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Britta Lassmann, MD

Research Associate Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Medicine

Infectious Diseases

MD, University of Vienna

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Britta Lassmann, MD, Medicine/Infectious Diseases, is an infectious diseases physician and healthcare technology innovator with expertise in building applications at the intersection of clinical care, public health, analytics and technology. Her research also integrates advanced analytical methods and artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize disease surveillance and outbreak response. She is a co-founder of BEACON, the Biothreats, Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network, a first-of-its-kind, open-source global surveillance platform built to detect emerging infectious diseases in near real time, worldwide. The platform merges the power of AI with a global network of human subject matter experts to provide fast, verified alerts to potential outbreaks. BEACON is housed at BU’s Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases.

BU Research

Integrating Wildlife Data into Online Informal Surveillance Program
06/01/2025 - 06/01/2026 (Multi-PI)
PI: Britta Lassmann, MD
PAX sapiens

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Bhatia S, Parag KV, Wardle J, Nash RK, Imai N, Elsland SLV, Lassmann B, Brownstein JS, Desai A, Herringer M, Sewalk K, Loeb SC, Ramatowski J, Cuomo-Dannenburg G, Jauneikaite E, Unwin HJT, Riley S, Ferguson N, Donnelly CA, Cori A, Nouvellet P. Retrospective evaluation of real-time estimates of global COVID-19 transmission trends and mortality forecasts. PLoS One. 2023; 18(10):e0286199. PMID: 37851661; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286199;

Bhatia S, Imai N, Watson OJ, Abbood A, Abdelmalik P, Cornelissen T, Ghozzi S, Lassmann B, Nagesh R, Ragonnet-Cronin ML, Schnitzler JC, Kraemer MU, Cauchemez S, Nouvellet P, Cori A. Lessons from COVID-19 for rescalable data collection. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Sep; 23(9):e383-e388. PMID: 37150186; DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00121-4;

Cori A, Lassmann B, Nouvellet P. Data needs for better surveillance and response to infectious disease threats. Epidemics. 2023 Jun; 43:100685. PMID: 37076350; DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2023.100685;

Desai AN, Mohareb AM, Elkarsany MM, Desalegn H, Madoff LC, Lassmann B. Viral Hepatitis E Outbreaks in Refugees and Internally Displaced Populations, sub-Saharan Africa, 2010-2020. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 May; 28(5):1074-1076. PMID: 35447070

Desai A, Nouvellet P, Bhatia S, Cori A, Lassmann B. Data journalism and the COVID-19 pandemic: opportunities and challenges. Lancet Digit Health. 2021 Oct; 3(10):e619-e621. PMID: 34556290

Bhatia S, Lassmann B, Cohn E, Desai AN, Carrion M, Kraemer MUG, Herringer M, Brownstein J, Madoff L, Cori A, Nouvellet P. Using digital surveillance tools for near real-time mapping of the risk of infectious disease spread. NPJ Digit Med. 2021 Apr 16; 4(1):73. PMID: 33864009

Huttner A, Bricheux A, Buurmeijer-van Dijk CJM, Harvey M, Holmes A, Lassmann B, Lavergne V, Mailles A, Mendelson M, Muller N, Sanguinetti M, Sears C, Skevaki C, Syed U, Thomas S, Swartz TH. Joint ESCMID, FEMS, IDSA, ISID and SSI position paper on the fair handling of career breaks among physicians and scientists when assessing eligibility for early-career awards. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Feb 18. PMID: 33609786

Tarnas MC, Desai AN, Lassmann B, Abbara A. Increase in vector-borne disease reporting affecting humans and animals in Syria and neighboring countries after the onset of conflict: A ProMED analysis 2003-2018. Int J Infect Dis. 2021 Jan; 102:103-109. PMID: 33002614

Desai AN, Ramatowski JW, Marano N, Madoff LC, Lassmann B. Infectious disease outbreaks among forcibly displaced persons: an analysis of ProMED reports 1996-2016. Confl Health. 2020; 14:49. PMID: 32704307

Desai AN, Seshasayee SM, Majumder MS, Lassmann B, Madoff LC, Cohn EL, Brownstein JS. Tuberculosis and foreign-born populations in the United States: A mixed methods pilot study of media reporting and political identification. PLoS One. 2020; 15(4):e0230967. PMID: 32315312

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Bulabula ANH, Holmes A, Lassmann B. International Society for Infectious Diseases - First series of position papers, with a focus on implementing infection prevention and control measures in low- and middle-income settings. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Oct; 87:30-31. PMID: 31421236

Desai AN, Anyoha A, Madoff LC, Lassmann B. Changing epidemiology of Listeria monocytogenes outbreaks, sporadic cases, and recalls globally: A review of ProMED reports from 1996 to 2018. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Jul; 84:48-53. PMID: 31051276

