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DIRECTOR 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. 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. He served for three years with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the Immunization Division (now the National Immunization Program), and served for four years on the Research and Development Group of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expanded Program on Immunization. He has been a member or liaison member of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for seven years and a member of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics for eight years. Dr. Halsey developed and has been the principal instructor for the class Vaccine Development and Evaluation which has trained more than 800 health care professionals during the past 17 years. In addition, Dr. Halsey has provided information for journalists on vaccine safety issues and he has been a strong advocate for change in immunization programs to improve the safety of vaccines for children.
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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 technical expertise includes statistical epidemiology, correlated and spatial data, and small sample size problems. He has served as a consultant to the Pan American Health Organization 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. His two decades of experience in the public health arena have given him the broad perspective necessary for the judicious interpretation of data in numerous contexts.
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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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