W Alton Russell
Biographic Data
| ID | 5409377 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Alton Russell |
| GIVEN NAMES | W Alton |
| FAMILY NAME | Russell |
| SIGNATURE | RUSSELL W A |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1780-4470 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Simulating the blood transfusion system in Kenya: Modelling methods and exploratory analyses
The process of collecting blood from donors and making it available for transfusion requires a complex series of operations involving multiple actors and different resources at each step. Ensuring hospitals receive adequate and safe blood for transfusion is a common challenge across low- and middle-income countries, but is rarely addressed from a system level. This paper presents the first use of discrete event simulation to study the blood syste…
Clinical and economic burden of varicella in pediatric patients hospitalized in four institutions in Guatemala
Varicella presents a public health challenge in Guatemala, with limited evidence regarding its impact; vaccine is currently absent from the national immunization program. Generating local data on the economic and health burden can support immunization policies. This study describes the use of hospital resources, costs of care, clinical and demographic characteristics, and complications in children with varicella. A retrospective review of medical…
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of organ, tissue, and cell donation in Nicaragua
Organ donation and transplantation are essential for improving the quality of life of people with organ failure due to chronic diseases (e.g., chronic kidney disease) or irreparable organ damage from accidents. In Nicaragua, chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) has emerged as a significant public health challenge, disproportionally affecting young agricultural workers and leading to premature deaths. Despite enactment of Law 847 in 2…
Sociodemographic characteristics of Sars-CoV-2 serosurveillance studies with diverse recruitment strategies, Canada, 2020 to 2023
While no study had adequate representation of all subgroups, less traditional recruitment strategies were more representative of some population dimensions. Understanding demographic representativeness and barriers to recruitment are important considerations when designing population health surveillance studies
Coverage of the influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations among immigrant and non-immigrant older adults in Canada: A cross-sectional analysis of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA…
Overall, we found disparities in influenza and pneumococcal vaccination by immigrant status among older adults in Canada. Further studies on vaccination coverage and decision-making among marginalized communities, including immigrants, are warranted to equitably improve vaccine uptake
Potential value streams of an integrated Canadian serosurveillance network
Comparability of Canadian Sars-CoV-2 seroprevalence estimates with statistical adjustment for socio-demographic representation
The burden of medical contraindications to corneal donation: Time for review
Corneal graft (keratoplasty) is the most common allograft in the world, but the imbalance between the number of donors and the number of patients waiting for transplants is abysmal on a global scale and varies enormously from one country to another. The risk of transmission of systemic diseases from donor to recipient is demonstrably low. In over 50 years and an estimated 2.5 million transplants, only 8 cases of rabies, 2 cases of hepatitis B and…
Cost-effectiveness of Increasing Buprenorphine Treatment Initiation, Duration, and Capacity Among Individuals Who Use Opioids
This modeling analysis simulated the effects of implementing several intervention strategies across the buprenorphine cascade of care and found that strategies that were concurrently associated with increased buprenorphine treatment initiation, duration, and capacity were cost-effective
Impact of Alternative Ways to Operationalize Buprenorphine Treatment Duration on Understanding Continuity of Care for Opioid Use Disorder
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Impact of Alternative Ways to Operationalize Buprenorphine Treatment Duration on Understanding Continuity of Care for Opioid Use Disorder
Cost-effectiveness of Increasing Buprenorphine Treatment Initiation, Duration, and Capacity Among Individuals Who Use Opioids
This modeling analysis simulated the effects of implementing several intervention strategies across the buprenorphine cascade of care and found that strategies that were concurrently associated with increased buprenorphine treatment initiation, duration, and capacity were cost-effective
The burden of medical contraindications to corneal donation: Time for review
Corneal graft (keratoplasty) is the most common allograft in the world, but the imbalance between the number of donors and the number of patients waiting for transplants is abysmal on a global scale and varies enormously from one country to another. The risk of transmission of systemic diseases from donor to recipient is demonstrably low. In over 50 years and an estimated 2.5 million transplants, only 8 cases of rabies, 2 cases of hepatitis B and…
Simulating the blood transfusion system in Kenya: Modelling methods and exploratory analyses
The process of collecting blood from donors and making it available for transfusion requires a complex series of operations involving multiple actors and different resources at each step. Ensuring hospitals receive adequate and safe blood for transfusion is a common challenge across low- and middle-income countries, but is rarely addressed from a system level. This paper presents the first use of discrete event simulation to study the blood syste…
Clinical and economic burden of varicella in pediatric patients hospitalized in four institutions in Guatemala
Varicella presents a public health challenge in Guatemala, with limited evidence regarding its impact; vaccine is currently absent from the national immunization program. Generating local data on the economic and health burden can support immunization policies. This study describes the use of hospital resources, costs of care, clinical and demographic characteristics, and complications in children with varicella. A retrospective review of medical…
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of organ, tissue, and cell donation in Nicaragua
Organ donation and transplantation are essential for improving the quality of life of people with organ failure due to chronic diseases (e.g., chronic kidney disease) or irreparable organ damage from accidents. In Nicaragua, chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) has emerged as a significant public health challenge, disproportionally affecting young agricultural workers and leading to premature deaths. Despite enactment of Law 847 in 2…
Sociodemographic characteristics of Sars-CoV-2 serosurveillance studies with diverse recruitment strategies, Canada, 2020 to 2023
While no study had adequate representation of all subgroups, less traditional recruitment strategies were more representative of some population dimensions. Understanding demographic representativeness and barriers to recruitment are important considerations when designing population health surveillance studies
Coverage of the influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations among immigrant and non-immigrant older adults in Canada: A cross-sectional analysis of data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA…
Overall, we found disparities in influenza and pneumococcal vaccination by immigrant status among older adults in Canada. Further studies on vaccination coverage and decision-making among marginalized communities, including immigrants, are warranted to equitably improve vaccine uptake
Potential value streams of an integrated Canadian serosurveillance network
Comparability of Canadian Sars-CoV-2 seroprevalence estimates with statistical adjustment for socio-demographic representation
Medicine (7 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works) · Public health (5 works) · Disease (3 works) · Emergency Medicine (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Pathology (3 works) · Surgery (3 works) · Biostatistics (2 works) · Blood donation and transfusion practices (2 works)