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| Bernadette A.
Albanese, MD, MPH |
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| Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists |
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| Dr. Albanese is the Medical
Director of the El Paso County (Colorado) Department of Health and
Environment and Director of the Disease Prevention and Control Division,
where she administers programs in communicable disease, epidemiology,
environmental health, and vital records. Dr. Albanese has nearly twenty
years of experience encompassing work as a pediatric infectious disease
specialist and in public health, including infectious disease
epidemiology, surveillance activities, outbreak investigations, and health
education campaigns. Prior to her current position, Dr. Albanese was a
medical epidemiologist with the New Mexico Department of Health. While in
New Mexico, she was instrumental in building the New Mexico Emerging
Infections Program which is a national population-based surveillance and
public health research network funded by the CDC. In 1997 at Johns Hopkins
University Bloomberg School of Public Health, she worked on invasive
pneumococcal disease surveillance and a public education campaign aimed at
promoting appropriate antibiotic use. Dr. Albanese has authored numerous
publications and been active as a board or committee member on a number of
organizations. |
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| William L.
Atkinson, MD, MPH |
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National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC |
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| Dr. Atkinson, a medical epidemiologist,
develops technical and training materials for immunization providers and
conducts training on vaccine-preventable diseases. His previous
responsibilities at CDC included national measles surveillance,
investigation, and vaccine consultation. He has conducted numerous vaccine
research projects, served as a consultant to the World Health
Organization, and published numerous articles and book chapters. |
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| Stephen L. Cochi,
MD, MPH |
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National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC |
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| Dr. Cochi, pediatrician and preventive
medicine specialist, is the former Acting Director of the National Center
for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and currently is Senior Advisor,
Global Immunization Division. Dr. Cochi has spent more than 28 years at
CDC working in the field of immunization, and since 1985 has served in
what is now the NCIRD. He has had a major impact on the prevention of
virtually every one of the vaccine-preventable diseases for which NCIRD/CDC
has lead responsibility. |
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| Lawrence J.
D'Angelo, MD, MPH |
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Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine |
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| Dr. D'Angelo, an internist, is chief,
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's National
Medical Center; professor of pediatrics, medicine, and health care
sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health
Sciences; and professor of prevention and community health and
epidemiology, George Washington University School of Public Health and
Health Services. His particular area of expertise is the clinical and
epidemiologic aspects of HIV infection in teenagers. He is currently the
President of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. |
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| National Association of County and City Health Officials |
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| Paul Etkind is the senior
analyst for immunizations at the National Association of County and City
Health Officials (NACCHO). Dr. Etkind's responsibilities relate to
immunization and vaccine-preventable disease epidemiology, including
policy analysis, program design, research and evaluation, writing for
publications, technical assistance, communication of learnings to the
field, program and budget management, and project promotion. Dr, Etkind
has more than thirty years experience working as a public health
epidemiologist at the state and local levels, as well as experience
working with the federal level of public health. Dr. Etkind is an
experienced teacher at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and he is a
lecturer at public and professional meetings. He is the author of numerous
articles in peer-reviewed journals and active in many national
professional organizations. |
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| American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) |
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| Stanley A. Gall, MD, is
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health at the
University of Louisville in Louisville, KY. Prior to his current position,
Dr. Gall was the Donald Baxter Professor and Chair of the Department of
Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Louisville. Previous
positions included Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Acting Head of
the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Chicago,
Professor and Director in the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine and
Associate Professor of Immunology at Duke University Medical Center in
Durham, NC, and Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the
University of Miami Medical School. Dr. Gall is board certified in
obstetrics and gynecology with a subspecialty in maternal-fetal medicine.