Desai AN, Ramatowski JW, Lassmann B, Holmes A, Mehtar S, Bearman G. Global infection prevention gaps, needs, and utilization of educational resources: A cross-sectional assessment by the International Society for Infectious Diseases. Int J Infect Dis. 2019 May; 82:54-60. PMID: 30794941

Desai AN, Kraemer MUG, Bhatia S, Cori A, Nouvellet P, Herringer M, Cohn EL, Carrion M, Brownstein JS, Madoff LC, Lassmann B. Real-time Epidemic Forecasting: Challenges and Opportunities. Health Secur. 2019; 17(4):268-275. PMID: 31433279

Cohen J, Lopardo G, Belloso WH, Lassmann B. 18th International Congress on Infectious Diseases/XVIII Congreso SADI 2018-It takes two to Tango. Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Aug; 73S:1-2. PMID: 29940347

Lorthe TS, Pollack MP, Lassmann B, Brownstein JS, Cohn E, Divi N, Herrera-Guibert DJ, Olsen J, Smolinski MS, Madoff LC. Evaluation of the EpiCore outbreak verification system. Bull World Health Organ. 2018 May 01; 96(5):327-334. PMID: 29875517

Ramatowski JW, Lee CX, Mantzavino A, Ribas J, Guerra W, Preston ND, Schernhammer E, Madoff LC, Lassmann B. Planning an innovation marathon at an infectious disease conference with results from the International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance 2016 Hackathon. Int J Infect Dis. 2017 Dec; 65:93-97. PMID: 29017856

Lassmann B, Cornaglia G. Place of International Congresses in the Diffusion of Knowledge in Infectious Diseases. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Aug 15; 65(suppl_1):S70-S73. PMID: 28859343

Sastry S, Masroor N, Bearman G, Hajjeh R, Holmes A, Memish Z, Lassmann B, Pittet D, Macnab F, Kamau R, Wesangula E, Pokharel P, Brown P, Daily F, Amer F, Torres J, O'Ryan M, Gunturu R, Bulabula A, Mehtar S. The 17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases workshop on developing infection prevention and control resources for low- and middle-income countries. Int J Infect Dis. 2017 Apr; 57:138-143. PMID: 28216179

Lassmann B, Madoff LC. Highlights from the 6th International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance (IMED 2016) Vienna, Austria from Nov 3 to 7, 2016. Int J Infect Dis. 2016 Dec; 53S:1-3. PMID: 27955993

Lassmann B, Arumugaswami V, Chew KW, Lewis MJ. A new system to measure and compare hepatitis C virus replication capacity using full-length, replication competent viruses. J Virol Methods. 2013 Dec; 194(1-2):82-8. PMID: 23973740

Bhattacharya D, Lewis MJ, Lassmann B, Phan T, Knecht G, Bickel M, Yang OO. Combination of allele-specific detection techniques to quantify minority resistance variants in hepatitis B infection: a novel approach. J Virol Methods. 2013 Jun; 190(1-2):34-40. PMID: 23454647

Lassmann B, Poetschke M, Ninteretse B, Issifou S, Winkler S, Kremsner PG, Graninger W, Apfalter P. Community-acquired pneumonia in children in Lambarene, Gabon. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Jul; 79(1):109-14. PMID: 18606773

Knoll B, Lassmann B, Temesgen Z. Current status of HIV infection: a review for non-HIV-treating physicians. Int J Dermatol. 2007 Dec; 46(12):1219-28. PMID: 18173512

Lassmann B, Gustafson DR, Wood CM, Rosenblatt JE. Reemergence of anaerobic bacteremia. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Apr 01; 44(7):895-900. PMID: 17342637

Lassmann B, Tsigrelis C, Virk A. 33-year-old woman with marked eosinophilia. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 Jan; 82(1):103-6. PMID: 17285791

Lassmann B, Khan A, Baddour LM, Mueller PS. Dysphagia as an unusual presentation of infective endocarditis. Scand J Infect Dis. 2007; 39(5):460-3. PMID: 17464872

Klein Klouwenberg PM, Oyakhirome S, Schwarz NG, Gläser B, Issifou S, Kiessling G, Klöpfer A, Kremsner PG, Längin M, Lassmann B, Necek M, Pötschke M, Ritz A, Grobusch MP. Malaria and asymptomatic parasitaemia in Gabonese infants under the age of 3 months. Acta Trop. 2005 Aug; 95(2):81-5. PMID: 15950165

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2007 and 2019

Bar chart showing 28 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2007 and 2019

Year	Publications
2005	1
2007	4
2008	1
2013	2
2016	1
2017	3
2018	2
2019	4
2020	3
2021	3
2022	1
2023	3

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