Highlighted Projects

Published papers:

• Pallarès, N., Tebé, C., Abelenda-Alonso, G., Rombauts, A., Oriol, I., Simonetti, A. F., Rodríguez-Molinero, A., Izquierdo, E., Díaz-Brito, V., Molist, G., Gómez Melis, G., Carratalà, J., Videla, S., & MetroSud and Divine study groups (2023). Characteristics and Outcomes by Ceiling of Care of Subjects Hospitalized with COVID-19 During Four Waves of the Pandemic in a Metropolitan Area: A Multicenter Cohort Study. Infectious diseases and therapy, 12(1), 273–289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40121-022-00705-w

• Cortés Martínez, J., Pak, D.,  Abelenda-Alonso, G., Langohr K., Ning J., Rombauts A., Colom M., Shen Y. & Gómez Melis G. SARS-Cov-2 incubation period according to vaccination status during the fifth COVID-19 wave in a tertiary-care center in Spain: a cohort study. BMC Infect Dis 22, 828 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07822-4

• Garmendia Bergés, L., Cortés Martínez, J., Gómez Melis, G., & DIVINE project (2023). MSMpred: interactive modelling and prediction of individual evolution via multistate models. BMC medical research methodology, 23(1), 126. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-023-01951-3

 

Submitted papers:

• Piulachs X, Langohr K, Besalú M, Pallarés N., Carratalà J., Tebé C., Gómez Melis G. A Semi-Markov multistate approach for combining multicohort data: Application to COVID-19-hospitalized adults from three waves. Statistical Methods in Medical Research.

• Fernández D., Pérez N. & Molist, G. Patient profiles within and between four waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Barcelona metropolitan area: A clustering approach. PLOS One. 

International conferences:

• Second Order Markov multistate models applied to COVID-19 cohort data. M. Besalú, G. Gómez Melis, K. Langohr. International Biometric Conference. Riga, 10-15 July 2022.

• COVID-19’s incubation time period by vaccination status. G. Gomez Melis, J. Cortés, G. Abelenda-Alonso, A. Rombauts, D. Pak, Y. Shen, K. Langohr. International Biometric Conference. Riga, 10-15 July 2022.

• A semi-Markov multistate model to compare hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the first three waves in the Barcelona metropolitan area. K. Langohr, X. Piulachs, N. Pallarès, C. Gudiol, C. Tebe, G.Gómez. International Biometric Conference. Riga, 10-15 July 2022.

• Identifying patient profiles in a multicentre and multi-cohort study of hospitalized COVID-19 patients from the Barcelona region. D. Fernández, N. Pérez, G. Molist, E. Cobo. International Biometric Conference. Riga, 10-15 July 2022.

• Predicting interactively the evolution of hospitalized COVID-19 patients using multistate models. L. Garmendia Bergés; J. Cortés Martínez; G. Gómez Melis. International Biometric Conference. Riga, 10-15 July 2022.

• A multi-state model to analyze hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the first three waves in the Barcelona metropolitan area. A. Rombauts, C. Tebé, X. Piulachs, M. Besalú, G. Abelenda-Alonso, I.Oriol, A. Francesca Simonetti, E. Izquierdo-Tugas, J. Carratalà, K. Langohr, G. Gómez-Melis. ECCMID 2022. Lisbon, Portugal, 23-26 April 2022.

• Differences in patient characteristics and outcomes during pandemic waves and according to vaccination status. A. Rombauts, G. Abelenda-Alonso, N. Pallarès, M. Colom, A. Pérez-Picans, B. Cobo, L. Serrano, G. Molist, G. Gómez-Melis, J. Carratalà, J. Cortés. ECCMID 2022. Lisbon, Portugal, 23-26 April 2022.

• SARS-Cov-2 incubation period according to vaccination status: preliminary results from a survey during the fifth COVID-19 wave in a tertiary-care center in Spain. G. Abelenda-Alonso, A. Rombauts, K. Langohr , M. Colom, J. Cortés, C. Tebe, D. Pak, Y. Shen, J. Carratala, G. Gómez-Melis. ECCMID 2022. Lisbon, Portugal, 23-26 April 2022.

 

National conferences:

• Dynamic evaluation of COVID-19 clinical states and their prognostic factors to improve the intra-hospital patient management. Tebé C., Gómez G. XVII Spanish Biometric Conference. Madrid, 25-27 Mayo 2022.

• A multi-state model to analyze hospitalized Covid-19 patients during the first three waves in the Barcelona metropolitan area. G. Molist , X. Piulachs , G. Abelenda , A. Rombauts , N. Pallarès , K. Langohr , C. Tebé. XVII Spanish Biometric Conference. Madrid, 25-27 Mayo 2022.

• Cluster analysis applied to COVID data: a study of the patient’s characteristics and disease outcomes. D. Fernández, N. Pérez-Alvarez, G. Molist, E. Cobo. XVII Spanish Biometric Conference. Madrid, 25-27 Mayo 2022.

• COVID-19’s incubation time period by vaccination status. G. Gómez Melis, J. Cortés Martínez, G. Abelenda-Alonso, A. Rombauts, D. Pak, Y. Shen. K. Langohr. XVII Spanish Biometric Conference. Madrid, 25-27 Mayo 2022.

