John Samuel Brownstein, Ph.D.

John Brownstein, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
Affiliate Member, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School

John Brownstein is Chief Innovation Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, a position shaped in large part by his career-long success in using emerging technologies to help clarify patterns of disease and promote public health interventions. His work has pioneered ‘digital epidemiology’—utilizing diverse digital data sources to understand population health—and his expertise here and in the area of geographic information systems has provided a key role in guiding DBMI on the consideration of place as a key disease risk factor. His portfolio at BCH includes grants from NIH, USAID, DoD, IARPA, CDC, Google, Skoll and Gates Foundation. Following receipt of his PhD in Epidemiology from Yale, Brownstein did a postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) before becoming a member of the faculty at BCH. 

Estimated Travel Time and Spatial Access to Abortion Facilities in the US Before and After the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Decision.
Authors: Rader B, Upadhyay UD, Sehgal NKR, Reis BY, Brownstein JS, Hswen Y.
JAMA
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Spatial modeling of vaccine deserts as barriers to controlling SARS-CoV-2.
Authors: Rader B, Astley CM, Sewalk K, Delamater PL, Cordiano K, Wronski L, Rivera JM, Hallberg K, Pera MF, Cantor J, Whaley CM, Bravata DM, Lee L, Patel A, Brownstein JS.
Commun Med (Lond)
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Delayed medical care and underlying health in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.
Authors: Gertz AH, Pollack CC, Schultheiss MD, Brownstein JS.
Prev Med Rep
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Tracking the 2022 monkeypox outbreak with epidemiological data in real-time.
Authors: Kraemer MUG, Tegally H, Pigott DM, Dasgupta A, Sheldon J, Wilkinson E, Schultheiss M, Han A, Oglia M, Marks S, Kanner J, O'Brien K, Dandamudi S, Rader B, Sewalk K, Bento AI, Scarpino SV, de Oliveira T, Bogoch II, Katz R, Brownstein JS.
Lancet Infect Dis
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Mask wearing in community settings reduces SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
Authors: Leech G, Rogers-Smith C, Monrad JT, Sandbrink JB, Snodin B, Zinkov R, Rader B, Brownstein JS, Gal Y, Bhatt S, Sharma M, Mindermann S, Brauner JM, Aitchison L.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Assessment of geographic access to monoclonal antibodies in the United States.
Authors: Rader B, Whaley CM, Rogers WS, Brownstein PJS, Cantor J.
J Travel Med
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Author Correction: Symptoms and syndromes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and severity in pregnant women from two community cohorts.
Authors: Molteni E, Astley CM, Ma W, Sudre CH, Magee LA, Murray B, Fall T, Gomez MF, Tsereteli N, Franks PW, Brownstein JS, Davies R, Wolf J, Spector TD, Ourselin S, Steves CJ, Chan AT, Modat M.
Sci Rep
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Use of At-Home COVID-19 Tests - United States, August 23, 2021-March 12, 2022.
Authors: Rader B, Gertz A, Iuliano AD, Gilmer M, Wronski L, Astley CM, Sewalk K, Varrelman TJ, Cohen J, Parikh R, Reese HE, Reed C, Brownstein JS.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
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Emerging Socioeconomic Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccine Second-Dose Completion Rates in the United States.
Authors: Gertz A, Rader B, Sewalk K, Brownstein JS.
Vaccines (Basel)
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Recommendations for achieving interoperable and shareable medical data in the USA.
Authors: Szarfman A, Levine JG, Tonning JM, Weichold F, Bloom JC, Soreth JM, Geanacopoulos M, Callahan L, Spotnitz M, Ryan Q, Pease-Fye M, Brownstein JS, Ed Hammond W, Reich C, Altman RB.
Commun Med (Lond)
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