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Matthew Watson
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 39
Citations - 495
Matthew Watson is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Public health. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 38 publications receiving 401 citations. Previous affiliations of Matthew Watson include University of Pittsburgh & Columbia University.
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Absorbing Citywide Patient Surge During Hurricane Sandy: A Case Study in Accommodating Multiple Hospital Evacuations
TL;DR: The qualitative, event-based research identified key opportunities to improve disaster preparedness in hospitals receiving patients from evacuated health care facilities during and after Hurricane Sandy.
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Global Catastrophic Biological Risks: Toward a Working Definition
Monica Schoch-Spana,Anita Cicero,Amesh A. Adalja,Gigi Kwik Gronvall,Tara Kirk Sell,Diane Meyer,Jennifer B. Nuzzo,Sanjana J. Ravi,Matthew P. Shearer,Eric Toner,Crystal Watson,Matthew Watson,Thomas V. Inglesby +12 more
TL;DR: Experts from a variety of disciplines are invited to engage with the underlying concepts and assumptions to refine collective thinking on GCBRs and thus advance protections against them.
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Mass vaccination for the 2009 H1N1 pandemic: approaches, challenges, and recommendations.
TL;DR: A sampling of state and local efforts during the 2009-10 H1N1 pandemic is examined in order to better prepare for future public health emergencies involving mass distribution, dispensing, and administration of medical countermeasures.
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Characteristics of Microbes Most Likely to Cause Pandemics and Global Catastrophes.
TL;DR: A new paradigm for pandemic preparedness is presented, which seeks to root pandemic risk in actual attributes possessed by specific classes of microbial organisms and leads to specific recommendations to augment preparedness activities.
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Public Health Preparedness Funding: Key Programs and Trends From 2001 to 2017
TL;DR: Evaluated trends in funding over the past 16 years for key federal public health preparedness and response programs at the US Department of Health and Human Services to improve understanding of federal funding history in this area and to provide context for future resource allocation decisions for public healthparedness.