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Saad B. Omer is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine, particularly focusing on infectious diseases and epidemiology.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts

Omer has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, infectious diseases, health, epidemiology, modeling and simulation, and clinical psychology.

Numerous scientific papers authored or co-authored by them have appeared in various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Psychology Archives
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Vaccine
  • JAMA
  • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19" (2020, Nature)
  • "Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis" (2022, The Lancet)
  • "Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the US" (2020, EClinicalMedicine)
  • "Sex differences in immune responses that underlie COVID-19 disease outcomes" (2020, Nature)
  • "COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries" (2021, Nature Medicine)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Omer include Cornelia Betsch, Lars Korn, Sarah Eitze, Lisa Felgendreff, and Philipp Sprengholz.

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

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • 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

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • 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

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Jerry Abraham;Mohammed K. Ali;Miriam Alvarado

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Longitudinal analyses reveal immunological misfiring in severe COVID-19.

    Carolina Lucas;Patrick Wong;Jon Klein;Tiago B R Castro

  • Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa;Megan S. Coggeshall;Katya A. Shackelford

  • Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

    Joshua A. Salomon;Theo Vos;Daniel R. Hogan;Michael Gagnon

  • Effectiveness of maternal influenza immunization in mothers and infants.

    K. Zaman;Eliza Roy;Shams E. Arifeen;Mahbubur Rahman

  • Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in the US.

    Amyn A. Malik;Sarah Ann M. McFadden;Jad Elharake;Saad B. Omer

  • Sex differences in immune responses that underlie COVID-19 disease outcomes.

    Takehiro Takahashi;Mallory K. Ellingson;Patrick Wong;Benjamin Israelow

  • Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990???2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Katrina F. Ortblad;Caterina Guinovart;Stephen S. Lim

  • Vaccine refusal, mandatory immunization, and the risks of vaccine-preventable diseases

    Saad B Omer;Daniel A Salmon;Walter A Orenstein;M Patricia deHart

  • Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Haidong Wang;Chelsea A. Liddell;Matthew M. Coates;Meghan D. Mooney

  • Saliva or Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimens for Detection of SARS-CoV-2.

    Anne L. Wyllie;John Fournier;Arnau Casanovas-Massana;Melissa Campbell

  • Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: Disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    J.A. Salomon;T. Vos;D.R. Hogan;M. Gagnon

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel A. Salmon
Daniel A. Salmon Johns Hopkins University
Walter A. Orenstein
Walter A. Orenstein Emory University
Neal A. Halsey
Neal A. Halsey Johns Hopkins University
Sean T. O’Leary
Sean T. O’Leary University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Cornelia Betsch
Cornelia Betsch Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Michael Bosnjak
Michael Bosnjak University of Trier
Mark C. Steinhoff
Mark C. Steinhoff Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Akiko Iwasaki
Akiko Iwasaki Yale University
Robert G. Weintraub
Robert G. Weintraub Royal Children's Hospital
Nicola P. Klein
Nicola P. Klein Kaiser Permanente

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