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Dr. Halsey is a pediatrician with subspecialty training in infectious diseases and epidemiology. He has published more than 200 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals on the subject of vaccines and vaccine safety and conducted or participated in epidemiological studies of vaccines against diseases including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, poliomyelitis, pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type B, tetanus, Lyme disease, rotavirus, Argentina Hemorrhagic Fever, human papillomavirus (HPV) and influenza. He has contributed information to the Institute of Medicine and the Public Health Service for reviews of individual vaccine safety issues, provided expert testimony and reviews of legal claims involving the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, vaccine manufacturers, and the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Halsey has served on advisory groups for the World Health Organization, CDC, and the American Academy of Pediatrics and he participated in the development of more than 90 guidelines for the use of vaccines. Currently, he is a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a joint appointment in the Department of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. |
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CO-DIRECTOR Dr. Moulton is a biostatistician who focuses on issues of vaccine safety and effectiveness. He has made applied and theoretical contributions to the design and analysis of Phase II, III, and IV vaccine investigations. Dr. Moulton's areas of expertise include statistical epidemiology and cluster randomized trials. He has served as a consultant to the FDA, CDC,
PAHO, and WHO on issues of vaccine evaluation, and has received
substantial National Institutes of Health funding for statistical
research on vaccine evaluation. He has been the principal statistician
on many large vaccine, HIV, and nutritional intervention trials. Dr.
Moulton is a professor in the Department of International Health with a
joint appointment in the Department of Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins,
where he directs the Ph.D. program in Global Disease Epidemiology and
Control and the Peace Corps Masters International program.
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Saad B. Omer, MBBS (MD), MPH, PhD
Dr. Omer has
worked on research studies in the
He has been
involved in vaccine trials and large-scale surveillance of
vaccine preventable diseases. Dr. Omer and his colleagues have
conducted several studies to evaluate the roles of schools,
parents, health care providers, and state-level legislation in
relation to immunization coverage and disease incidence. He has
conducted research and performed policy analysis on public
health preparedness including pandemic influenza preparedness
and has worked on identifying and addressing deficiencies in
preparedness of the American public health workforce.
Dr. Omer is also involved with the Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Network which is a multi-center network that evaluates vaccine safety in a clinical environment. |
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