The role of biostatistics in the response to COVID-19: a Belgian and international perspective.
Isr J Health Policy Res
; 12(1): 6, 2023 01 31.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2224303
ABSTRACT
In this commentary to Dattner et al. (Israel J Health Policy Res. 1122, 2022), we highlight similarities and differences in the role that biostatistics and biostatisticians have been playing in the COVID-19 response in Belgium and Israel. We bring out implications and opportunities for our field and for science. We argue that biostatistics has an important place in the multidisciplinary COVID-19 response, in terms of research, policy advice, and science and public communication. In Belgium, biostatisticians located in various institutes, collaborated with epidemiologists, vaccinologists, infectiologists, immunologists, social scientists, and government policy makers to provide rapid and science-informed policy advice. Biostatisticians, who can easily be mobilized to work together in pandemic response, also played a role in public communication.
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Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Biostatistics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
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Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Isr J Health Policy Res
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S13584-023-00554-z
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