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    Carlos R Oliveira, MD, PhD

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    Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases & Global Health), of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), and of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

    Medical Director, Pediatric AIDS Program

    Faculty, Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)

    About

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    Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases & Global Health), of Biostatistics (Health Informatics), and of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science

    Medical Director, Pediatric AIDS Program; Faculty, Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)

    Biography

    Dr. Carlos Oliveira is an attending physician and specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital and Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health. He is board certified in General Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and Clinical Informatics, and serves as Director of Yale’s clinical programs in Pediatric HIV/AIDS and Congenital Infectious Diseases. His research centers on vaccinology and perinatal infections and has been continuously funded by the NIH for more than a decade. Nationally, he holds leadership roles within the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and has contributed to national clinical guidelines and policy statements on pediatric infectious diseases.

    Last Updated on March 05, 2026.

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    Education & Training

    PhD
    Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Investigative Medicine
    Clinical Fellow
    Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (2016)
    Health Services Research Trainee
    Yale University
    Resident
    Children’s Medical Center, University Of Texas Southwestern, Department of Pediatrics
    MD
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
    BS
    Dallas Baptist University, Biology

    Research

    Overview

    Public Health Interests

    Vaccines

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Carlos R Oliveira's published research.

    Publications

    Featured Publications

    2026

    • Real-world effectiveness of perinatal RSV immunoprophylaxis: protocol for a test-negative case–control study
      Llorente C, Wats A, Araujo B, Ganem J, Oliva I, Xu H, Brodsky N, Lucas C, Aronson P, Grubaugh N, Breban M, Redmond S, Shapiro E, Niccolai L, Weinberger D, Oliveira C. Real-world effectiveness of perinatal RSV immunoprophylaxis: protocol for a test-negative case–control study. BMJ Open 2026, 16: e114524. PMID: 41856594, PMCID: PMC13007147, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114524.
      Peer-Reviewed Original Research
    • Social Determinants of Health and Pediatric Long COVID in the US
      Rhee K, Thaweethai T, Pant D, Stein C, Salisbury A, Kinser P, Kleinman L, Gallagher R, Warburton D, Mohandas S, Snowden J, Stockwell M, Tantisira K, Flaherman V, Teufel R, Castro L, Chung A, Espinoza Esparza J, Hockett C, Isidoro-Chino M, Krishnan A, McCormack L, Nabower A, Nahin E, Rosas J, Siddiqui S, Szmuszkovicz J, Vangeepuram N, Zimmerman E, Brown H, Carmilani M, Coombs K, Fisher L, Witvliet M, Wood J, Milner J, Rosenzweig E, Irby K, Karlson E, Qian Z, Lamendola-Essel M, Hasson D, Katz S, Yin H, Foulkes A, Gross R, Irby K, Zani K, Arthur L, Brown