Christina Mills Astley

Computational Epidemiologist, Translational Scientist and Pediatrician.

[Christina Mills Astley @AstleyCM]

RSV vaccine is a little bit of good news for grandparents and their grandkids.

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

It's taken decades, but there is finally a vaccine to protect against serious disease from #RSV. This one's for adults 60 and older, from #GSK. Options for protecting infants coming later this year. https://t.co/MEv0CrfrtR

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

The use of #AI for pandemic and outbreak infectious disease surveillance, a review @NEJM today
https://t.co/Khn0ldv2VD @johnbrownstein @AstleyCM and colleagues

[Christina Mills Astley @AstleyCM]

Increased at home #covid testing during #omicron

Lower among low income, black, elderly respondents

Address at home test access/uptake disparities to improve #healthequity

In @CDCMMWR with @healthmap @johnbrownstein @AutumnGertz @jcpolls

https://t.co/yjPfs1TpzG

[John Brownstein @johnbrownstein]

Our new study in @CDCMMWR on use of at-home #covid tests

Online survey of 400k+ U.S. adults (08/21-03/22)

At-home testing rose rapidly with #omicron

Most common among White adults, ages 30-39 and income >$150k

Highlights the need for equitable access

https://t.co/9awKnOnWLs

[Christina Mills Astley @AstleyCM]

@CDCgov @OutbreaksNearMe Help track COVID19 with @OutbreaksNearMe !

[Christina Mills Astley @AstleyCM]

@_MiguelHernan @NEJM Great reminder of why methods matter. Thank you, Miguel.

[Miguel Hernán @_MiguelHernan]

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We've just confirmed the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine outside of randomized trials.

Details @NEJM: https://t.co/POgXK8owvM

Yes, great news, but let's talk about methodological issues that arise when using #observational data to estimate vaccine effectiveness.

[Christina Mills Astley @AstleyCM]

@KatieMPalmer Two great opportunities to leverage health data improve patient care and public health highlighted by @KatieMPalmer

@johnbrownstein @msdagus

[Katie Palmer @KatieMPalmer]

New: Two totally different stories today, but both about the challenges and promise of health data collection during the pandemic

[Rick Malley @rickmalley]

via @NYTOpinion Op-ed with ⁦@adamhfinn⁩ on altering vaccine strategy, provide first doses to all those at highest risk now, worry about second doses later. https://t.co/9BS4LIeHRc

[John Brownstein @johnbrownstein]

Excited to announce that our @VaccineFinder platform will be powering @googlemaps to bring wider awareness and access to #COVID19 vaccines

[Christina Mills Astley @AstleyCM]

@johnbrownstein In support of @JoeBiden 100 days of mask wearing challenge

[John Brownstein @johnbrownstein]

Important notes

Mask mandates alone were not sufficient to increase mask wearing.

Mask wearing layered with social distancing yielded highest probability of transmission control.

Findings remained strong after accounting for other factors (eg mobility and pop density).

[Christina Mills Astley @AstleyCM]

Back-to-school survey shows remote or in person similar Grades 1 to college -- despite huge differences in development.

Are we trying to make one plan fit all for back-to-school?
@laurawronski @johnbrownstein
@meiralevinson @mlipsitch

https://t.co/k6X4OB9sor

[Christina Mills Astley @AstleyCM]

Differential geographic accessibility to SARS-CoV-2 testing by region, population density, percent minority, uninsured. This may worsen healthcare disparities and bias COVID-19 transmission estimates. https://t.co/3t9oC6hyKD @johnbrownstein @MOUGK #covid19 #spatial