Martin Kulldorff

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Martin Kulldorff is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a biostatistician and epidemiologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.[1]

Early life and education

Kulldorff received a BSc in mathematical statistics from the Umeå University in Sweden, and his PhD in operations research from Cornell University.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

Kulldorff is a co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, arguing for "focused protection" instead of lockdowns, and has appeared on numerous media platforms to debate the topic.[2][3][4] The declaration, funded by a free-market think-tank, was denounced by other scientists that found its claims implausible, including that herd immunity would occur in a timely enough fashion to be impactful and that focussed protection emphasizing primarily the most vulnerable populations would be insufficient.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Martin Kulldorff, PhD". Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  2. ^ Varadarajan, Tunku (2020-10-23). "Opinion | Epidemiologists Stray From the Covid Herd". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  3. ^ a b "Who Are the Scientists Behind the Great Barrington Declaration?". www.medpagetoday.com. 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  4. ^ Lenzer, Jeanne (2020-10-07). "Covid-19: Group of UK and US experts argues for "focused protection" instead of lockdowns". BMJ. 371. doi:10.1136/bmj.m3908. ISSN 1756-1833. PMID 33028622.