Area of research
Infectious Diseases · Modeling and Simulation
Research interest
Research interests include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, and Influenza Virus Research Studies.
Moving Forward From the COVID-19 Pandemic
Public health-focused use of COVID-19 rapid antigen and PCR tests
Protection against Omicron BA.1/BA.2 severe disease 0–7 months after BNT162b2 booster
Three phases of increasing complexity in estimating vaccine protection
Protection and Waning of Natural and Hybrid Immunity to SARS-CoV-2
Population-level implications of the Israeli booster campaign to curtail COVID-19 resurgence.
Protection following BNT162b2 booster in adolescents substantially exceeds that of a fresh 2-dose vaccine
Initial protection against SARS-CoV-2 omicron lineage infection in children and adolescents by BNT162b2 in Israel: an observational study
The role of statisticians in the response to COVID-19 in Israel: a holistic point of view
Assessing COVID-19 vaccination strategies in varied demographics using an individual-based model
Protection of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection is similar to that of BNT162b2 vaccine protection: A three-month nationwide experience from Israel
Effects of the prey landscape on the fitness of the bacterial predators <i>Bdellovibrio</i> and like organisms
Full genome viral sequences inform patterns of SARS-CoV-2 spread into and within Israel
To hunt or to rest: prey depletion induces a novel starvation survival strategy in bacterial predators
The role of children in the spread of COVID-19: Using household data from Bnei Brak, Israel, to estimate the relative susceptibility and infectivity of children
Bacterial predation under changing viscosities
Spatial heterogeneity stabilizes predator–prey interactions at the microscale while patch connectivity controls their outcome
Modelling and parameter inference of predator–prey dynamics in heterogeneous environments using the direct integral approach
Estimation of infection prevalence and sensitivity in a stratified two-stage sampling design employing highly specific diagnostic tests when there is no gold standard
Quantifying the Contribution of Hosts with Different Parasite Concentrations to the Transmission of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Ethiopia
The Effects of Host Diversity on Vector-Borne Disease: The Conditions under Which Diversity Will Amplify or Dilute the Disease Risk