Public health researchers untangle two decades of maternal mortality data and find that while early increases were driven by reporting changes, real increases followed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alyssa Bilinski, Ph.D.
Peterson Family Assistant Professor of Health Policy, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice and of Biostatistics
Biography
Research Interests: COVID-19, Infectious disease epidemiology, data-driven infectious disease management
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An analysis by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found that most studies exclude participants who are pregnant, potentially leaving critical safety and efficacy questions unanswered.
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Harnessing AI for smarter health policy research
Professor Alyssa Bilinski set out to answer a seemingly simple question: how often are pregnant people included in medical trials? But finding the answer was anything but simple. With 90,000 records to analyze, she turned to AI for help—but ensuring the accuracy of the results required a creative approach.
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Brown researchers find that routine testing of asymptomatic residents identifies carriers and prevents outbreaks within long-term care settings.
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