Throughout his distinguished career, Dr. Gall has assumed leadership
positions in many professional organizations, including the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the Infectious Diseases
Society for Obstetrics and Gynecology (IDSOG), and the Association of
Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO). He also works with the
state of Kentucky on various health initiatives, such as the Kentucky
Department of Public Health Special Committee to Develop an Adult Vaccine
Program. Dr. Gall has authored and co-authored hundreds of peer-reviewed
journal articles, book chapters, editorials, and book reviews, as well as
numerous reports as ACOG liaison to the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
He is an editorial board member for the American Journal of
Reproductive Immunology, Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and
Gynecology, and Current Women's Health Reports. He is also a
reviewer for a number of journals. In 2007, ACOG honored Dr. Gall with its
Distinguished Service Award at the Annual Clinical Meeting in San Diego,
and Dr. Gall received the District Service Award at the 2009 Annual
Clinical meeting in Chicago. He is frequently listed in Best Doctors in
America, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in Medicine and
Healthcare. Immunology and infectious diseases in obstetrics and
gynecology are major clinical interests for Dr. Gall. Over the last decade
he has concentrated his research efforts on vaccine research. |
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National Vaccine Program Office, HHS |
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| Dr. Gellin is the director of
the National Vaccine Program Office and Deputy Assistant Secretary Health
at the Department of Health and Human Services. He is an internist and
infectious disease expert with training in epidemiology and has had broad
experience in public health aspects of infectious diseases. He has held
positions at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH),
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Rockefeller
Foundation, and has extensive consultative experience with the World
Health Organization. |
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| Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins University |
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| Dr. Halsey is a professor in the Departments of International Health and
Pediatrics and the director of the Institute of Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD. He has served on the Committee on Infectious Diseases
("Red Book Committee") for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for CDC. He has also served
in varied capacities in the U.S. Public Health Service and on advisory
committees for the World Health Organization. |
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| Association of Immunization Managers |
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| Ms. Hannan is Executive
Director of the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM), a membership
association representing the 64 state, territorial and large urban area
immunization programs which receive direct federal grant funding from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prior to assuming this
position in 2004, Ms. Hannan directed an immunization policy project for
seven years at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials,
and prior to that she served as an advocate for children's health issues
and worked on Capitol Hill. |
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| Carol E. Hayes,
CNM, MN, MPH |
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American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) |
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| Carol Hayes is currently a
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing at Georgia State University. She
is a Certified Nurse Midwife with a master's in nursing and public health
with twenty (25) years of clinical experience, as well as experience in
education, conference planning, program management, and grant management.
Her areas of interest include adolescent health, women's health, teen
pregnancy prevention, sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, and
infectious diseases and HIV. She has contributed to training materials,
curricula, and other documents published by a federally funded training
center. She has published in a peer-reviewed journal and contributed to
national and international abstracts. She has served as a clinical
consultant to the CDC Group B Streptoccocus Task Force, representing
nurse-midwives from 1995 to 1998. She has served on numerous committees
nationally and locally for the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM)
and the Georgia Nurses Association and is a member of Nursing Honor
Society Sigma Theta Tau. She also serves on the Georgia Department of
Community Health's Perinatal HIV Council and the Advisory Board for the
American Nurses Association Bringing Immunity to Every Community
initiative. |
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| Gregory James, DO,
MPH, FACOFP |
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American Osteopathic Association |
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| Dr Gregory James is the Medical
Director for United Healthcare for the State of Florida in the Evercare
Division, with medical and quality oversight responsibility for all United
Healthcare patients residing in Nursing Homes in the state. He is the
founding and current director of the Family Practice Residency Program at
St. Petersburg General Hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. Dr. James received
his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) as well as his Masters in Public
Health (MPH) Degrees from Nova Southeastern University/College of
Osteopathic Medicine. He completed a three-year residency in family
medicine at Sun Coast Hospital, now a part of Largo Medical Center. Dr.
James is on the board of directors for the American Osteopathic Board of
Family Physicians and is a past president of the Pinellas County
Osteopathic Medical Society. He serves on the Commission on Osteopathic
College Accreditation for the AOA and also served as the national program
chairman for the 2004 national American College of Osteopathic Family
Physicians (ACOFP) Conference in Tampa. In July 2006, he was voted
Educator of the Year by the Florida Society of the ACOFP. In July 2004,
Dr. James was recognized by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) as
a Mentor of the Year. He has received the Outstanding Clinical Instructor
award for the family medicine residency program three times and the
Outstanding Lecturer award for the medical education program twice. Dr.
