Ensheng Dong

Dr. Ensheng Dong

RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USA
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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 May 2020 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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EDEnsheng Dong
Ensheng Dong
HDHongru Du
Hongru Du
LGLauren Gardner
Lauren Gardner

1 November 2020 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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HBHamada S Badr
Hamada S Badr
HDHongru Du
Hongru Du
MMMaximilian Marshall
Maximilian Marshall
EDEnsheng Dong
Ensheng Dong
MSMarietta M Squire
Marietta M Squire
LGLauren Gardner
Lauren Gardner

31 August 2022 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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EDEnsheng Dong
Ensheng Dong
JRJeremy Ratcliff
Jeremy Ratcliff
TGTamara D Goyea
Tamara D Goyea
AKAaron Katz
Aaron Katz
RLRyan Lau
Ryan Lau
LGLauren Gardner
Lauren Gardner

1 April 2021 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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LGLauren Gardner
Lauren Gardner
JRJeremy Ratcliff
Jeremy Ratcliff
EDEnsheng Dong
Ensheng Dong
AKAaron Katz
Aaron Katz

26 August 2025 in JAMA
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EDEnsheng Dong
Ensheng Dong
SSSamee Saiyed
Samee Saiyed
ANAndreas Nearchou
Andreas Nearchou
YOYamato Okura
Yamato Okura
LGLauren Gardner
Lauren Gardner
This study examines county-level vaccination rates for children from 2017 to 2024 for all US states.

7 June 2023 in Scientific Data
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HBHamada S. Badr
Hamada S. Badr
BZBenjamin Zaitchik
Benjamin Zaitchik
GKGaige H. Kerr
Gaige H. Kerr
NNNhat-Lan H. Nguyen
Nhat-Lan H. Nguyen
YCYen-Ting Chen
Yen-Ting Chen
LGLauren Gardner
Lauren Gardner
An impressive number of COVID-19 data catalogs exist. However, none are fully optimized for data science applications. Inconsistent naming and data conventions, uneven quality control, and lack of alignment between disease data and potential predictors pose barriers to robust modeling and analysis. To address this gap, we generated a unified dataset that integrates and implements quality checks of the data from numerous leading sources of COVID-19 epidemiological and environmental data. We use a globally consistent hierarchy of administrative units to facilitate analysis within and across countries. The dataset applies this unified hierarchy to align COVID-19 epidemiological data with a number of other data types relevant to understanding and predicting COVID-19 risk, including hydrometeorological data, air quality, information on COVID-19 control policies, vaccine data, and key demographic characteristics.