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== Career ==
Kulldorff developed a free [[SaTScan]] software program used for geographical and hospital disease surveillance as well as a [[TreeScan]] software program for data mining. He is the co-developer of the R-Sequential software program for exact sequential analysis.<ref name="PMC6984739">{{cite journal |title=Exact sequential analysis for multiple weighted binomial end points |journal=StatStatistics Med.in Medicine |date=2019-11-25 |last=Silva |first=Ivair |last2=Gagne |first2=Joshua |last3=Najafzadeh |first3=Mehdi |last4=Kulldorff |first4=Martin |pmid=31769079 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6984739/ |accessdate=2021-03-19 }}</ref> It is correct that Kulldorff developed the free SaTScan, TreeScan and R-Sequential software, but his key scientific contribution is development of the statistical and [[epidemiological method]]s that are used in the software. These medthods include spatial and space-time scan statistics, the [[Decision tree learning|tree-based]] [[scan statistics]] and various sequential analysis methods.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/Sequential/Sequential.pdf |format=PDF |title=Package ‘Sequential’ |date=2021-02-21 |accessdate=2021-03-22 }}</ref>
 
Kulldorff is one of the three authors, along with [[Sunetra Gupta]] and [[Jay Bhattacharya]] of the early October 2020 [[Great Barrington Declaration]]. With several specific recommendations, the Declaration argues for "focused protection" of older high-risk people instead of [[COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns]] that have resulted in substantial collateral public health damage.<ref name="Why">{{cite web |url=https://gbdeclaration.org/why-was-the-declaration-written/ |title=Why Was The Declaration Written? |work=Great Barrington Declaration |accessdate=2021-03-22 }}</ref> Kulldorff has appeared on several media platforms to debate the topic.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Varadarajan|first=Tunku|date=2020-10-23|title=Opinion {{!}} Epidemiologists Stray From the Covid Herd|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/epidemiologists-stray-from-the-covid-herd-11603477330|access-date=2021-01-22|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref name="MedPage">{{Cite web|date=2020-10-19|title=Who Are the Scientists Behind the Great Barrington Declaration?|url=https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/89204|access-date=2021-01-22|website=www.medpagetoday.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lenzer|first=Jeanne|date=2020-10-07|title=Covid-19: Group of UK and US experts argues for "focused protection" instead of lockdowns|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3908|journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=371|doi=10.1136/bmj.m3908|issn=1756-1833|pmid=33028622|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-19|title=Anti-lockdown advocate appears on radio show that has featured Holocaust deniers|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/19/co-author-anti-lockdowns-letter-appeared-far-right-radio-show-martin-kulldorff-great-barrington-declaration-richie-allen-show|access-date=2021-03-11|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> The Declaration was independently funded and written by the three principle authors with proof reading and editing done by a journalist and family member. The American Institute for Economic Research did not fund the Declaration, they only provided the location, camera equipment, and a camera person [[Pro bono]].<ref name="Why" />