Chris Robertson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3604845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Robertson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Robertson |
| SIGNATURE | ROBERTSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2148-6420 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1896 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
BNT162b2 Covid-19 vaccination uptake, safety, effectiveness, and waning in children and young people aged 5–11 years in Scotland
Background: Few large-scale population studies have examined both safety and vaccine effectiveness (VE) specifically for 5-11-year-olds during the Omicron-dominant period in a setting with low vaccine uptake. The BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine, administered in two doses, has shown strong efficacy against symptomatic and severe COVID-19 in clinical trials involving children and young people (CYP). Accordingly, we examined the uptake, real-worl…
The Covid-19 pandemic in children and young people during 2022–24: What new did we learn
The research conducted between 2022 and 2024 has advanced our understanding of COVID-19 in children and young people (CYP), particularly with the emergence of the Omicron variant and its subvariants. The findings have reinforced that, while Omicron infections are often milder compared to earlier variants, the overall seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in children has increased, with notable regional and demographic disparities. COVID-19-related hospita…
Selecting the most informative positive and negative controls for self-controlled case series (SCCS): Rationale, approach, and lessons from studies investigating the safety of Covid-19 vaccines
The self-controlled case series (SCCS) is a study design used in epidemiology to test for variation in outcomes for a group of individuals before and after an exposure or intervention, with each pre-intervention individual serving as a control for themselves in the post-intervention period. The design is particularly useful for studying rare events or outcomes [...]
Caveats in reporting of national vaccine uptake
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, policymakers and public health agencies urgently required contemporaneous data on vaccine uptake across whole populations and within their subsections. This was challenging because several doses of vaccine needed to be administered to different age groups at different times following their specific approval, and the number of doses may [...]
Understanding and reporting odds ratios as rate-ratio estimates in case-control studies
Background: We noted that there remains some confusion in the health-science literature on reporting sample odds ratios as estimated rate ratios in case-control studies. Methods: We recap historical literature that definitively answered the question of when sample odds ratios (ORs) from a case-control study are consistent estimators for population rate ratios. We use numerical examples to illustrate the magnitude of the disparity between sample O…
Climate Psychology: A Matter of Life and Death
BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations, incidence of Sars-CoV-2 infections and Covid-19 hospitalisations in Scotland in the Delta era
Background: The emergence of the B.1.617.2 Delta variant of concern was associated with increasing numbers of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections and COVID-19 hospital admissions. We aim to study national population level SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 associated hospitalisations by vaccination status to provide insight into the association of vaccination on temporal trends during the time in which the SARS…
Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic Sars-CoV-2 infection and severe Covid-19 outcomes from Delta AY.4.2: Cohort and test-negative study of 5.4 million individuals in Scotland
Background: In July 2021, a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) in the Delta lineage was detected in the United Kingdom (UK), named AY.4.2 or "Delta plus". By October 2021, the AY.4.2 variant accounted for approximately 10-11% of cases in the UK. AY.4.2 was designated as a variant under investigation by the UK Health and Security Agency on 20 October 2021. This study aimed to investigate vaccine effectivene…
Risk of Covid-19 hospitalizations among school-aged children in Scotland: A national incident cohort study
Background: There is considerable policy, clinical and public interest about whether children should be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 and, if so, which children should be prioritised (particularly if vaccine resources are limited). To inform such deliberations, we sought to identify children and young people at highest risk of hospitalization from COVID-19. Methods: We used the Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE…
Uptake, effectiveness and safety of Covid-19 vaccines in children and young people in Scotland: Protocol for early pandemic evaluation and enhanced surveillance of Covid-19 (Eave II)
BACKGROUND: The dynamics of acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission and severity of disease among children and young people (CYP) across different settings are of considerable clinical, public health and societal interest. Severe COVID-19 cases, requiring hospitalisations, and deaths have been reported in some CYP suggesting a need to extend vaccinations to these age groups. As part of the ongoing Early Pandemic Evaluat…
The Covid-19 pandemic in children and young people during 2020-2021: A complex discussion on vaccination
Additional support has been provided through Public Health Scotland and Scottish Government DG Health and Social Care). SVK acknowledges funding from a NRS Senior Clinical Fellowship (SCAF/15/02), the Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00022/2) and the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (SPHSU17)
The Covid-19 pandemic in children and young people during 2020-2021: Learning about clinical presentation, patterns of spread, viral load, diagnosis and treatment
Additional support has been provided through Public Health Scotland and Scottish Government DG Health and Social Care.). SVK acknowledges funding from a NRS Senior Clinical Fellowship (SCAF/15/02), the Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00022/2) and the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (SPHSU17)
The crisis of democratic culture
Analysis of whether post truth narratives register as a fundamental threat to democratic cultures in anglo-American context
The impact of bivalent HPV vaccine on cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by deprivation in Scotland: Reducing the gap
