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Pandemics. Opioid overdoses. Diabetes. Obesity. Depression. These are among the top public health challenges that influence the research of our premier interdisciplinary public health professionals and epidemiologists. Fueled by our evidence-based research approach on preventing, diagnosing, and treating infectious and chronic diseases and other conditions, Westat works to support our clients in finding ways to determine how best to protect and improve the health of affected populations and society at large.

Our research enables our clients to make revolutionary medical advances—developing and tracking the effectiveness of new vaccines, therapies, and medicines for a healthier world. Westat provides expertise in surveillance, program interventions, communication, and evaluation. We apply our knowledge, continually demonstrating our ability to quickly adjust to unforeseen research challenges and our commitment to absolute transparency.

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Thompson M.G., Natarajan K., Irving S.A., Rowley E.A., Griggs E.P., Gaglani M., Klein N.P., Grannis S.J., DeSilva M.B., Stenehjem E., Reese S.E., Dickerson M., Naleway A.L., Han J., Konatham D., McEvoy C., Rao S., Dixon B.E., Dascomb K., Lewis N., Levy M.E., Patel P., Liao I.-C., Kharbanda A.B., Barron M.A., Fadel W.F., Grisel N., Goddard K., Yang D.-H., Wondimu M.H., Murthy K., Valvi N.R., Arndorfer J., Fireman B., Dunne M.M., Embi P., Azziz-Baumgartner E., Zerbo O., Bozio C.H., Reynolds S., Ferdinands J., Williams J., Link-Gelles R., Schrag S.J., Verani J.R., Ball S., and Ong T.C. (2022).

Effectiveness of a third dose of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19-associated emergency department and urgent care encounters and hospitalizations among adults during periods of Delta and Omicron variant predominance—VISION Network, 10 States.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 71(4), 139-145.
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Fink R.V., Fisher L., Sulaeman H., Dave H., Levy M.E., McCann L., Di Germanio C., Notari E., Green V., Cyrus S., Williamson P., Saa P., Haynes J.M., Groves J., Mathew S., Kaidarova Z., Bruhn R., Grebe E., Opsomer J., Jones J.M., Miller M.J., Busch M.P., and Stone M. (2022).

How do we...form and coordinate a national serosurvey of SARS-CoV-2 within the blood collection industry?.

Transfusion, 62(7), 1321-1333.
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Busch M.P., Stramer S.L., Stone M., Yu E.A., Grebe E., Notari E., Saa P., Ferg R., Molina Manrique I., Weil N., Fink R.V., Levy M.E., Green V., Cyrus S., Williamson P.C., Haynes J., Groves J., Krysztof D., Custer B., Kleinman S., Biggerstaff B.J., Opsomer J.D., and Jones J.M. (2022).

Population-weighted seroprevalence from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, vaccination, and hybrid immunity among US blood donations from January to December 2021.

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 75(Suppl. 2), S254-S263.
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