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Miguel A. Hernán

Miguel A. Hernán

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D-Index
131
Citations
133034
World Ranking
2339
National Ranking
1321

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Miguel A. Hernán is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans Medicine and Mathematics with a substantial focus on subfields such as Statistics and Probability, Infectious Diseases, Economics and Econometrics, Oncology, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's work touches on several major topics, including Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, and Statistical Methods and Inference.

Frequent collaborators include Issa J Dahabreh, Jonathan A C Sterne, Barbra A. Dickerman, James M. Robins, and Roger Logan.

Key venues where Miguel A. Hernán has published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Epidemiology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Annals of Internal Medicine
  • BMJ

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Miguel A. Hernán feature prominently in high-impact journals and address COVID-19 related themes:

  • "BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting" (2021, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • "Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain (ENE-COVID): a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study" (2020, The Lancet)
  • "Factors Associated With Death in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the US" (2020, JAMA Internal Medicine)
  • "Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Setting" (2021, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • "Effectiveness of a third dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for preventing severe outcomes in Israel: an observational study" (2021, The Lancet)

Miguel A. Hernán has been recognized by professional organizations with fellowships. These include being named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) in 2019 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions.

    Jonathan A. C. Sterne;Miguel A Hernan;Barnaby C Reeves;Jelena Savovic;Jelena Savovic

  • RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials.

    Jonathan A.C. Sterne;Jelena Savović;Jelena Savović;Matthew J. Page;Roy G. Elbers

  • Marginal Structural Models and Causal Inference in Epidemiology

    James M. Robins;Miguel Ángel Hernán;Babette Brumback

  • A structural approach to selection bias.

    Miguel A Hernán;Sonia Hernández-Díaz;James M Robins

  • Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with a Mediterranean Diet Supplemented with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil or Nuts

    Miguel A Martínez-González;Emilio Ros;Ramón Estruch

  • Using Big Data to Emulate a Target Trial When a Randomized Trial Is Not Available

    Miguel A. Hernán;James M. Robins

  • BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting.

    Noa Dagan;Noam Barda;Noam Barda;Noam Barda;Eldad Kepten;Oren Miron;Oren Miron

  • Constructing Inverse Probability Weights for Marginal Structural Models

    Stephen R. Cole;Miguel A. Hernán;Miguel A. Hernán

  • Marginal structural models to estimate the causal effect of zidovudine on the survival of HIV-positive men.

    Miguel Angel Hernan;Babette Brumback;James M. Robins

  • Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain (ENE-COVID): a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study.

    Marina Pollán;Beatriz Pérez-Gómez;Roberto Pastor-Barriuso;Jesús Oteo

  • Causal Knowledge as a Prerequisite for Confounding Evaluation: An Application to Birth Defects Epidemiology

    Miguel A. Hernán;Sonia Hernández-Díaz;Martha M. Werler;Allen A. Mitchell

  • Vitamin D intake and incidence of multiple sclerosis

    K. L. Munger;S. M. Zhang;E. O’Reilly;M. A. Hernán

  • Methotrexate and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective study.

    Hyon K Choi;Miguel A Hernán;John D Seeger;James M Robins

  • The hazards of hazard ratios.

    Miguel A. Hernán

  • Estimating causal effects from epidemiological data

    Miguel A Hernán;James M Robins

  • Instruments for causal inference: an epidemiologist's dream?

    Miguel A. Hernan;James M. Robins

  • A meta-analysis of coffee drinking, cigarette smoking, and the risk of Parkinson's disease.

    Miguel A. Hernán;Bahi Takkouche;Francisco Caamaño-Isorna;Juan J. Gestal-Otero

  • Temporal trends in the incidence of multiple sclerosis: A systematic review

    Alvaro Alonso;Miguel A. Hernán

  • Activated Injectable Vitamin D and Hemodialysis Survival: A Historical Cohort Study

    Ming Teng;Myles Wolf;M. Norma Ofsthun;J. Michael Lazarus

  • Factors Associated With Death in Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in the US

    Shruti Gupta;Salim S. Hayek;Wei Wang;Lili Chan

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Robins
James M. Robins Harvard University
Alberto Ascherio
Alberto Ascherio Harvard University
Sonia Hernandez-Diaz
Sonia Hernandez-Diaz Harvard University
Jonathan A C Sterne
Jonathan A C Sterne University of Bristol
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
Sonja A. Swanson
Sonja A. Swanson Erasmus University Rotterdam
Alvaro Alonso
Alvaro Alonso Emory University
John Hsu
John Hsu Harvard University
Andrew N. Phillips
Andrew N. Phillips University College London

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