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer disproportionately affects women from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme was introduced in Scotland in 2008 with uptake being lower and inequitable in a catch-up cohort run for the first three years of the programme compared with the routine programme. The socioeconomic differences in vaccine uptake have the potential to further increase the inequality gap in regards to …
Achieving high and equitable coverage of adolescent HPV vaccine in Scotland
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The national immunisation records of over 220,000 girls offered vaccine in the routine or catch-up programme of the Human papillomavirus (HPV) programme in Scotland were analysed. Descriptive statistics and multilevel modelling were used to determine individual and organisational factors associated with uptake. Age, school year, school denomination, deprivation and, for school-leavers, mode of delivery were explored. Addit…
Hospitalisation for an alcohol-related cause among injecting drug users in Scotland: Increased risk following diagnosis with hepatitis C infection
Rapid detection of pandemic influenza in the presence of seasonal influenza
While computationally and statistically simple to implement, the WCR algorithm is capable of raising alarms, rapidly and sensitively, for influenza pandemics against a background of seasonal influenza. Although the algorithm was developed using the SERVIS data, it has the capacity to be used at other geographic scales and for different disease systems where buying some early extra time is critical
Has regional variation in mortality rates declined since 1931, and in all age groups, in Britain? A re-analysis using formal statistical modelling
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in regional variance in all cause mortality rates in Great Britain from 1931-91 using formal statistical modelling procedures, and to follow up the suggestion by Illsley and Le Grand that there has been a reduction over time in the regional variance in younger but not older age groups. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Data were the age and sex specific death rates around each census from 1931-91 for the Briti…
University Education in Public Administration: The Universities and Administrative Science
The Evolution of Prussia: The Making of an Empire
British Credit in the Last Napoleonic War
British Colonial Policy, 1754-1765
Historical Sketch of the Finances and Financial Policy of Massachusetts from 1780 to 1905
The Law of Civilisation and Decay
British Colonial Policy, 1754-1765
Has regional variation in mortality rates declined since 1931, and in all age groups, in Britain? A re-analysis using formal statistical modelling
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in regional variance in all cause mortality rates in Great Britain from 1931-91 using formal statistical modelling procedures, and to follow up the suggestion by Illsley and Le Grand that there has been a reduction over time in the regional variance in younger but not older age groups. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Data were the age and sex specific death rates around each census from 1931-91 for the Briti…
Historical Sketch of the Finances and Financial Policy of Massachusetts from 1780 to 1905
The impact of bivalent HPV vaccine on cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by deprivation in Scotland: Reducing the gap
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer disproportionately affects women from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme was introduced in Scotland in 2008 with uptake being lower and inequitable in a catch-up cohort run for the first three years of the programme compared with the routine programme. The socioeconomic differences in vaccine uptake have the potential to further increase the inequality gap in regards to …
Achieving high and equitable coverage of adolescent HPV vaccine in Scotland
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The national immunisation records of over 220,000 girls offered vaccine in the routine or catch-up programme of the Human papillomavirus (HPV) programme in Scotland were analysed. Descriptive statistics and multilevel modelling were used to determine individual and organisational factors associated with uptake. Age, school year, school denomination, deprivation and, for school-leavers, mode of delivery were explored. Addit…
The Law of Civilisation and Decay
The Law of Civilisation and Decay
Historical Sketch of the Finances and Financial Policy of Massachusetts from 1780 to 1905
British Colonial Policy, 1754-1765
British Credit in the Last Napoleonic War
The Evolution of Prussia: The Making of an Empire
University Education in Public Administration: The Universities and Administrative Science
Has regional variation in mortality rates declined since 1931, and in all age groups, in Britain? A re-analysis using formal statistical modelling
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in regional variance in all cause mortality rates in Great Britain from 1931-91 using formal statistical modelling procedures, and to follow up the suggestion by Illsley and Le Grand that there has been a reduction over time in the regional variance in younger but not older age groups. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Data were the age and sex specific death rates around each census from 1931-91 for the Briti…
Rapid detection of pandemic influenza in the presence of seasonal influenza
While computationally and statistically simple to implement, the WCR algorithm is capable of raising alarms, rapidly and sensitively, for influenza pandemics against a background of seasonal influenza. Although the algorithm was developed using the SERVIS data, it has the capacity to be used at other geographic scales and for different disease systems where buying some early extra time is critical
Hospitalisation for an alcohol-related cause among injecting drug users in Scotland: Increased risk following diagnosis with hepatitis C infection
Achieving high and equitable coverage of adolescent HPV vaccine in Scotland
BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The national immunisation records of over 220,000 girls offered vaccine in the routine or catch-up programme of the Human papillomavirus (HPV) programme in Scotland were analysed. Descriptive statistics and multilevel modelling were used to determine individual and organisational factors associated with uptake. Age, school year, school denomination, deprivation and, for school-leavers, mode of delivery were explored. Addit…
The impact of bivalent HPV vaccine on cervical intraepithelial neoplasia by deprivation in Scotland: Reducing the gap
