is constrained by the many complexities of
disease systems. Realistic longer-term projections may, however, be possible under well …

[HTML][HTML] Public health impact of the US Scenario Modeling Hub

RK Borchering, JM Healy, BL Cadwell, MA Johansson… - Epidemics, 2023 - Elsevier
Beginning in December 2020, the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub has provided
quantitative scenario-based projections for cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, aggregated …

The US COVID-19 and Influenza Scenario Modeling Hubs: delivering long-term projections to guide policy

SL Loo, E Howerton, L Contamin, CP Smith… - Epidemics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Between December 2020 and April 2023, the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub
(SMH) generated operational multi-month projections of COVID-19 burden in the US to …

[HTML][HTML] When do we need multiple infectious disease models? Agreement between projection rank and magnitude in a multi-model setting

E Howerton, WJM Probert, MC Runge, C Viboud… - Epidemics, 2024 - Elsevier
Mathematical models are useful for public health planning and response to infectious
disease threats. However, different models can provide differing results, which can hamper …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time mechanistic bayesian forecasts of covid-19 mortality

GC Gibson, NG Reich, D Sheldon - medRxiv, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-19 pandemic emerged in late December 2019. In the first six months of the
global outbreak, the US reported more cases and deaths than any other country in the world …

A scenario modeling pipeline for COVID-19 emergency planning

JC Lemaitre, KH Grantz, J Kaminsky, HR Meredith… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused strain on health systems
worldwide due to its high mortality rate and the large portion of cases requiring critical care …

Modeling COVID-19 epidemics in an Excel spreadsheet: Democratizing the access to first-hand accurate predictions of epidemic outbreaks

MM Alvarez, E González-González… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
COVID-19, the first pandemic of this decade and the second in less than 15 years, has
harshly taught us that viral diseases do not recognize boundaries; however, they truly do …

An evaluation of prospective COVID-19 modelling studies in the USA: from data to science translation

K Nixon, S Jindal, F Parker, NG Reich… - The Lancet Digital …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Infectious disease modelling can serve as a powerful tool for situational awareness and
decision support for policy makers. However, COVID-19 modelling efforts faced many …

The quixotic task of forecasting peaks of covid-19: Rather focus on forward and backward projections

RF Reis, RS Oliveira, BM Quintela… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Over the last months, mathematical models have been extensively used to help control the
COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. Although extremely useful in many tasks, most models …