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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 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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ASSOCIATE FOR GLOBAL SAFETY Dr. Asturias was trained as an MD in Guatemala (University of San Carlos, 1989) and was boarded in pediatrics at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Trained in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, he has been working in vaccines in Guatemala and the Latin American region since 1998. He has conducted or participated in epidemiological studies of efficacy and safety of vaccines against diseases including poliomyelitis, pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and E. coli, especially in developing countries. Dr. Asturias has served on the Guatemalan National Committee for Immunization Practices, the Poliovirus Contention Commission,
and advisory groups for the World Health Organization, including the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety. He is a technical coordinator of the
Immunization Group of the Mesoamerican Health Initiative, and a member of the Committee of Vaccines of the Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious
Diseases.
Currently, he is an Associate at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a joint appointment in the Center
for Health Studies, at the Institute of Research of the University del Valle in Guatemala.
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