Steven Kerr
Biographic Data
| ID | 3609307 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Steven Kerr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Steven |
| FAMILY NAME | Kerr |
| SIGNATURE | KERR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3643-7859 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
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…
WHO global research priorities for traditional, complementary, and integrative (TCI) medicine: An international consensus and comparisons with LLMs
Background: Traditional, complementary, and integrative (TCI) medicine is an essential component of health systems worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Despite its widespread use, existing research on the safety, efficacy, and integration of TCI medicine within conventional healthcare systems is fragmented. This fragmentation highlights the urgent need for a clearly defined global research agenda to guide future studies, sec…
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…
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…
Effects of Different Leader Behaviors under Different Levels of Task Interdependence
Three hypotheses were developed and tested relating the moderating effects of interdependence between leader behaviors and satisfaction and performance. Results from a survey of 419 participants on 22 teams in eight sports revealed strong support for the performance hypotheses, but not for the satisfaction hypotheses. Winning coaches of high interdependence sports teams were described as exhibiting significantly greater leader-initiating structur…
Substitutes for leadership: Their meaning and measurement
Amadu's Bundle: Fulani Tales of Love and Djinns
Psychometric properties of the Ohio State leadership scales
Psychometric properties of the Ohio State leadership scales
Effects of Different Leader Behaviors under Different Levels of Task Interdependence
Three hypotheses were developed and tested relating the moderating effects of interdependence between leader behaviors and satisfaction and performance. Results from a survey of 419 participants on 22 teams in eight sports revealed strong support for the performance hypotheses, but not for the satisfaction hypotheses. Winning coaches of high interdependence sports teams were described as exhibiting significantly greater leader-initiating structur…
Amadu's Bundle: Fulani Tales of Love and Djinns
Amadu's Bundle: Fulani Tales of Love and Djinns
Psychometric properties of the Ohio State leadership scales
Substitutes for leadership: Their meaning and measurement
Effects of Different Leader Behaviors under Different Levels of Task Interdependence
Three hypotheses were developed and tested relating the moderating effects of interdependence between leader behaviors and satisfaction and performance. Results from a survey of 419 participants on 22 teams in eight sports revealed strong support for the performance hypotheses, but not for the satisfaction hypotheses. Winning coaches of high interdependence sports teams were described as exhibiting significantly greater leader-initiating structur…
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…
WHO global research priorities for traditional, complementary, and integrative (TCI) medicine: An international consensus and comparisons with LLMs
Background: Traditional, complementary, and integrative (TCI) medicine is an essential component of health systems worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Despite its widespread use, existing research on the safety, efficacy, and integration of TCI medicine within conventional healthcare systems is fragmented. This fragmentation highlights the urgent need for a clearly defined global research agenda to guide future studies, sec…
Medicine (7 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Virology (5 works) · MEDLINE (4 works) · SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (3 works) · Cohort (3 works) · Confidence interval (3 works) · Disease (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works)