The relationship between age and sex partner counts during the mpox outbreak in the UK, 2022

J Brainard, LE Smith, HWW Potts, GJ Rubin - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Understanding the dynamics of an infectious disease outbreak linked to sexual
activity requires valid expectations of likely counts of unique sex partners during the …

High-fidelity agent-based modeling to support prevention decision-making: An open science approach

WH Vermeer, JD Smith, U Wilensky, CH Brown - Prevention Science, 2022 - Springer
Preventing adverse health outcomes is complex due to the multi-level contexts and social
systems in which these phenomena occur. To capture both the systemic effects, local …

Agent-based model projections for reducing HIV infection among MSM: Prevention and care pathways to end the HIV epidemic in Chicago, Illinois

W Vermeer, C Gurkan, A Hjorth, N Benbow… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Our objective is to improve local decision-making for strategies to end the HIV epidemic
using the newly developed Levers of HIV agent-based model (ABM). Agent-based models …

Overdose deaths before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a US county

CH Brown, KA Johnson, HA Hills, W Vermeer… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Globally, overdose deaths increased near the beginning of the COVID-19
pandemic, which created availability and access barriers to addiction and social services …

Model-driven decision support: A community-based meta-implementation strategy to predict population impact

K Johnson, W Vermeer, H Hills, L Chin-Purcell… - Annals of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose Standard tools for public health decision making such as data dashboards, trial
repositories, and intervention briefs may be necessary but insufficient for guiding community …

A High-Fidelity Modelling Method for Mine Haul Truck Dumping Process

A Young, WP Rogers - Mining, 2022 - mdpi.com
Dumping is one of the main unit operations of mining. Notwithstanding a long history of
using large rear dump trucks in mining, little knowledge exists on the cascading behavior of …

Agent-Based Modeling of Autosomal Recessive Deafness 1A (DFNB1A) Prevalence with Regard to Intensity of Selection Pressure in Isolated Human Population

GP Romanov, AA Smirnova, VI Zamyatin, AM Mukhin… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this study, we developed a simple simulation model to illustrate the
effects of different mating patterns on the spread of autosomal recessive deafness 1A …

Rapid adaptation during the COVID crisis: Challenges experienced in delivering service to those with Opioid Use Disorders

HA Hills, R Lengnick-Hall, KA Johnson… - Implementation …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Adaptation is an accepted part of implementing evidence-based practices.
COVID-19 presented a unique opportunity to examine adaptation in evolving contexts …

Protecting patients and staff in residential treatment centers during exposure to COVID-19: commentary

KA Johnson, C Keough, H Hills, W Vermeer… - Addiction Science & …, 2021 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis in access to addiction treatment.
Programs with residential components have been particularly impacted as they try to keep …

Modelling HIV/AIDS epidemiological complexity: A scoping review of Agent-Based Models and their application

RV Anderle, RB de Oliveira, FA Rubio, J Macinko… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Objective To end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, despite the increasing poverty and
inequalities, policies should be designed to deal with population heterogeneity and …