Since 2020, Professor Zhou has led his team to make full use of the cross-scientific research advantages of mathematics, statistics and medicine, comprehensively utilize epidemiological data, virus gene data, traffic flow data and other information, and, from the perspective of combining statistical and mathematical models, carry out innovative mathematical and statistical model research on key issues such as the transmission characteristics, pattern of development, number of infected people, and vaccination strategies of the novel coronavirus. He has published 22 related papers in the top interdisciplinary journals Science Advances and Nature Communications, the top biostatistics journal Biometrics, and the official journal of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Engineering. In addition, Professor Zhou's research results have made impact on prevention and control policy of the COVID pandemic in China.
Selected Publications：
- Tan Y., Zhang Y., Cheng X., Zhou XH. Statistical inference using GLEaM model with spatial heterogeneity and correlation between regions. Scientific Reports, 2022. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18775-8
- Dong R., Hu T., Zhang Y., Li Y., Zhou XH. Assessing the Transmissibility of the New SARS-CoV-2 Variants: From Delta to Omicron. Vaccines 2022. DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10040496
- Han S., Zhang T., Lyu Y., Lai S., Dai P., Zheng J., Yang W., Zhou XH., Feng L. Influenza's Plummeting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Mask-Wearing Mobility Change and SARS-CoV-2 Interference. Engineering 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2021.12.011
- Li Y., Zhang Y., Liang M., Zhang Y., Ma X., Zhang Y., Zhou XH. Lack of evolutionary changes identified in SARS-CoV-2 for the re-emerging outbreak of COVID-19 in Beijing China. Biosafety and Health 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.bsheal.2021.12.001
- Wang R., Wang J., Hu T., Zhou XH. Population‐Level Effectiveness of COVID‐19 Vaccination Program in the United States: Causal Analysis Based on Structural Nested Mean Model. Vaccines 2022. DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10050726
- Zhou F., Hu T., Zhang XY, Lai K., Chen J., Zhou XH. The association of intensity and duration of non-pharmacological interventions and implementation of vaccination with COVID-19 infection death and excess mortality: Natural experiment in 22 European countries. Journal of Infection and Public Health 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2022.03.011
- Deng Y., You C., Liu Y., Qin J., Zhou XH. Estimation of incubation period and generation time based on observed length-biased epidemic cohort with censoring for COVID-19 outbreak in China. Biometrics. 2021; 77:929–941. https://doi.org/10.1111/biom.13325
- Han S., Cai J., Yang J., Zhang J, Wu Q., Zheng W., Shi H., Ajelli M., Zhou XH., Yu H. Time-varying optimization of COVID-19 vaccine prioritization in the context of limited vaccination capacity. Nature Communications. 2021, 12(1): 1-10.
- Zhou F., You C., Zhang X., Qian K., Hou Y., Gao Y., Zhou, XH. Epidemiological characteristics and factors associated with critical time intervals of COVID-19 in eighteen provinces, China: A retrospective study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.1487
- Zhang, Y., You C., Gai X., Zhou XH. On Coexistence with COVID-19: Estimations and Perspectives，China CDC Weekly 2021(12)50
- Qin J., You C., Lin Q., Hu T., Yu S., Zhou XH. Estimation of incubation period distribution of COVID-19 using disease onset forward time: A novel cross-sectional and forward follow-up study. Science Advances. 2020, 6(33).
- Lin Q., Hu T., and Zhou XH. Estimating the daily trend in the size of the COVID-19 infected population in Wuhan. Infect Dis Poverty 9, 69 (2020).
- You C., Deng Y., Hu Y., Sun J., Lin Q., Zhou F, Pang C.H., Zhang Y., Chen Z., Zhou XH. Estimation of the time-varying reproduction number of COVID-19 outbreak in China. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 2020; 228: 113555.
- You C., Lin Q., Zhou XH. An Estimation of the Total Number of Cases of NCIP (2019-nCoV) — Wuhan, Hubei Province, 2019–2020. China CDC Weekly, 2020, 2(6): 87-91
- Zhang Y., Li Y., Wang L., Li M., Zhou XH. Evaluating Transmission Heterogeneity and Super-Spreading Event of COVID-19 in a Metropolis of China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(10), 3705.
- C. You, X. Gai, Y. Zhang, X. Zhou. Determining the Covertness of COVID-19— Wuhan, China, 2020. China CDC Weekly, 2021.
- Y. Zhang, C. You(co-first), Z. Cai, J. Sun, W. Hu, X. Zhou. Prediction of the COVID-19 outbreak in China based on a new stochastic dynamic model. Scientific Report, 2020.
