Research

Publications

Alva O. Ferdinand, Ammar Aftab, Marvellous A. Akinlotan, “Texting-While-Driving Bans and Motor Vehicle Crash–Related Emergency Department Visits in 16 US States: 2007–2014”, American Journal of Public Health 109, no. 5 (May 1, 2019): pp. 748- 754. - Download PDF

Malik, K. Z., Ali, S. Z., Imtiaz, A., Aftab, A., (2019). “Preference Shocks in an RBC Model with Intangible Capital. Cogent Economics & Finance, 7(1), 1586621. - Download PDF

Appiah, B., Burdine, J., Aftab, A., Asamoah-Akuoko, L., Anum, D., Kretchy, I., Samman, E., Appiah, P., Bates, I., (2018). Determinants of intention to use mobile phone caller tunes to promote voluntary blood donation. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(5), e117. - Download PDF

Aftab, A. et. al. “Pakistan Reviving Growth through Competitiveness”. Country Diagnostic Study, Asian Development Bank, December 2020. - Download PDF

Aftab, A. et. al. “An Actuarial Model for Costing Universal Health Coverage in Armenia”. Asian Development Bank, December 2020. - Download PDF

Aftab, A. et. al. “An Updated Assessment of the Economic Impact of COVID-19”. No. 133 ADB Briefs, Asian Development Bank, May 2020. - Download PDF

Aftab et al. (2020). “Manual on the Simple Linear Actuarial Model”. Asian Development Bank Institutional Document, (December 2020). - Download PDF

Aftab et al. (2021). “Tracking universal health coverage: 2021 Global Monitoring Report”. World Health Organization and The World Bank, (December 2021). - Download PDF

Aftab et al. (2021). “Global monitoring report on financial protection in health 2021”. World Health Organization and The World Bank, (December 2021). - Download PDF

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings & Posters

Ferdinand, A., Aftab, A. State Texting-While-Driving Bans and their Impact on Motor Vehicle Crash-Related Emergency Department Visits. Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, 2018, San Diego, CA.

Ferdinand, A., Aftab, A. State Texting-While-Driving Bans and their Impact on Motor Vehicle Crash-Related Emergency Department Visits. Oral presentation at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2018, Seattle, WA.

Ferdinand, A., Morrisey, M., Aftab, A. The Great Recession, Gas Prices, Regulation, and Motor Vehicle Fatalities Involving Commercial Vehicles. Poster presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, 2016, Boston, MA.

Grants, Contracts, and Funded Research

Project Title: Examining the Impact of Gun Control Laws on Firearm-Related Morbidity and Mortality

Funded by the Texas A&M University School of Public Health (Total Funding: $25,000)

Role: Co-Investigator