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| Advisory Board |
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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.
The satellite broadcast of Atkinson's vaccine training course repeatedly
receives rave reviews. |
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| Anna
DeBlois Buchanan, MPH |
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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials |
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| Ms. Buchanan 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. Buchanan 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,
public engagement, healthcare-associated infections, and emergency
preparedness, among other areas. Ms. Buchanan sits on the steering
committee of Voices For Vaccines and participates in a variety of federal
initiatives on immunization and infectious disease issues. |
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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 27 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 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. |
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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, an infectious disease expert with training in epidemiology,
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. |
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| Gregory James, DO, MPH,
FACOFP |
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American Osteopathic Association |
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| Dr. Gregory James is currently
the Family Practice Residency Program Director 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 NSU/COM (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 a past
president of the Florida Society of the American College of Osteopathic
Family Physicians (ACOFP). He is also a past president of the Pinellas
County Osteopathic Medical Society. 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 on
the board of directors for the American Osteopathic Board of Family
Physicians, the national certification board for all osteopathic family
physicians. Dr. James serves on the Commission on Osteopathic College
Accreditation for the AOA. He also served as the national program chairman
for the 2004 National ACOFP Conference in Tampa. 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. 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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| Mary Beth Koslap-Petraco, RN-CS, CPNP |
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National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) |
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| Ms. Koslap-Petraco is the
coordinator of child health for the Suffolk County Department of Health
Services in New York. She is also clinical assistant professor and
preceptor to graduate and undergraduate students at the State University
of New York at Stony Brook. Ms. Koslap-Petraco is a NAPNAP fellow, past
chair of NAPNAP's Special Interest Group on Immunizations, and former
president of the New York/Long Island chapter. She has published widely in
the area of childhood immunization. |
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| Marie-Michele Léger, MPH, PA-C |
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American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) |
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| Ms. Léger, a physician
assistant, is director of clinical and international affairs, Division of
Education, Membership and Resource Development, AAPA. In her role she
monitors and advises AAPA leadership on important issues in clinical
medicine. 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, and Committee on International Affairs. She has
published extensively, spoken on immunization at statewide conferences,
and written editorials/articles on raising the awareness of adult
immunization rates. Ms Léger's areas of interest are women's health,
diversity in health care, access to health care, and infectious disease.
Ms. Léger retains a teaching appointment at the George Washington
University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. |
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| Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative |
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| Dr. Margolis, pediatrician, is 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, National Center for
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). |
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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 120 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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| 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 numerous awards
including the Wisconsin Pediatrician of the Year Award (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 AAP Immunization Task Force for review of
financial and supply barriers to effective delivery of vaccines in the private
and public sector settings. |
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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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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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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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| Office of Minority Health, CDC |
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| Dr. Williams, internist and medical epidemiologist, is the associate director
for Minority Health, Office of the Director, CDC; and director of CDC's Office
of Minority Health and Health Disparities. In his current position, he serves as
the principal advisor to the CDC Director on minority health issues and the
focal point for minority health programs, projects, and coordination of
CDC/ATSDR's minority health activities. 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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