A, Evans D, Hill T, Hobart-Porter L, Howard L, Hummel K, Krehbiel H, Yount P, Elliott A, Adam G, Angal J, Barber M, Clark K, Dos Reis C, Freesemann M, Friedrich C, Hockett C, Johannsen R, Johnson-Vonk E, Kaiser C, Kruse A, Lang J, Lim P, McCoy M, Miller L, Petereit (Cerkovnik) S, RiChard (Werpy) J, Seiler J, Sundleaf B, Svendsen J, Trosper B, Vermeulen O, Young S, Palumbo P, Dabney S, Fahrner M, Gallagher T, Martini K, McNally M, Vivensi Stiverson S, Kosut J, Balaraman V, Cheung J, Hong T, Kalua S, Minami E, Siu A, Tong M, Teufel II R, Atz A, Dantas M, Kasmarcak T, Milks K, Ross J, Ikomi C, Meyer M, Pellicciotti G, Phan T, Ravin K, Reynolds V, Strang A, Thacker D, Diamond H, DiGuglielmo M, Frizzola M, Goetter A, Heinle R, Katz C, Kowal K, Pressley S, Slavin L, Tran L, Witkin G, Zimmerman E, Agosto Roman G, Alshawabkeh A, Ayala Ortiz I, Casey V, Cordero J, De Jesus J, Galan Rivera C, Huerta-Montanez G, Otero N, Rivera Robles M, Roman P, Roman G, Rosario-Pabon Z, Santiago X, Velez-Vega C, Vergara C, Gordon S, Albarado B, Allen T, Attuso A, Ayers T, Bebler E, Bella G, Bennett A, Brown J, Carville A, Darby S, Devall K, Dragg A, Elderedge A, Fontenot E, Fry G, Gildersleeve B, Goff S, Harrington L, Hsia D, Jones L, Kaiser V, Lee Y, Lee S, LeJeune E, Leonhard R, Levatino J, Lewis D, Lloyd A, Monce R, Munro S, Phillips M, Pucheu B, Rachal E, Rood J, Roussel S, Rumsey R, Sanford C, Santos M, Stafford A, Thomassie A, Waguespack C, Walgamotte K, Welch M, Windham A, Stevenson M, Bell T, Boyd J, Dasgupta S, Deans S, Harris K, Hemmerle M, King S, McGuire C, Merten B, Morris S, Ray M, Reinhardt B, Shemwell S, Simeon T, Walker K, Watson S, Weakley K, McCulloh R, Figliomeni J, Fischer L, Hoover D, Morse M, Nabower A, Roberts E, Sato A, Von Bon J, Raissy H, Archuleta D, Brito R, Campbell R, Cavanagh K, Chavez J, Dehority W, Garcia-Soberanez N, Gronert E, Kadish M, Larrabee J, Lovato D, Luo K, Martinez N, Merlino A, Reese E, Ward S, Wilson K, Bogie A, Brown R, Butchee R, Fergeson G, McKee R, Mohler B, Moore T, Owens V, Stubbs S, VanWagoner T, Cowan K, Bethel M, Chassereau L, Lahiri T, Cottrell L, Lake L, Moffett K, Polak E, Stutler S, Workman C, Warburton D, Mohandas S, Wood J, Carpenter E, Dhindsa I, Mejia S, Moghadam N, Mulder C, O'Neil S, Osornio A, Rios A, Rosen S, Smith A, Tabibi D, Tang S, Teame A, Milner J, Stockwell M, Anderson B, Aquino T, Berg E, Caddle S, Catallozzi M, Chung W, Connors T, De A, Diaz Perez A, DiLorenzo M, Dumitriu D, Farooqi K, Fremed M, Goldman S, Kaplan K, Krishnan U, Layton A, Lignelli-Dipple A, McClaren S, Overdevest J, Rodriguez M, Rosenzweig E, Selman J, Silver W, Silverio R, Valdez de Romero A, Vargas C, Werzberger A, Caputo D, Leggieri C, Pretsch P, Kleinman L, Gaur S, Ayala J, Batra A, Cerracchio L, Folnagy A, Gennaro M, Gzemski S, Hao Y, Li S, Masoudpour Y, Moroso S, Ness-Cochinwala M, Patel A, Patel K, Pinsa A, Richlin B, Sharma H, Soto D, Suarez C, Vargas Forero B, Zaidi Z, Olson L, Davis K, Fiks A, Griffith M, Harris D, Macario E, Steffes J, Torres A, Selvarangan R, Banerjee D, Day C, Howell K, Mains M, Salazar J, Zempsky W, Bean E, DeFelice C, El Chebib H, Herbst K, Lesmes S, Michelow I, Santos M, Schulman N, Pace W, Brooks-Greien A, Colin K, Hester C, Juarez-Colunga A, Manning B, Shields J, Westfall J, York D, Aschner J, Clouser K, Griswold J, Lee D, Nowakowski A, Riordan M, Bukulmez H, Kaelber D, Aamir R, Abuzahrieh M, Bangalore N, Brown A, Dalton W, Fortuna S, Minium J, Rosolowski B, Nolan S, Ahmed A, Braniecki S, Contreras M, Dozor A, Jain S, Kaseta