• Interactive modelling and prediction of patient evolution via multistate models. L. Garmendia Bergés; J. Cortés Martínez; G. Gómez Melis. XVII Spanish Biometric Conference. Madrid, 25-27 Mayo 2022.

• Non-Markov multistate models applied to a cohort of COVID-19 patients. M. Besalú, G. Gómez Melis. XVII Spanish Biometric Conference. Madrid, 25-27 Mayo 2022.

• A semi-Markov multistate model for in-hospital survival to examine the covid-19 vaccine impact in the Barcelona metropolitan area. Xavier Piulachs , Klaus Langohr, Natalia Pallarès, Gemma Molist, Carlota Gudiol, Cristian Tebé, Guadalupe Gómez. XVII Spanish Biometric Conference. Madrid, 25-27 Mayo 2022.

• A trip through the most common (or not) graphical representations in the multistate models. L. Garmendia Bergés; J. Cortés Martínez; G. Gómez Melis. JEDE, Almería. 28,29 octubre 2021.

• Interactive modelling and prediction of patient evolution via multistate models. L. Garmendia Bergés; J. Cortés Martínez; G. Gómez Melis. JSEB, València. 14-16 Setembre 2022.

• DIVINE: Dynamic evaluation of COVID-19 clinical states and their prognostic factors to improve the intra-hospital patient management. G. Gómez-Melis, C. Tebé. SEIO. Granada, 7-10 Junio 2022.

• Second Order Markov discrete multistate models: COVID-19 hospitalized patients’ case of study. M. Besalú, G. Gómez Melis. Covid-19 in Euskadi and Catalunya: dealing with a pandemic from a biostatistical perspective. Bilbao, 9-11 November 2022.

• A semi-Markov multistate approach for combining multicohort data: Application to COVID-19-hospitalized adults from three waves. X. Piulachs, K. Langohr, M. Besalú, N. Pallarès, J. Carratala, C. Tebé, G. Gómez. Covid-19 in Euskadi and Catalunya: dealing with a pandemic from a biostatistical perspective. Bilbao, 9-11 November 2022.

• COVID-19’s incubation time period by vaccination status. J. Cortés Martínez, K. Langohr, G. Gómez Melis. Covid-19 in Euskadi and Catalunya: dealing with a pandemic from a biostatistical perspective. Bilbao, 9-11 November 2022.

• A walk through the DIVINE project with a focus on partially vaccinated Delta-driven Covid-19 patients. G. Gómez Melis. Covid-19 in Euskadi and Catalunya: dealing with a pandemic from a biostatistical perspective. Bilbao, 9-11 November 2022.

• COVID-19 patient profiles over four waves in Barcelona metropolitan area: A clustering approach. D. Fernández, N. Pérez, G. Molist. Covid-19 in Euskadi and Catalunya: dealing with a pandemic from a biostatistical perspective. Bilbao, 9-11 November 2022.

• Remdesivir: An Inverse Probability of Treatment Weighting analysis from a multi-center cohort study. C.Tebé. Covid-19 in Euskadi and Catalunya: dealing with a pandemic from a biostatistical perspective. Bilbao, 9-11 November 2022.

• Characteristics and outcomes by ceiling of care of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during four waves of the pandemic in a metropolitan area: a multi-center cohort study. N Pallarès, C Tebé, G Abelenda-Alonso, A Rombauts, I Oriol, AF Simonetti, A Rodríguez-Molinero, E Izquierdo, V Díaz-Brito, G Molist, G Gómez Melis, J Carratalà, S Videla. Covid-19 in Euskadi and Catalunya: dealing with a pandemic from a biostatistical perspective. Bilbao, 9-11 November 2022.

• Semi-Markov multistate models to analyze the disease progression of hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the first three waves in the Barcelona metropolitan area. Klaus Langohr, Xavier Piulachs, Natàlia Pallarès, Carlota Gudiol, Cristian Tebé, Guadalupe Gómez Melis. XIX Conferencia Española y VIII  Encuentro Iberoamericano de Biometría CEB-EIB 2023. Vigo, 27-30 June 2023.

• Inference under a second order Markov model. Guadalupe Gómez Melis, Mireia Besalú Mayol. XIX Conferencia Española y VIII  Encuentro Iberoamericano de Biometría CEB-EIB 2023. Vigo, 27-30 June 2023.

• PODCAST + news at Cugat Media (1st Jan 2023). Una aplicació per preveure l'evolució dels malalts de Covid, al pòdcast 'El Pou. 
• Press release by UPC (9th Jan 2023). Desenvolupen un model per predir l’evolució clínica dels pacients amb COVID-19 quan ingressen a l'hospital
• Press release by IDIBELL (20th Dec 2022). Desenvolupen un model per predir l’evolució clínica dels pacients amb COVID-19 quan fan l’ingrés hospitalari
• Article in journal Telecos.cat (1st Oct 2021). Page 33: Projecte DIVINE: estudiem l'evolució de les persones hospitalitzades per COVID-19.

 

During the project, the web app MSMpred to fit Multistate models and to make predictions with them was developed: https://www.grbio.eu/pubs/MSMpred/