The Right People | Research Publications 

Pathogens in long-term care facilities

JAMA, Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii and Candida auris in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

Oct. 12, 2023

Autism and schizophrenia risk factors

Science Translational Medicine, A single-cell genomic atlas for maturation of the human cerebellum during early childhood

Oct. 12, 2023

Vaccines for Malawi children

The Lancet, Efficacy of typhoid conjugate vaccine: final analysis of a 4-year, phase 3, randomised controlled trial in Malawian children

Jan. 25, 2024

AI clinical algorithms

New England Journal of Medicine, Preparing Physicians for the Clinical Algorithm Era

August 10, 2023

Generational Health Challenges |Statistics 

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Approximately one in four Maryland youth is overweight or obese.

The Governor’s Office for Children

An Aging Epidemic

By 2040, nearly one-quarter of Maryland’s population will be age 60 or older.

Maryland Department of Aging: State Plan on Aging 2022-2025

Emerging Pathogens and Climate Medicine

Three out of four new emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Zoonotic Diseases

Mental Health and Addiction

Maryland’s overdose death rate is 50% higher than the national average.

National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics

Health Inequity and Health Disparities

A black baby born in Maryland is 2.5 times more likely to die than a white baby.

Maryland Department of Health: 2019 Maryland Rural Health Conference

Brain Diseases and Neurodegeneration

Over 100,000 Marylanders age 65 or older have Alzheimer’s disease. 

Alzheimer’s Association: Maryland

Big Data Computation

AI tools can level the playing field to help highlight and erase inequities in health.

Nature Medicine, 13 January 2020: Treating health disparities with artificial intelligence.