John Samuel Brownstein, Ph.D.

John Brownstein, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
Affiliate Member, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School

John Brownstein is Chief Innovation Officer at Boston Children’s Hospital, a position shaped in large part by his career-long success in using emerging technologies to help clarify patterns of disease and promote public health interventions. His work has pioneered ‘digital epidemiology’—utilizing diverse digital data sources to understand population health—and his expertise here and in the area of geographic information systems has provided a key role in guiding DBMI on the consideration of place as a key disease risk factor. His portfolio at BCH includes grants from NIH, USAID, DoD, IARPA, CDC, Google, Skoll and Gates Foundation. Following receipt of his PhD in Epidemiology from Yale, Brownstein did a postdoctoral fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) before becoming a member of the faculty at BCH. 

Potential for electronic health records and online social networking to redefine medical research.
Authors: Pearson JF, Brownstein CA, Brownstein JS.
Clin Chem
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Integrating spatial epidemiology into a decision model for evaluation of facial palsy in children.
Authors: Fine AM, Brownstein JS, Nigrovic LE, Kimia AA, Olson KL, Thompson AD, Mandl KD.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med
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Does collocation inform the impact of collaboration?
Authors: Lee K, Brownstein JS, Mills RG, Kohane IS.
PLoS One
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Global capacity for emerging infectious disease detection.
Authors: Chan EH, Brewer TF, Madoff LC, Pollack MP, Sonricker AL, Keller M, Freifeld CC, Blench M, Mawudeku A, Brownstein JS.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Participatory epidemiology: use of mobile phones for community-based health reporting.
Authors: Freifeld CC, Chunara R, Mekaru SR, Chan EH, Kass-Hout T, Ayala Iacucci A, Brownstein JS.
PLoS Med
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Global public health implications of a mass gathering in Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the midst of an influenza pandemic.
Authors: Khan K, Memish ZA, Chabbra A, Liauw J, Hu W, Janes DA, Sears J, Arino J, Macdonald M, Calderon F, Raposo P, Heidebrecht C, Wang J, Chan A, Brownstein J, Gardam M.
J Travel Med
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Strengthening the International Health Regulations: lessons from the H1N1 pandemic.
Authors: Wilson K, Brownstein JS, Fidler DP.
Health Policy Plan
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Association between fine particulate matter and diabetes prevalence in the U.S.
Authors: Pearson JF, Bachireddy C, Shyamprasad S, Goldfine AB, Brownstein JS.
Diabetes Care
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Characteristics of US public schools with reported cases of novel influenza A (H1N1).
Authors: Hoen AG, Buckeridge DL, Chan EH, Freifeld CC, Keller M, Charland K, Donnelly CA, Brownstein JS.
Int J Infect Dis
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Measuring the impact of health policies using Internet search patterns: the case of abortion.
Authors: Reis BY, Brownstein JS.
BMC Public Health
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