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L.J Tan, MS, PhD |
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Chief Strategy Officer |
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| Prior to joining the
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC), Dr. Tan was the director of
medicine and public health at the American Medical Association (AMA) a
position he held since 2008. From 1997 to 2008, he was the AMA's
director of infectious disease, immunology, and molecular medicine. |
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| Dr. Tan is a voting member of the
Department of Health and Human Services' National Vaccine Advisory
Committee, where he served on the adult immunization, vaccine safety, and
healthcare worker immunization working groups, and is currently chair of
the immunization infrastructure working group. He also served for more
than ten years as the AMA's liaison to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, where he
currently serves on the influenza, pneumococcal, zoster, and adult
immunization working groups. |
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| He co-founded and currently co-chairs the
National Adult Immunization Summit and the National Influenza Vaccine
Summit. He serves or has served on the steering committees of the 317
Coalition, the National Network for Immunization Information, and the
National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable and on the IAC scientific advisory
board. In 2007, he founded the National Immunization Congress and
organized its 2007 and 2010 meetings. |
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| A skilled and sought-after speaker, Dr.
Tan has been invited to address international, national, and state
immunization audiences on issues ranging from vaccine financing to risk
management in vaccine safety to emerging infectious diseases. He serves or
has served on a host of expert and technical advisory panels, including
panels for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, The Joint
Commission, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In
addition, he is the author or coauthor of many peer-reviewed articles and
abstracts. During his tenure at the AMA, he wrote numerous scientific
reports to guide the association's policies on a diverse range of public
health topics. |
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| Dr. Tan has received several awards for
his advocacy work and most recently was awarded the American Pharmacists
Association's national Friend of Pharmacy Award. As a part-time faculty
member at the Institute for Science Education and Science Communication,
Columbia College, Chicago, he received the 2000 Excellence in Teaching
Award. |
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