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Broad Institute: Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

2017 to present | Computational Biologist (Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program)
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Colin Worby

Princeton University: Princeton, NJ, US

2016 to 2017 | Postdoc (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
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Colin Worby

Harvard University T H Chan School of Public Health: Boston, MA, US

2013 to 2016 | Postdoc (Epidemiology)
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University of Nottingham: Nottingham, GB

2009 to 2013 | PhD (School of Mathematical Sciences)
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Colin Worby

Works (32)

Distinct Escherichia coli transcriptional profiles in the guts of recurrent UTI sufferers revealed by pangenome hybrid selection

Nature Communications
2024-11-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Mark G. Young; Timothy J. Straub; Colin J. Worby; Hayden C. Metsky; Andreas Gnirke; Ryan A. Bronson; Lucas R. van Dijk; Christopher A. Desjardins; Christian Matranga; James Qu et al.
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Clinical and genomic characterization of a cohort of patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection

2023-08-23 | Other
Contributors: David Roach; Colin Worby; Sowmya Rao; Regina LaRocque; Ashlee Earl; Sarah Turbett; Elizabeth Oliver; Jason Harris
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Development of a Prediction Model for the Acquisition of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactam Resistant Organisms in U.S. International Travelers

2023-02-28 | Other
Contributors: D. Brown; Melissa Pender; Sushmita Sridhar; Jason Harris; Colin Worby; Sarah Turbett; Elizabeth Oliver; Edward Ryan; Ashlee Earl; Sowmya Rao et al.
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Comparison of long and short read metagenomic assembly for low abundance species and resistance genes

2023-01-26 | Other
Contributors: Sosie Yorki; Terrance Shea; Christina Cuomo; Bruce Walker; Abigail Manson; Ashlee Earl; Regina LaRocque; Colin Worby
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Longitudinal multi-omics analyses link gut microbiome dysbiosis with recurrent urinary tract infections in women

Nature Microbiology
2022-05-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin J. Worby; Henry L. Schreiber, IV; Timothy J. Straub; Lucas R. van Dijk; Ryan A. Bronson; Benjamin S. Olson; Jerome S. Pinkner; Chloe L. P. Obernuefemann; Vanessa L. Muñoz; Alexandra E. Paharik et al.
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Drinking water chlorination has minor effects on the intestinal flora and resistomes of Bangladeshi children

Nature Microbiology
2022-04-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Maya L. Nadimpalli; Val F. Lanza; Maria Camila Montealegre; Sonia Sultana; Erica R. Fuhrmeister; Colin J. Worby; Lisa Teichmann; Lea Caduff; Jenna M. Swarthout; Yoshika S. Crider et al.
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Establishing the role of the gut microbiota in susceptibility to recurrent urinary tract infections

Journal of Clinical Investigation
2022-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin J. Worby; Benjamin S. Olson; Karen W. Dodson; Ashlee M. Earl; Scott J. Hultgren
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Acquisition and Long-term Carriage of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in US International Travelers

Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2020-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin J Worby; Ashlee M Earl; Sarah E Turbett; Margaret Becker; Sowmya R Rao; Elizabeth Oliver; Allison Taylor Walker; Maroya Walters; Paul Kelly; Daniel T Leung et al.
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Face mask use in the general population and optimal resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nature Communications
2020-08-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin J. Worby; Hsiao-Han Chang
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Acquisition of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria by U.S. International Travelers.

The New England journal of medicine
2020-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Mellon G; Turbett SE; Worby C; Oliver E; Walker AT; Walters M; Kelly P; Leung DT; Knouse M; Hagmann S et al.
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Interpreting pathogen genetic diversity during measles epidemics

2020-01 | Other
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Contributors: Worby C; Bozick B; Gastañaduy P; Yang L; Rota P; Grenfell B
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Phylogeography of rubella virus in Asia: Vaccination and demography shape synchronous outbreaks.

Epidemics
2019-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Bozick BA; Worby CJ; Metcalf CJE
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Model diagnostics and refinement for phylodynamic models.

PLoS computational biology
2019-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Lau MSY; Lau MSY; Grenfell BT; Worby CJ; Gibson GJ
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Assessing the utility of minority variant composition in elucidating RSV transmission pathways

2018-09 | Other
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Contributors: Githinji G; Agoti CN; Kibinge N; Henson S; Munywoki P; Brand S; Medley G; Cane P; Cotten M; Nokes DJ et al.
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Bayesian reconstruction of transmission within outbreaks using genomic variants.