James is certified in family medicine, geriatrics, and long-term care for
nursing homes. |
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Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society |
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| Dr. Katz chaired the ACIP of
the U.S. Public Health Service from 1985 to 1993 and currently serves as
the liaison to ACIP for
the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). He also co-chairs the
National Network for Immunization Information. He
has served on the Infectious Diseases Committee ("RedBook") of the
American Academy of Pediatrics which he chaired for 2
years. He has been an active member of many NIH and WHO committees on infectious diseases and vaccines, as well as
international advisory boards on vaccines. He currently chairs the WHO's
Polio Research Committee. Besides his service on numerous boards and committees, including past
president of the American Pediatric Society, Katz is
the Wilburt C. Davison Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus at Duke University
School of Medicine, Durham, NC. |
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| Marie-Michele Lèger,
MPH, PA-C |
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American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) |
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| Ms. Lèger, a physician
assistant, is the director of clinical and international affairs, Division
of Science and Public Health, for the American Academy of Physician
Assistants (AAPA). In her role she monitors and advises AAPA leadership on
important issues in clinical medicine and public health. She also
represents the Academy at a wide range of meetings relevant to clinical
practice and serves as a staff advisor to AAPA's Clinical and Scientific
Affairs Council, Professional Education Development Council, Committee on
Diversity, and the Committee on International Affairs. Ms Lèger has
worked in primary care in underserved communities and urban medical
centers. She
has published extensively, spoken on immunization at statewide
conferences, and written editorials/articles on raising the awareness of
adult immunization rates. Ms Lèger's areas of interest are women's health,
diversity in health care, access to health care, and infectious disease.
Ms. Lèger retains a teaching appointment faculty appointment as a Clinical
Assistant Professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine
and Health Sciences. |
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National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention |
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| Dr. Margolis, pediatrician, is
Chief of the Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). Prior to this he served as the director of
the Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative, a project of the International
Vaccine Institute in Seoul, Korea. He was formerly director of the
Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH), National Center for Infectious
Diseases, CDC, where he worked with DVH for more than 20 years. He has
experience in vaccine development and evaluation, development and
evaluation of strategies to prevent viral hepatitis, and the molecular
pathogenesis of viral hepatitis. He was involved in development
recommendations for U.S. hepatitis B immunization strategies and a
consultant to a number of countries in the development of hepatitis B
immunization and prevention programs. He is the author or co-author of
over 200 papers or chapters in the field of viral hepatitis and its
prevention. |
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| National Network for Immunization Information (NNii) |
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| Dr. Myers is professor of pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB),
and director for Public Health Policy and Education, Sealy Center for Vaccine
Development, UTMB. Formerly he was director, National Vaccine Program Office,
Department of Health and Human Services. He is executive director of NNii. |
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| Kathleen M. Neuzil, MD, MPH |
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| American College of Physicians |
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| Dr. Neuzil is clinical
associate professor of medicine, Departments of Medicine and Global
Health, University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, WA. She is
also Director, Influenza Vaccine Program, and senior clinical advisor for
immunizations, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH),
Seattle. Dr. Neuzil is a member of CDC's Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices, as well as a member of the American College of
Physician's Adult Immunization Initiative Physician Advisory Board. |
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Vaccine Education Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
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| Dr. Offit is chief of the
division of infectious diseases and the director of the Vaccine Education
Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In addition, Dr. Offit
is the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of vaccinology and a professor of
pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He was
also a recent voting member of the ACIP. Dr. Offit is the recipient of
many awards and is the co-author of three books. In addition, he has
published more than 130 papers in medical and scientific journals in the
areas of rotavirus-specific immune responses and vaccine safety and is the
co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine. |
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Emory University
Dr. Orenstein, pediatric infectious disease specialist, serves as the
Director of the Program for Vaccine Policy and Development and Associate
Director of the Emory Vaccine Center at the Emory University School of
Medicine a position he previously held from March 2004 to October 2008.
