Melinda Wharton
Melinda Wharton is an American epidemiologist. She was acting director for the Immunization Division in the Centers for Disease Control.[1]
Career
[edit]She graduated from Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.[2][3]
She is associate director for vaccine policy, at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.[4][5][6][7] She was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2015.[8]
Works
[edit]- Wharton, M.; Spiegel, R. A.; Horan, J. M.; Tauxe, R. V.; Wells, J. G.; Barg, N.; Herndon, J.; Meriwether, R. A.; MacCormack, J. N.; Levine, R. H. (1990-12-01). "A Large Outbreak of Antibiotic-Resistant Shigellosis at a Mass Gathering". Journal of Infectious Diseases. 162 (6). Oxford University Press (OUP): 1324–1328. doi:10.1093/infdis/162.6.1324. ISSN 0022-1899. PMID 2230262.
- Wallender, Erika; Peacock, Georgina; Wharton, Melinda; Walensky, Rochelle P. (2023-07-20). "Uninsured and Not Immune — Closing the Vaccine-Coverage Gap for Adults". New England Journal of Medicine. 389 (3). Massachusetts Medical Society: 193–195. doi:10.1056/nejmp2306200. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 37342958.
- "Routine Childhood Vaccination in the Time of COVID-19: An Urgent Call to Action" (PDF). 13 November 2020.
References
[edit]- ^ "Melinda Wharton". ADVAC. Archived from the original on 2022-05-19.
- ^ "Dr. Melinda Wharton, MD - Infectious Disease Specialist in Atlanta, GA | Healthgrades". www.healthgrades.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Dr. Melinda Wharton, MD, Internal Medicine | Decatur, GA | WebMD". doctor.webmd.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "CDC Backs Extra Bivalent Booster for High-Risk Groups, Simplifies Vax Recs". medpagetoday.com.
- ^ "NCIRD Organizational Structure". cdc.gov. 11 September 2023.
- ^ "The Vaccine War". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ Kimball, Spencer (2023-01-26). "FDA advisors recommend replacing original Covid vaccine with bivalent omicron shots for all doses". CNBC. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ Stern, Gavin (2015-11-16). "2015 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Contributions to Advancing Science". AAAS. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
External links
[edit]- Melinda Wharton on PubMed
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- TEDMED at CDC: Measles—Making a Disease Disappear -- Dr. Melinda Wharton CDC, April 17, 2013
- Podcast from Washington: CDC's Dr. Melinda Wharton The NACCHO Podcast, Dec 6, 2018
- https://www.izsummitpartners.org/content/uploads/Wharton-bio.pdf
Categories:
- American epidemiologists
- Living people
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health alumni
- Harvard Medical School alumni
- 21st-century American women physicians
- 21st-century American physicians
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention people
- American women medical researchers
- Public health doctors
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science