PLoS computational biology
2018-04 | Journal article
Contributors: De Maio N; Worby CJ; Wilson DJ; Stoesser N
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

On the Role of Different Age Groups and Pertussis Vaccines During the 2012 Outbreak in Wisconsin.

Open forum infectious diseases
2018-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Goldstein E; Worby CJ; Lipsitch M
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

On the Relative Role of Different Age Groups During Epidemics Associated With Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

The Journal of infectious diseases
2018-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Goldstein E; Nguyen HH; Liu P; Viboud C; Steiner CA; Worby CJ; Lipsitch M
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Shared Genomic Variants: Identification of Transmission Routes Using Pathogen Deep-Sequence Data.

American journal of epidemiology
2017-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Worby CJ; Lipsitch M; Hanage WP
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Penicillin Resistance of Nonvaccine Type Pneumococcus before and after PCV13 Introduction, United States.

Emerging infectious diseases
2017-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Andam CP; Worby CJ; Gierke R; McGee L; Pilishvili T; Hanage WP
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Population effect of influenza vaccination under co-circulation of non-vaccine variants and the case for a bivalent A/H3N2 vaccine component.

Epidemics
2017-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Worby CJ; Wallinga J; Lipsitch M; Goldstein E
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

THE REAL McCOIL: A method for the concurrent estimation of the complexity of infection and SNP allele frequency for malaria parasites.

PLoS computational biology
2017-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Chang HH; Worby CJ; Yeka A; Nankabirwa J; Kamya MR; Staedke SG; Dorsey G; Murphy M; Neafsey DE; Jeffreys AE et al.
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Microbial Genomics of Ancient Plagues and Outbreaks.

Trends in microbiology
2016-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Andam CP; Worby CJ; Chang Q; Campana MG
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Reconstructing transmission trees for communicable diseases using densely sampled genetic data.

The annals of applied statistics
2016-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Worby CJ; O'Neill PD; Kypraios T; Robotham JV; De Angelis D; Cartwright EJ; Peacock SJ; Cooper BS
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Identifying the effect of patient sharing on between-hospital genetic differentiation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Genome medicine
2016-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Chang HH; Dordel J; Donker T; Worby CJ; Feil EJ; Hanage WP; Bentley SD; Huang SS; Lipsitch M
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

More Research Is Needed to Quantify Risks, Benefits, and Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Mupirocin Usage.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
2016-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Deeny SR; Worby CJ; Tosas Auguet O; Cooper BS; Edgeworth J; Cookson B; Robotham JV
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

On the relative role of different age groups in influenza epidemics.

Epidemics
2015-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Worby CJ; Chaves SS; Wallinga J; Lipsitch M; Finelli L; Goldstein E
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Impact of mupirocin resistance on the transmission and control of healthcare-associated MRSA.

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
2015-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Deeny SR; Worby CJ; Tosas Auguet O; Cooper BS; Edgeworth J; Cookson B; Robotham JV
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Examining the role of different age groups, and of vaccination during the 2012 Minnesota pertussis outbreak.

Scientific reports
2015-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Worby CJ; Kenyon C; Lynfield R; Lipsitch M; Goldstein E
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'SEEDY' (Simulation of Evolutionary and Epidemiological Dynamics): An R Package to Follow Accumulation of Within-Host Mutation in Pathogens.

PloS one
2015-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Worby CJ; Read TD
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The distribution of pairwise genetic distances: a tool for investigating disease transmission.

Genetics
2014-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Worby CJ; Chang HH; Hanage WP; Lipsitch M
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Within-host bacterial diversity hinders accurate reconstruction of transmission networks from genomic distance data.

PLoS computational biology
2014-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Worby CJ; Lipsitch M; Hanage WP
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Colin Worby via Europe PubMed Central

Estimating the effectiveness of isolation and decolonization measures in reducing transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospital general wards.

American journal of epidemiology
2013-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Worby CJ; Jeyaratnam D; Robotham JV; Kypraios T; O'Neill PD; De Angelis D; French G; Cooper BS
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Peer review (4 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Journal of infectious diseases. (2)
Review activity for Microbial genomics. (1)
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