Between October 2008 and September 2011, Dr. Orenstein was Deputy Director
for Immunization Programs at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to
that, he served for more than 25 years at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC), including as director of the former National
Immunization Program (now called the National Center for Immunization and
Respiratory Diseases). Dr. Orenstein is a co-editor of the fifth edition
of the textbook "Vaccines," as well as more than 200 other works. He is a
renowned national and international speaker and the recipient of numerous
awards. |
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| Mitchel C.
Rothholz, RPh, MBA |
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| American Pharmacists Association (APhA) |
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| Mr. Rothholz, pharmacist, is Chief of Staff for APhA. He is responsible for
APhA's strategic planning and external collaborations and communications;
governance; immunization and other public health initiatives; and awards and
election processes. He is an active member of numerous state and national
pharmacy organizations and immunization coalitions. |
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American Academy of Pediatrics |
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| Dr. Saari practiced general
pediatrics in Madison for 24 years before his appointment as professor of
pediatrics in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Division of the University
of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 1998. Dr. Saari
worked for many years with CDC on projects concerning vaccine safety, the
control of hepatitis B and C in the U.S., the immunization of term and
preterm infants, and strategies to promote community-based immunization
activities. He served six years on the Committee on Infectious Diseases of
the American Academy of Pediatrics beginning in 1998 and was appointed
chair of the Wisconsin Council for Immunization Practices in 1999 until
his retirement from the University in 2006. In the course of his career,
he received recognition as Wisconsin Pediatrician of the Year (1993), the
AAP Special Achievement Award (1994), and the Wisconsin Public Health
Association Distinguished Service Award (2005) for his immunization
advocacy efforts. Dr. Saari currently serves on the Immunization
Subcommittee of the AAP Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine (COPAM)
and the AAP Automated Identification of Vaccine Product Committee (barcoding). |
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| Infectious Diseases Society of America |
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| Dr. Schaffner, an internist, is professor and chairman, Department of
Preventive Medicine, and professor of medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases,
at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Dr. Schaffner, liaison to the
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention from the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the National
Foundation for Infectious Diseases, is also a member of the Physician Advisory
Board of the Adult Immunization Initiative of the American College of Physicians
and the associate hospital epidemiologist at Vanderbilt University Hospital. Dr.
Schaffner received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College. |
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| National Center for Immunization and Respiratory
Diseases, CDC |
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| Dr. Schuchat, an internist and epidemiologist, is director of the National
Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). Prior to this, she
served as acting director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases and
chief of the Respiratory Diseases Branch at CDC. She has worked on pre- and
post-licensure evaluation of bacterial conjugate vaccines and made important
contributions to the prevention of infectious diseases in children and adults. |
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| Thomas E. Stenvig, RN, PhD |
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| American Nurses Association |
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| Dr. Stenvig, RN, PhD, MPH, CNAA, is associate professor with the College of
Nursing at South Dakota State University in Brookings. He also is past president
of the National Network of Immunization Nurses and Associates. Professor
Stenvig's research program focuses on nursing behavioral issues related to
immunizing children and nurses' participation in vaccination. Previously, he was
involved in immunization programs for the Indian Health Service for many years
while a U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Officer. |
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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) |
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| Ms. Talkington is the senior director for
immunization and infectious disease policy at the Association of State and
Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), the national organization
representing the chiefs of the state and territorial health agencies. In
this capacity, Ms. Talkington oversees four policy areas that comprise the
Infectious Disease arena at ASTHO – immunization, emerging infectious
disease, HIV/AIDS, and pandemic influenza. She has experience on issues
related to state health programs, vaccine financing, vaccine safety,
healthcare-associated infections, and emergency preparedness, among other
areas. Ms.Talkington was formerly the Director of Immunization Policy for
ASTHO. |
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| American Medical Association (AMA) |
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| Dr. Tan is director, Medicine
and Public Health at AMA in Chicago, IL. He is responsible for all
scientific and policy issues that pertain to infectious diseases and
ensures that AMA remains abreast of critical happenings in infectious
diseases. He has been active in issues pertaining to vaccine safety;
vaccine accessibility for children, adults, and high-risk groups; and
increased vaccination coverage. Dr. Tan is a member of the National
Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) and is also the AMA's liaison
representative to ACIP. In addition, Dr. Tan co-chairs the National
Influenza Vaccine Summit, cosponsored by the AMA and CDC. |
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| National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) |
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| Ms. Taub is a Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner in primary care in Long Island, New York. She is a NAPNAP
fellow and co-chair of NAPNAP'S special interest group on Immunizations
and former President of the New York Long Island Chapter. Ms. Taub is a
member of Nassau County's Department of Health's Immunization Task Force.
