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Public Health & Epidemiology

Westat’s interdisciplinary public health and epidemiology sector uses an evidence-based approach to prevent and detect diseases, injuries, and other conditions in order to improve health outcomes. Our success is reflected in the contributions our clients make to advancements in preventing, diagnosing, and treating infectious and chronic diseases, particularly among vulnerable populations. Our public health staff have expertise in surveillance, program interventions, communication, evaluation, and research.

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Does cancer screening save lives?

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What are the current feeding practices of infants and toddlers?

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Patricia Shifflett
Patricia Shifflett
Vice President & Sector Lead, Health
Jeanne Rosenthal
Jeanne Rosenthal
Vice President & Acting Practice Director

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

Effectiveness of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination in preventing COVID-19-associated emergency department and urgent care encounters and hospitalizations among nonimmunocompromised children and adolescents aged 5–17 years — VISION Network.

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 71(9), 352-358.
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Etemadi A., Buller I.D., Hashemian M., Roshandel G., Poustchi H., Espinosa M.M., Blount B.C., Pfeiffer C.M., Keshavarzi B., Flory A.R., Nasseri-Moghaddam S., Dawsey S.M., Freedman N.D., Abnet C.C., Malekzadeh R., and Ward M.H. (2022).

Urinary nitrate and sodium in a high-risk area for upper gastrointestinal cancers: Golestan Cohort Study.

Environmental Research, 214(Part 2), 113906.
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Treviño M., Zhu X., Lu Y.Y., Scheuer L.S., Passell E., Huang G., Germine L.T., and Horowitz T.S. (2022).

Establishing construct validity of neuropsychological tests in cancer survivors.

Psycho-Oncology, 31(10), 1728-1736.
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