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  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ramanan Laxminarayan is affiliated with the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant emphasis on infectious diseases, applied microbiology and biotechnology, and epidemiology. Additional areas of study include pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and modeling and simulation.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as antibiotic use and resistance, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, global maternal and child health, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, and pneumonia and respiratory infections.

Notable recent papers by Ramanan Laxminarayan include:

  • Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in two Indian states, 2020, Science
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission on antimicrobial resistance: 6 years later, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Arindam Nandi
  • Eili Klein
  • Amit Summan
  • Isabel Frost
  • Thomas P. Van Boeckel

Publication venues where Ramanan Laxminarayan has contributed extensively include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • PLoS Medicine
  • The Lancet

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2020.

Best Publications

  • Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis.

    Evelina Tacconelli;Elena Carrara;Alessia Savoldi;Stephan Harbarth

  • Antibiotic resistance—the need for global solutions

    Ramanan Laxminarayan;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Adriano Duse;Chand Wattal;Anita K. M. Zaidi

  • Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals

    Thomas Van Boeckel;Charles C Brower;Marius Gilbert;Bryan Bt Grenfell;Bryan Bt Grenfell

  • Global increase and geographic convergence in antibiotic consumption between 2000 and 2015.

    Eili Y. Klein;Eili Y. Klein;Thomas P. Van Boeckel;Elena M. Martinez;Suraj Pant

  • Global antibiotic consumption 2000 to 2010: an analysis of national pharmaceutical sales data

    Thomas P Van Boeckel;Sumanth Gandra;Ashvin Ashok;Quentin Caudron

  • Access to effective antimicrobials: a worldwide challenge.

    Ramanan Laxminarayan;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Precious Matsoso;Suraj Pant;Charles Brower

  • Hospitalizations and deaths caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, United States, 1999-2005.

    Eili Klein;David L. Smith;Ramanan Laxminarayan

  • The global threat of antimicrobial resistance: science for intervention

    Ignasi Roca;Murat Akova;F. Baquero;Jean Carlet

  • Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. Part I: recent trends and current status

    Iruka N Okeke;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Zulfiqar A Bhutta;Adriano G Duse

  • Non-prescription antimicrobial use worldwide: a systematic review

    Daniel J Morgan;Iruka N Okeke;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Eli N Perencevich

  • Global trends in antimicrobial resistance in animals in low- and middle-income countries

    Thomas P. Van Boeckel;Thomas P. Van Boeckel;João Pires;Reshma Silvester;Cheng Zhao

  • Addressing the burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition

    Vikram Patel;Vikram Patel;Dan Chisholm;Rachana Parikh;Fiona J Charlson;Fiona J Charlson

  • Antibiotic resistance is the quintessential One Health issue.

    T. P. Robinson;D. P. Bu;J. Carrique-Mas;E. M. Fèvre

  • Reducing antimicrobial use in food animals

    Thomas P. Van Boeckel;Emma E. Glennon;Emma E. Glennon;Dora Chen;Dora Chen;Marius Gilbert

  • Anthropological and socioeconomic factors contributing to global antimicrobial resistance: a univariate and multivariable analysis.

    Peter Collignon;Peter Collignon;John J Beggs;Timothy R Walsh;Sumanth Gandra

  • Vital signs: carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.

    Jesse T. Jacob;Eili Klein;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Zintars Beldavs

  • Malaria: current status of control, diagnosis, treatment, and a proposed agenda for research and development

    Philippe J Guerin;Piero Olliaro;Francois Nosten;Pierre Druilhe

  • Antibiotic Resistance in India: Drivers and Opportunities for Action.

    Ramanan Laxminarayan;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Ranjit Roy Chaudhury

  • Global trends in antimicrobial use in aquaculture

    Daniel Schar;Eili Y. Klein;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Marius Gilbert

  • Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in two Indian states

    Ramanan Laxminarayan;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Ramanan Laxminarayan;Brian Wahl;Shankar Reddy Dudala;K. Gopal

  • Helminth Infections: Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis

    Peter J. Hotez;Donald A. P. Bundy;Kathleen Beegle;Simon Brooker

  • Antimicrobials: access and sustainable eff ectiveness 1 Access to eff ective antimicrobials: a worldwide challenge

    Ramanan Laxminarayan;Precious Matsoso;Suraj Pant;Charles Brower

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Smith
David L. Smith University of Washington
John-Arne Røttingen
John-Arne Røttingen The Research Council of Norway
Dean T. Jamison
Dean T. Jamison University of California, San Francisco
Simon A. Levin
Simon A. Levin Princeton University
Jere R. Behrman
Jere R. Behrman University of Pennsylvania
Bryan T. Grenfell
Bryan T. Grenfell Princeton University
Steven J. Hoffman
Steven J. Hoffman York University
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Marius Gilbert
Marius Gilbert Université Libre de Bruxelles
Herman Goossens
Herman Goossens University of Antwerp

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