She has worked on numerous projects on immunization for NAPNAP and has
written articles on immunization for parents. |
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| Division of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC |
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| Dr. Ward, internist and
prevention medicine specialist, is Director of the Division of Viral
Hepatitis at the CDC in Atlanta, GA, with responsibility for planning and
directing national and international research, surveillance, and public
health programs related to viral hepatitis prevention and control. In
addition to his work in viral hepatitis, Dr. Ward has 14 years of
experience in the field of HIV/AIDS. He has also served as editor of the
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). As Editor, Dr. Ward created
the Epidemic Information Exchange (Epi-X), a secure, moderated system for
public health officials to report and discuss disease outbreaks and other
health events. Dr. Ward has authored over 100 scientific publications and
recently served as Editor for Silent Victories, a history of public
health in the 20th century published in 2007 by Oxford University Press.
Dr. Ward holds a clinical faculty appointment with the Department of
Medicine, Emory University. |
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| Patricia N.
Whitley-Williams, MD, MPH |
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| National Medical Association |
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| Dr. Whitley-Williams, a pediatrician, is professor of pediatrics and chief,
Division of Pediatric Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, as well
as Interim Chair, Department of Pediatrics at UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School. She is
the National Medical Association's liaison to the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She
also serves as a member of the National Network for Immunization Information,
Infectious Diseases Society of America. Dr. Whitley-Williams's research
interests include pediatric HIV infection/AIDS and immunization coverage rates
in children. |
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| Walter W. Williams, MD, MPH |
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National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC |
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| Dr. Williams, internist and
public health specialist, is a medical epidemiologist in the National
Center for Immunization Services and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He previously worked in this
Center on adult immunization before leaving to serve as the Associate
Director for Minority Health, Office of the Director, CDC; and Director of
CDC's Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities. He rejoined NCIRD
to support current CDC activities related to vaccine preventable diseases.
He has published extensively and spoken at regional and national symposia
on topics related to epidemiology, public health, and preventive medicine.
He holds faculty appointments at Morehouse Medical School and the Emory
University School of Public Health and is Chairman of the Advisory
Committee for the Residency in Public Health and Preventive Medicine,
Morehouse School of Medicine. |
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Jefferson Medical College
Dr. Hie-Won Hann, Professor of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College, is
the director of the Liver Disease Prevention Center at Thomas Jefferson
University Hospital. She has nearly 35 years of experience working on HBV
and liver cancer. Dr. Hann has conducted 30 clinical trials which studied
various antiviral agents for hepatitis B. She is a co-investigator on two
current NIH-funded liver cancer research projects. She has published more
than 263 scientific articles, book chapters, and abstracts and has
received numerous awards, including the 2003 Distinguished Daughter of
Pennsylvania Award from the Governor of Pennsylvania, and the 2006 Korean
American Pioneer Award from Channel 6 ABC. For more than 20 years, Dr.
Hann and her husband Dr. Richard Hann, an immunologist, have screened more
than 25,000 Korean Americans for hepatitis B and liver cancer by visiting
about 450 Korean American and some Chinese American churches. She has also
been an active international speaker in the field of hepatitis B. She is a
past advisor to the CDC's Hepatitis B Advisory Group for Asian/Pacific
Islanders and the National Asian Pacific Leadership Initiative on Cancer
and currently serves as an advisor to the Immunization Action Coalition
and the Hepatitis B Foundation. |
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Consultant
Dr. Kane, a pediatrician, is a consultant on international immunization issues.
