The role of biostatistics in the response to COVID-19: a Belgian and international perspective

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Commentary

Geert Molenberghs¹ 

[1] I-BioStat, Universiteit Hasselt and KU Leuven, Hasselt, Belgium;

关键词: Data availability;    Data sharing;    Communication;    Advisory bodies;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13584-023-00554-z

 received in 2022-10-13, accepted in 2023-01-20,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

In this commentary to Dattner et al. (Israel J Health Policy Res. 11:22, 2022), we highlight similarities and differences in the role that biostatistics and biostatisticians have been playing in the COVID-19 response in Belgium and Israel. We bring out implications and opportunities for our field and for science. We argue that biostatistics has an important place in the multidisciplinary COVID-19 response, in terms of research, policy advice, and science and public communication. In Belgium, biostatisticians located in various institutes, collaborated with epidemiologists, vaccinologists, infectiologists, immunologists, social scientists, and government policy makers to provide rapid and science-informed policy advice. Biostatisticians, who can easily be mobilized to work together in pandemic response, also played a role in public communication.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s) 2023