Mauricio Santillana

Jan 7, 2025 | jamanetwork.com | Roy H. Perlis |Ata A Uslu |Jonathan Schulman |Mauricio Santillana

Question  Is social media use by adults associated with irritability, or being prone to anger? Findings  In this survey study of 42 597 US adults, high levels of social media use, in particular frequent posting, were associated with greater irritability in cross-sectional analysis. Meaning  The association between social media and irritability merits further attention, given the known associations between irritability and adverse outcomes.

Jul 25, 2024 | nature.com | Sarabeth Mathis |Lauren White |Roni Rosenfeld |Daniel McDonald |Daniel Mcdonald |Sen Pei | +41 more

AbstractAccurate forecasts can enable more effective public health responses during seasonal influenza epidemics. For the 2021–22 and 2022–23 influenza seasons, 26 forecasting teams provided national and jurisdiction-specific probabilistic predictions of weekly confirmed influenza hospital admissions for one-to-four weeks ahead. Forecast skill is evaluated using the Weighted Interval Score (WIS), relative WIS, and coverage.

May 22, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Mauricio Santillana |Tamanna I. Urmi |Alexi Quintana |Ata A Uslu

Dr. Santillana has received institutional research funds from the Johnson and Johnson foundation, from Janssen global public health, and from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Dr. Perlis serves as a scientific advisor to Genomind, Vault Health, Psy Therapeutics, Circular Genomics, Swan AI Studios, Belle AI, and Mila Health. Dr. Santillana has been funded (in part) by contracts 200-2016-91779 and cooperative agreement CDC-RFA-FT-23-0069 with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Feb 13, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Mauricio Santillana |Abba Gumel |Binod Pant |Salman Safdar

The authors have declared no competing interest. This study was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Fulbright FellowshipI confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained.

Feb 15, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Roy H. Perlis |Kristin Lunz Trujillo |Mauricio Santillana |Katherine Ognyanova

Key PointsQuestion  Is post–COVID-19 condition (PCC), also known as long COVID, associated with differences in employment status that might suggest functional impairment? Findings  Among 15 308 individuals with prior COVID-19 infection, those with PCC were less likely to be employed full-time and more likely to be unemployed. These differences persisted after adjustment for demographic differences between those with and without PCC.