In January 2006, he retired as the Director of the Children's Vaccine Program
(CVP) at PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health). CVP's mission was
to improve immunization delivery to children in the developing world and help to
introduce new and underutilized vaccines. Dr. Kane completed a three-year term
as a Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) Board member, and
served as the founding President of the Global Fund for Children's Vaccines (now
the GAVI Fund). Prior to his work with PATH, Dr. Kane spent 20 years with the
CDC, the last 10 of which were spent at the World Health Organization where he
was responsible for the hepatitis B vaccine program. |
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| Edgar K. Marcuse, MD, MPH |
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Seattle Children's
Dr. Marcuse is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington
School of Medicine, and adjunct professor of epidemiology at the
University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine in
Seattle, WA. He is also associate medical director for quality improvement
at Seattle Children's. A longtime national immunization advocate and
prolific author of immunization articles, Dr. Marcuse has served on the
National Vaccine Advisory Committee, the AAP Committee on Infectious
Diseases (Red Book), and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
(ACIP). He is also a consultant to the Washington State Department of
Health Vaccine Advisory Committee and co-editor of AAP Grand Rounds. |
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Alaska Native
Medical Center, Anchorage, AK
Dr. McMahon, an internal medicine specialist and hepatologist, is
Medical and Research Director of the Viral Hepatitis Program at the Alaska
Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK. He also serves as a
research associate for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
has published over 150 original articles, book chapters, and review
articles. Dr. McMahon is the co-author of the American Association for the
Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) Practice Guideline on Chronic Hepatitis B.
He is also an advisor to the Global AIDS Program and the World Health
Organization on Hepatitis B and C. Dr. McMahon has won numerous national
awards for his contributions in liver disease and public health, including
an Outstanding Service Award from the United States Public Health Service,
the American College of Physician's Alvan R. Feinstein Memorial Award for
notable contributions in the field of clinical epidemiology, and in 2005
he was elected as a Master in the American College of Physicians. Dr.
McMahon was the University of Washington's 2007-2008 Science in Medicine
Lecturer, and he received the Hepatitis B Foundation Scientist of the Year
award in 2009. He was a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on
Viral Hepatitis from 2008-2010. |
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Consultant in Vaccinology
Dr. Plotkin, pediatric infectious disease specialist, is a consultant in
vaccinology and Emeritus Professor of the University of Pennsylvania. From
1991 to April 2009, he worked at sanofi pasteur as Medical and Scientific
Director and, most recently, Executive Advisor to the CEO. Prior to 1991,
Dr. Plotkin was Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology at the University
of Pennsylvania, Professor of Virology at the Wistar Institute, and at the
same time, Director of Infectious Diseases and Senior Physician at the
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Plotkin's healthcare career spans
more than fifty years of brilliant service. He has been chairman of the
Infectious Diseases Committee and the AIDS Task Force of the American
Academy of Pediatrics, liaison member of the Advisory Committee on
Immunization Practices and Chairman of the Microbiology and Infectious
Diseases Research Committee of the National Institutes of Health. Dr.
