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ArticleEpidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)2025

Five Facts About Influence Functions.

Stephen R Cole, Alexander Breskin, Bonnie E Shook-Sa, Paul N Zivich, Michael G Hudgens, Jessie K Edwards

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Article in Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Combining Observational Studies to Reduce Multiple Biases.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Stephen R ColeFrom the Department of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC.
Alexander BreskinRegeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY.
Bonnie E Shook-SaDepartment of Biostatistics, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC.
Paul N ZivichFrom the Department of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC.
Michael G HudgensDepartment of Biostatistics, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC.
Jessie K EdwardsFrom the Department of Epidemiology, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC.

Funding

Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology CoreP30AI050410 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DAVID M. MARGOLIS · 2001 to 2026
$76.9M
Improved analysis of experiments and observational studies in HIVR01AI157758 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Stephen R Cole, Jessie Edwards · 2020 to 2026
$5.0M
Combining sources of information to improve HIV pre-exposure prophylaxisK01AI177102 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Paul Nicholas Zivich · 2023 to 2026
$545k
Generalizing Effects of Infectious Disease Prevention Interventions in the Presence of InterferenceK01AI182506 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SHOOK-SA, BONNIE E · 2024 to 2025
$340k
NIAID NIH HHS K01 AI177102NIAID NIH HHS K01 AI182506NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI050410NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI157758
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMCPMC12860971

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