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Igor Rudan

University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

8

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935

TOTAL CITATIONS

5

Scholarly Papers (8)

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Vaccine Effectiveness of Two-Dose BNT162b2 Over Time Against COVID-19 Symptomatic Infection and Severe Cases Among Adolescents: Test Negative Design Case Control Studies in Brazil and Scotland

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Apr 2022
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - LIB and LEITV Laboratories, University of Strathclyde - Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Universidade de Brasília (UnB) - Tropical Medicine Centre, University of Glasgow - Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - LIB and LEITV Laboratories, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) - Instituto de Medicina Social, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of St. Andrews - School of Medicine, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, University of Aberdeen - Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS) and Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS)
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COVID-19-Severe cases, COVID-19-Symptomatic Infection, Vaccine effectiveness, adolescents

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Waning of mRNA Boosters after Homologous Primary Series with BNT162b2 or ChadOx1 Against Symptomatic Infection and Severe COVID-19 in Brazil and Scotland: A Test-Negative Design Case-Control Study

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 14 Apr 2022
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - LIB and LEITV Laboratories, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, University of Strathclyde - Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Universidade de Brasília (UnB) - Tropical Medicine Centre, University of Glasgow - Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Universidade de Brasília (UnB) - Tropical Medicine Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) - Instituto de Medicina Social, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - LIB and LEITV Laboratories, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute and Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) - Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (CIDACS)
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COVID-19, Vaccines, ChAdOx1, mRNA, booster, BNT162b2, Omicron, waning

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Pregnancy Outcomes Following Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Scotland: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 27 Jun 2022
University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, University of Edinburgh - Centre for Global Health Research, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, University of Edinburgh - School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Studies, University of Glasgow - Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of St. Andrews - School of Medicine, University of Aberdeen - Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Strathclyde - Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute and Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland
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SARS-CoV-2, Delta, Omicron, Pregnancy, Preterm birth, Stillbirth, Obstetrics, COVID-19

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Association between Antibody Responses Post-Vaccination and Severe COVID-19 Outcomes: National Population-Based Cohort Study in Scotland

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Feb 2023
University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, Glasgow Caledonian University - School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University - School of Health and Life Sciences, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, King’s College London, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, Raigmore Hospital - Scottish Microbiology Reference Laboratory, The Jack Copland Centre - Scotland National Blood Transfusion Service, Government of the United Kingdom - Public Health Scotland, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, University of Aberdeen - Instutute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of St. Andrews - School of Medicine, University of Glasgow - Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, University of Aberdeen - Instutute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen - Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Glasgow - COVID-19 in LMICs Research Group, University of Strathclyde - Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute and University of St Andrews
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COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, igg, antibody, antibodies, vaccine, vaccination, vaccinated, serology, serum, diabetes, ckd, cancer, immune, immunology, impaired, insufficient, insufficient-response, impaired-response, non-responders, risks, QCOVID, clinical-risks, multimorbidity, comorbidity

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Setting Research Priorities to Understand and Address the Impact of Climate Change on the Health of Women and Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Using the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) Methodology

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Jul 2025
University of Toronto - The Hospital for Sick Children - SickKids, Karolinska Institutet - Department of Global Public Health, Tampere University - Center for Child Health Research, Johns Hopkins University - School of Hygiene and Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Aga Khan University - Institute for Global Health and Development, University of the Witwatersrand, United Nations - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Gates Ventures, World Health Organization (WHO), University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, University of Toronto, University of Toronto - Centre for Global Child Health and Aga Khan University
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climate change, health impacts, research priorities, LMICs, women and children, CHNRI methodology

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The Future 500 Index: A Predictive and Policy-Integrated Framework for Identifying Europe's High-Potential Scale-Ups Subtitle: From Retrospective Growth Rankings to Strategic, Evidence-Based Scale-Up Selection

Number of pages: 95 Posted: 22 May 2026
IEDC Bled School of Management, University of Zagreb - Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb - Faculty of Economics & Business, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development and University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute
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Future500, Competitiveness, European Union, Draghi Report, Schale Up, Growth

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Towards an Ideometrics-Based General Theory of Human Progress

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 05 Jun 2026
Igor Rudan and Steven Kerr
University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute and University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute
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Ideometrics, Decision Theory, Economics, Evolution, Information Science, Human Progress, Ideometric Index of Human Progress, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Sense of Ideas, History, Ideometric Index of Civilisational Progress

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Towards an Ideometrics-Based Understanding of Consciousness, Time, Space and Dreams

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Jun 2026
Igor Rudan
University of Edinburgh - Usher Institute
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ideometrics, consciousness, time, space, dreams, physics, neuroscience, evolution, astronauts, speleology, confinement, entropy, meaning, information, processing