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Overview

Michael Whitaker is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and focuses primarily on medical research. Their work encompasses a broad range of topics within medicine, concentrating heavily on respiratory viral infections and maternal health.

Their research fields include:

  • Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Oncology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Whitaker's research covers several key topics:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • COVID-19 impact on reproduction
  • Maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum
  • Maternal and fetal healthcare
  • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies
  • Congenital heart disease studies
  • Pneumonia and respiratory infections

Their recent papers illustrate involvement in public health surveillance and disease burden assessment, focusing notably on COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). These include:

  • Characteristics and Maternal and Birth Outcomes of Hospitalized Pregnant Women with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 - COVID-NET, 13 States, March 1-August 22, 2020 (2020) published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Characteristics and Outcomes Among Adults Aged ≥60 Years Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Respiratory Syncytial Virus - RSV-NET, 12 States, July 2022-June 2023 (2023) published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Hospitalizations in US Adults, October 2016 to September 2023 (2024) published in JAMA Network Open
  • Cost-effectiveness of vaccinating adults aged 60 years and older against respiratory syncytial virus (2024) published in Vaccine
  • Trends in COVID-19-Attributable Hospitalizations Among Adults With Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2-COVID-NET, June 2020 to September 2023 (2024) published in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Whitaker frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Fiona P. Havers
  • Michael Melgar
  • Pam Daily Kirley
  • Kyle P. Openo
  • Patricia Ryan

Their primary publication venues reflect a focus on epidemiology and infectious disease surveillance, including:

  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Vaccine
  • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
  • Human Gene Therapy

Best Publications

  • Hospitalization Rates and Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 - COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1-30, 2020.

    Shikha Garg;Shikha Garg;Lindsay Kim;Michael Whitaker;Alissa O’Halloran

  • Calcium at fertilization and in early development.

    Michael Whitaker

  • Hospitalization Rates and Characteristics of Children Aged <18 Years Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 - COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1-July 25, 2020.

    Lindsay Kim;Michael Whitaker;Alissa O'Halloran;Anita Kambhampati

  • Calcium and cell cycle control.

    M. Whitaker;Rajnikant Patel

  • Redundant mechanisms of calcium-induced calcium release underlying calcium waves during fertilization of sea urchin eggs

    Antony Galione;Alex McDougall;William B. Busa;Nick Willmott

  • Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate microinjection activates sea urchin eggs

    Michael Whitaker;R. F. Irvine

  • Ionic regulation of egg activation.

    M. J. Whitaker;R. A. Steinhardt

  • The part played by inositol trisphosphate and calcium in the propagation of the fertilization wave in sea urchin eggs.

    Karl Swann;Michael Whitaker

  • Hospitalizations Associated with COVID-19 Among Children and Adolescents - COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1, 2020-August 14, 2021.

    Miranda J Delahoy;Dawud Ujamaa;Michael Whitaker;Alissa O'Halloran

  • Sperm-egg fusion is the prelude to the initial Ca2+ increase at fertilization in the mouse

    Yvonne Lawrence;Michael Whitaker;Karl Swann

  • Cell-cycle calcium transients driven by cyclic changes in inositol trisphosphate levels.

    Brigitte Ciapa;Danielle Pesando;Martin Wilding;Michael Whitaker

  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of intracellular [Ca2+](i) oscillations during the growth and meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes

    John Carroll;Karl Swann;David Whittingham;Michael Whitaker

  • Translational control of InsP3-induced chromatin condensation during the early cell cycles of sea urchin embryos.

    Jeremy Twigg;Rajnikant Patel;Michael Whitaker

  • Two phases of inositol polyphosphate and diacylglycerol production at fertilisation

    Brigitte Ciapa;Michael Whitaker

  • Stimulation of the Na/H exchanger of sea urchin eggs by phorbol ester.

    Karl Swann;Michael Whitaker

  • Control of meiotic arrest

    Michael Whitaker

  • Influence of ATP and calcium on the cortical reaction in sea urchin eggs.

    P. F. Baker;M. J. Whitaker

  • Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent Phosphorylation and Activation of Human Cdc25-C at the G2/M Phase Transition in HeLa Cells

    Rajnikant Patel;Mark Holt;Rada Philipova;Stephen Moss

  • Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing Hospitalization Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years - COVID-NET, 13 States, February-April 2021.

    Heidi L Moline;Michael Whitaker;Li Deng;Julia C Rhodes

  • Ion channels in small cells and subcellular structures can be studied with a smart patch-clamp system.

    Julia Gorelik;Yuchun Gu;Hilmar A. Spohr;Andrew I. Shevchuk

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl Swann
Karl Swann Cardiff University
Antony Galione
Antony Galione University of Oxford
Alberto Darszon
Alberto Darszon National Autonomous University of Mexico
Joshua Zimmerberg
Joshua Zimmerberg National Institutes of Health
Anthony W. Segal
Anthony W. Segal University College London
Howard Schulman
Howard Schulman Stanford University
Hideyoshi Yokosawa
Hideyoshi Yokosawa Hokkaido University
Keith T. Jones
Keith T. Jones University of Sussex
J. Justin Hsuan
J. Justin Hsuan University College London
Stephen J. Moss
Stephen J. Moss Tufts University

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