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer disproportionately affects women from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme was introduced in Scotland in 2008 with uptake being lower and inequitable in a catch-up cohort run for the first three years of the programme compared with the routine programme. The socioeconomic differences in vaccine uptake have the potential to further increase the inequality gap in regards to …
The crisis of democratic culture
Analysis of whether post truth narratives register as a fundamental threat to democratic cultures in anglo-American context
Uptake, effectiveness and safety of Covid-19 vaccines in children and young people in Scotland: Protocol for early pandemic evaluation and enhanced surveillance of Covid-19 (Eave II)
BACKGROUND: The dynamics of acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission and severity of disease among children and young people (CYP) across different settings are of considerable clinical, public health and societal interest. Severe COVID-19 cases, requiring hospitalisations, and deaths have been reported in some CYP suggesting a need to extend vaccinations to these age groups. As part of the ongoing Early Pandemic Evaluat…
The Covid-19 pandemic in children and young people during 2020-2021: A complex discussion on vaccination
Additional support has been provided through Public Health Scotland and Scottish Government DG Health and Social Care). SVK acknowledges funding from a NRS Senior Clinical Fellowship (SCAF/15/02), the Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00022/2) and the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (SPHSU17)
The Covid-19 pandemic in children and young people during 2020-2021: Learning about clinical presentation, patterns of spread, viral load, diagnosis and treatment
Additional support has been provided through Public Health Scotland and Scottish Government DG Health and Social Care.). SVK acknowledges funding from a NRS Senior Clinical Fellowship (SCAF/15/02), the Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00022/2) and the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office (SPHSU17)
Climate Psychology: A Matter of Life and Death
BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccinations, incidence of Sars-CoV-2 infections and Covid-19 hospitalisations in Scotland in the Delta era
Background: The emergence of the B.1.617.2 Delta variant of concern was associated with increasing numbers of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections and COVID-19 hospital admissions. We aim to study national population level SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 associated hospitalisations by vaccination status to provide insight into the association of vaccination on temporal trends during the time in which the SARS…
Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic Sars-CoV-2 infection and severe Covid-19 outcomes from Delta AY.4.2: Cohort and test-negative study of 5.4 million individuals in Scotland
Background: In July 2021, a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) in the Delta lineage was detected in the United Kingdom (UK), named AY.4.2 or "Delta plus". By October 2021, the AY.4.2 variant accounted for approximately 10-11% of cases in the UK. AY.4.2 was designated as a variant under investigation by the UK Health and Security Agency on 20 October 2021. This study aimed to investigate vaccine effectivene…
Risk of Covid-19 hospitalizations among school-aged children in Scotland: A national incident cohort study
Background: There is considerable policy, clinical and public interest about whether children should be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 and, if so, which children should be prioritised (particularly if vaccine resources are limited). To inform such deliberations, we sought to identify children and young people at highest risk of hospitalization from COVID-19. Methods: We used the Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE…
Understanding and reporting odds ratios as rate-ratio estimates in case-control studies
Background: We noted that there remains some confusion in the health-science literature on reporting sample odds ratios as estimated rate ratios in case-control studies. Methods: We recap historical literature that definitively answered the question of when sample odds ratios (ORs) from a case-control study are consistent estimators for population rate ratios. We use numerical examples to illustrate the magnitude of the disparity between sample O…
Selecting the most informative positive and negative controls for self-controlled case series (SCCS): Rationale, approach, and lessons from studies investigating the safety of Covid-19 vaccines
The self-controlled case series (SCCS) is a study design used in epidemiology to test for variation in outcomes for a group of individuals before and after an exposure or intervention, with each pre-intervention individual serving as a control for themselves in the post-intervention period. The design is particularly useful for studying rare events or outcomes [...]
Caveats in reporting of national vaccine uptake
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, policymakers and public health agencies urgently required contemporaneous data on vaccine uptake across whole populations and within their subsections. This was challenging because several doses of vaccine needed to be administered to different age groups at different times following their specific approval, and the number of doses may [...]
BNT162b2 Covid-19 vaccination uptake, safety, effectiveness, and waning in children and young people aged 5–11 years in Scotland
Background: Few large-scale population studies have examined both safety and vaccine effectiveness (VE) specifically for 5-11-year-olds during the Omicron-dominant period in a setting with low vaccine uptake. The BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine, administered in two doses, has shown strong efficacy against symptomatic and severe COVID-19 in clinical trials involving children and young people (CYP). Accordingly, we examined the uptake, real-worl…
The Covid-19 pandemic in children and young people during 2022–24: What new did we learn
The research conducted between 2022 and 2024 has advanced our understanding of COVID-19 in children and young people (CYP), particularly with the emergence of the Omicron variant and its subvariants. The findings have reinforced that, while Omicron infections are often milder compared to earlier variants, the overall seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in children has increased, with notable regional and demographic disparities. COVID-19-related hospita…
Medicine (16 works) · Virology (10 works) · Internal Medicine (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Pandemic (8 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (7 works) · Disease (7 works) · Outbreak (7 works) · Population (7 works) · SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 works)