Plotkin has received numerous awards, including the Bruce Medal in
Preventive Medicine of the American College of Physicians, the
Distinguished Physician Award of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Society, the French Legion of Honor Medal, the Distinguished Alumnus and
the Gold Medal Award of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the Sabin
Gold Medal award, the Fleming (Bristol) Award of the Infectious Diseases
Society of America, the medal of the Fondation Merieux, the Finland Award
of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, and the Hilleman Award
of the American Society for Microbiology. Dr. Plotkin has authored more
than 675 articles and has edited several books including the standard
textbook "Vaccines." He developed the rubella vaccine now in standard use
throughout the world, is co-developer of the newly licensed pentavalent
rotavirus vaccine, and has worked extensively on the development and
application of other vaccines including polio, rabies, varicella, and
cytomegalovirus. |
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Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN
Dr. Gregory Poland is the Director of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research
Group - a state-of-the-art research group and laboratory that investigates
issues surrounding vaccine response and novel vaccines important to public
health. He is a Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, the
Director of the Immunization Clinic, and the Director of the Program in
Translational Immunovirology and Biodefense at the Mayo Clinic. He is the
Editor-in-Chief for the journal Vaccine. Dr. Poland was awarded the
Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence in December 2008. In 2008, he
was named a Master of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Poland
received the Hsu prize in International Infectious Disease Epidemiology in
2007, and the Charles Merieux Lifetime Achievement Award in Vaccinology
from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases in May 2006. In
December 2006, Dr. Poland was elected President of the Defense Health
Board, serving two terms, and currently serves as the Vice-President and
advisor on pandemic influenza issues to the Secretary of Defense. In 2005
he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Illinois Wesleyan
University, his alma mater. He was appointed as the Mary Lowell Leary
Professor in Medicine (the highest academic distinction for a faculty
member) by Mayo Clinic's Board of Trustees in 2004. In May 2003, he was
awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service.
Since 2004, Dr. Poland has served on the Infectious Diseases Society of
America (IDSA) Taskforce on Pandemic Influenza, and chaired the American
College of Physician's Adult Immunization Advisory Board. Dr. Poland
received the inaugural Gold Medal from the Spanish Vaccinology Society in
2001. In 1998, he received a joint award from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention and the Health Care Financing Administration for
his contribution to increasing adult immunization rates in the U.S. which
was awarded by the Surgeon General of the United States. In 1997, he was
honored as the "Outstanding Clinical Investigator of the Year" by Mayo
Clinic. Dr. Poland is the immediate past President of the International
Society for Vaccines, and is the current President and co-founder of the
Edward Jenner Society. Dr. Poland participates on many national and
academic review committees and actively peer-reviews journal articles for
over 26 different publications such as The Lancet, Annals of
Internal Medicine, and New England Journal of Medicine. A
prolific writer, Dr. Poland has published over 350 peer-reviewed
scientific articles and book chapters. Dr. Poland received his medical
degree from the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in
Springfield, IL, and completed his residency and advanced post-graduate
work at the University of Minnesota/Abbott-Northwestern Hospital,
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University of Minnesota
Dr. Schwarzenberg, is Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and
Nutrition in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota.
Schwarzenberg, who is a member of the Institutional Review Board at the
University of Minnesota, has also authored several articles for IAC on the care
of children who are chronically infected with hepatitis B. |
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Minnesota Gastroenterology, Minneapolis, MN
Dr. Smith is a hepatologist at Minnesota Gastroenterology in Minneapolis,
MN, and a transplant hepatologist and professor of Medicine at the
University of Minnesota. He also organizes the GI fellow rotation at
Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Dr. Smith received his
medical training in Sydney, Australia, and completed his doctoral thesis
at the University of Queensland in Australia. He worked in research and
clinical hepatology fellowship positions at the Rigshospitalet in
Copenhagen, Denmark, University of Southern California, and Stanford
University. Dr. Smith is the author of many publications and has written
several articles for IAC on the care of the adult who is chronically
infected with hepatitis. |
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| Richard K.
Zimmerman, MD, MPH |
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University of
Pittsburgh
A family physician with additional training in public health and
epidemiology, Dr. Zimmerman is a professor in the Department of Family
Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, School of Medicine, with a secondary
appointment in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences,
Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
PA. Dr. Zimmerman has served on the American Academy of Family Physician
Commissions on Clinical Policies and Research and Public Health and
Scientific Affairs; as the founding chair of the Group on Immunization
Education, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine; and as a voting member
of the ACIP. Dr. Zimmerman has been the principal investigator on
CDC-funded studies about racial disparity and adult immunization and on
ways to increase influenza vaccination rates. He has won national awards
for his research and curricular materials on immunization, and he has
authored over 150 publications on immunizations and vaccine-preventable
diseases. |
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