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Donald S. Shepard is affiliated with Brandeis University in the United States. Their research spans over 110 publications primarily in the field of Medicine.

Their work focuses extensively on several subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Economics and Econometrics.

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Donald S. Shepard has published in a variety of academic venues with frequent contributions to Preventive Medicine, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Value in Health, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, and BMC Public Health.

Their recent research outputs include the following publications:

  • The cost-effectiveness of controlling dengue in Indonesia using wMel Wolbachia released at scale: a modelling study, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • Cost of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in US Infants: Systematic Literature Review and Analysis, 2022, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Productivity costs from a dengue episode in Asia: a systematic literature review, 2020, BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Leave no one behind: ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugee and displaced populations, 2021, Nature Medicine
  • Impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus on Child, Caregiver, and Family Quality of Life in the United States: Systematic Literature Review and Analysis, 2022, The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include Diana Bowser, Yara A. Halasa-Rappel, Arturo Harker, Priya Agarwal-Harding, and Nandyan N. Wilastonegoro.

Best Publications

  • Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi;Kyle Foreman;Stephen Lim

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • A two-dimensional interpolation function for irregularly-spaced data

    Donald Shepard

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • The healthcare costs of sarcopenia in the United States

    Ian Janssen;Donald S. Shepard;Peter T. Katzmarzyk;Ronenn Roubenoff

  • The global burden of disease study 2010: interpretation and implications for the neglected tropical diseases.

    Peter J. Hotez;Miriam Alvarado;María-Gloria Basáñez;Ian Bolliger

  • The global burden of dengue: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Donald S. Shepard;Eduardo A. Undurraga;Yara A. Halasa

  • Utility Functions for Life Years and Health Status

    Joseph S. Pliskin;Donald S. Shepard;Milton C. Weinstein

  • The global economic burden of dengue: a systematic analysis

    Donald S Shepard;Eduardo A Undurraga;Yara A Halasa;Jeffrey D Stanaway

  • Cardiac Rehabilitation and Survival in Older Coronary Patients

    Jose A. Suaya;William B. Stason;Philip A. Ades;Sharon-Lise T. Normand

  • Economic impact of dengue illness in the Americas.

    Donald S. Shepard;Laurent Coudeville;Yara A. Halasa;Betzana Zambrano

  • Treatment and care for injecting drug users with HIV infection: a review of barriers and ways forward

    Daniel Wolfe;M Patrizia Carrieri;M Patrizia Carrieri;Donald Shepard

  • Economic and Disease Burden of Dengue in Southeast Asia

    Donald S. Shepard;Eduardo A. Undurraga;Yara A. Halasa

  • Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccine in high-risk patients. Results of a Veterans Administration Cooperative Study.

    M S Simberkoff;A P Cross;M Al-Ibrahim;A L Baltch

  • Cost of dengue cases in eight countries in the Americas and Asia: a prospective study.

    Jose A. Suaya;Donald S. Shepard;João B. Siqueira;Celina T. Martelli

  • Overcoming Language Barriers in Health Care: Costs and Benefits of Interpreter Services

    Elizabeth A. Jacobs;Donald S. Shepard;Jose A. Suaya;Esta-Lee Stone

  • Evaluation of Lifestyle Modification and Cardiac Rehabilitation in Medicare Beneficiaries* Cardiac Rehabilitation and Survival in Older Coronary Patients**

    Jose A. Suaya;William B. Stason;Philip A. Ades;Sharon-Lise T. Normand

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. McKay
James R. McKay University of Pennsylvania
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales
Richard Matzopoulos
Richard Matzopoulos South African Medical Research Council
Peter J. Hotez
Peter J. Hotez Baylor College of Medicine
David C. Schwebel
David C. Schwebel University of Alabama at Birmingham
Michelle L. Bell
Michelle L. Bell Yale University
Yee Sin Leo
Yee Sin Leo Nanyang Technological University
Richard C. Franklin
Richard C. Franklin James Cook University
Andrew H. Kemp
Andrew H. Kemp Swansea University
David C. Lye
David C. Lye Tan Tock Seng Hospital

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