Alex Broadbent

Alex Broadbent

University of Johannesburg

H-index: 17

Africa-South Africa

About Alex Broadbent

Alex Broadbent, With an exceptional h-index of 17 and a recent h-index of 13 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Johannesburg, specializes in the field of Philosophy of epidemiology, philosophy of medicine, philosophy of science, causation, prediction.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The Routledge handbook of philosophy of public health

Pandemic response strategies and threshold phenomena

Intercultural medical disagreements: Ebola vs. Covid-19

Complexity in epidemiology and public health. addressing complex health problems through a mix of epidemiologic methods and data

Can robots do epidemiology? Machine learning, causal inference, and predicting the outcomes of public health interventions

Philosophy of Medicine and Covid-19: Must Do Better

Philosophy of Medicine and Covid-19

Blame or reflection? Response to Winsberg

Alex Broadbent Information

University

Position

Professor of Philosophy

Citations(all)

1491

Citations(since 2020)

917

Cited By

945

hIndex(all)

17

hIndex(since 2020)

13

i10Index(all)

29

i10Index(since 2020)

17

Email

University Profile Page

University of Johannesburg

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Alex Broadbent Skills & Research Interests

Philosophy of epidemiology

philosophy of medicine

philosophy of science

causation

prediction

Top articles of Alex Broadbent

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The Routledge handbook of philosophy of public health

Sridhar Venkatapuram

Alex Broadbent

2023

Pandemic response strategies and threshold phenomena

Global Epidemiology

Pieter Streicher

Alex Broadbent

2023/12/1

Intercultural medical disagreements: Ebola vs. Covid-19

Alex Broadbent

Likhwa Ncube

2023/11/7

Complexity in epidemiology and public health. addressing complex health problems through a mix of epidemiologic methods and data

Epidemiology

Naja Hulvej Rod

Alex Broadbent

Morten Hulvej Rod

Federica Russo

Onyebuchi A Arah

...

2023/7/1

Can robots do epidemiology? Machine learning, causal inference, and predicting the outcomes of public health interventions

Philosophy & Technology

Alex Broadbent

Thomas Grote

2022/3

Philosophy of Medicine and Covid-19: Must Do Better

Philosophy of Medicine

Alex Broadbent

2022/12/16

Philosophy of Medicine and Covid-19

Alex Broadbent

2022

Blame or reflection? Response to Winsberg

Global Epidemiology

Peter Streicher

Alex Broadbent

2022/12

Philosophical Perspectives on Covid-19

Philosophy of Medicine

Alex Broadbent

Jonathan Fuller

2022

Can you lock down in a slum? And who would benefit if you tried? Difficult questions about epidemiology's commitment to global health inequalities during Covid-19

Global Epidemiology

Alex Broadbent

Pieter Streicher

2022/12/1

Introduction: Philosophy and Public Health

Alex Broadbent

Sridhar Venkatapuram

2022/10/7

Machine learning and public health: Philosophical issues

Thomas Grote

Alex Broadbent

2022/10/7

Models and muddles in the COVID-19 pandemic

South African Journal of Science

Ebrahim Momoniat

Abejide Ade-Ibijola

Charis Harley

Alex Broadbent

Farai Nyabadza

2021/9/29

The C-word, the P-word, and realism in epidemiology

Synthese

Alex Broadbent

2021/5

Direct and indirect health effects of lockdown in South Africa

Benjamin Smart

Herkulaas Combrink

Alex Broadbent

Piet Streicher

2021/3

Corrigendum to “COVID-19 in South Africa”[Global Epidemiology 2 (2020) 100034]

Global Epidemiology

Alex Broadbent

Herkulaas Combrink

Benjamin Smart

2021/11

Reply to Lurie et al.

Global Epidemiology

Alex Broadbent

Herkulaas Combrink

Benjamin Smart

2021/11

Causation

An Opinionated Introduction, URL: http://jreiss. org/Causality% 20Manuscript. pdf

Julian Reiss

2007

Better the drug you know: Commentary on “Daughton 2020, Natural experiment concept to accelerate the re-purposing of existing therapeutics for Covid-19”

Global epidemiology

Alex Broadbent

2020/11

Why a one-size-fits-all approach to COVID-19 could have lethal consequences

The ethics of pandemics

Alex Broadbent

Benjamin TH Smart

2020/7/30

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Co-Authors

H-index: 52
Hwang Seungsik

Hwang Seungsik

Seoul National University

H-index: 39
Thaddeus Metz

Thaddeus Metz

University of Pretoria

H-index: 16
Jonathan Fuller

Jonathan Fuller

University of Pittsburgh

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