S, Krishnan S, Messer Z, Ramirez A, Singh A, WIlliams R, Rhee K, Tantisira K, Akerlundh A, Akshoomoff N, Arroyo M, Barrientos W, Bhattacharjee R, Chao B, Diaz M, Garcia S, Garcia S, Gomez G, Herrera T, Holguin M, Khare M, Kiernan E, Landeo Gutierrez J, Matta I, Reyes S, Ryu J, Sanchez C, Schreck A, Warner M, Hasan U, Ricciardi E, Trespalacios V, Faustino V, DeClement A, Oliveira C, Rhee K, Tantisira K, Acosta Valle D, Chao B, Choudhary A, Glenn-Arroyo M, Kiernan E, Landeo-Gutierrez J, Madan A, McConnaughey K, Ramos Vallejo L, Sanchez C, Suarez M, Kinser P, Salisbury A, Espinoza J, Moyer S, Rider A, Russell S, Schecter M, Stevenson L, Stein C, Caldas S, Castro Ovalle T, Chung A, Devinsky O, Farkas J, Isidoro-Chino M, Kesebir D, Kim E, Quarless A, Schlechter A, Srinivasan R, Tan R, D'Sa V, Barry F, Burton P, Cano Lorente R, Cummins C, Wehbe S, Brown S, Dale A, Jernigan T, Tapert S, Aguilar J, Benjamin D, Buchbinder N, Castro N, Emerson B, Garavan H, Graves J, Guerrero A, Linkersdoerfer J, Schooley R, Thompson W, Trinh T, Yang R, Herting M, Sowell E, Cisneros C, Goedde L, Manlhiot C, Gonzalez R, Laird A, Limia J, Aupperle R, Paulus M, El-Sabbagh N, Gray K, Squeglia L, Agbeh S, Herring C, Mckenzie B, Nagel B, Espinoza A, Hill A, Morales A, Baker F, Muller-Oehring E, Durley I, Dapretto M, Uddin L, Bookheimer S, Caldera C, Dzul J, Zarate C, Banich M, Badilla P, Keith J, Kumar G, Prazak K, Nixon S, Cardoso M, Sullivan M, Villard S, Chang L, Ernst T, Cloak C, Liang H, Ryan M, Heitzerg M, Conley J, Luciana M, Schroeder A, Clark D, Kim D, Retucci M, Freedman E, Foxe J, Ni Mhurchu S, Spallina S, McGlade E, Yurgelun-Todd D, Bell L, Cline K, Heinrich L, Renshaw P, Potter A, Barrett C, Lozon S, Spear S, Larson C, Lisdahl K, Nelson C, Paltzer Z, Peteet B, Bjork J, Neale M, Calonge O, Slattery N, Straub L, Barch D, Heath A, Madden P, Powell T, Schmitz D, Gee D, Xiang Z, Miller J, Newburger J, Trachtenberg F, Amarnath A, Ambrosoli J, Artis D, Bandari S, Birmingham E, Eyob L, Hayes K, Hu C, Joyce M, Kazlova V, Liu I, Marshall A, Mbizdenyuy D, Mu P, Rowe R, Sayles B, Zhang M, Jone P, Carr M, Goodell L, Kar W, Van't Hof K, Sexson K, Moussi E, Olukayode D, Pena S, Pignatelli R, Serrano F, Sexson Tejtel S, Shekerdemian L, Dionne A, Baker A, DeFerrantini S, Giorgio T, Khan N, Mahanta S, Son M, Oster M, Burnett M, Sanders-Lewis K, Szmuszkovicz J, Behzadian F, Canas C, Cheng A, Gawad M, Johnson P, Kazarians A, Sarkissian A, Scott B, Secules C, Su J, Vargas C, Votava-Smith J, Wagner-Lees S, Wang S, Wong P, Rao S, Chavez S, Reis G, Sanil Y, Aggarwal S, Almasnaah A, Kannikeswaran N, Meert K, Singh G, Spencer P, Sullivan N, Sundaralingam S, Undyala V, Ward E, Weber A, Williams Farr C, Bradford T, Johnston M, Elias M, Fiks A, Forrest C, Albizem D, Coffin S, Giglia T, Lupton K, Marks G, Morrison T, O'Connor S, Forsha D, Sachdeva R, Watkins D, Harahsheh A, Britton J, Fetch A, Krishnan A, Tariq O, Lang S, Almaguer M, Cnota J, Dugan L, Pickering E, Rathge K, Mitchell E, Capone C, Misra N, Shamailova O, Russell M, Doman T, Harris L, Hasbani K, Jani S, McCrindle B, Bainton J, Chrisant M, Alaby D, Barton N, Katz D, Smith P, Handler S, Block J, Cole R, Maldonado J, McHugh K, Atz A, Bickford M, Buckley J, Costello J, Dennis D, Emrath-Zwick E, Freeman M, Jackson L, Johnson M, Mack E, Pletzer S, Ruth N, Taylor C, Zyblewski S, Golub K, Rojas C, Rosalind K, Sanchez C, Srivastava S, Prospero C, Williams E, Zadokar V, Sabati A, Domian K, Herzberg A, Khanna S, Nowlen T, Park S, Porche J, Stack S, Truong D, Dunn A, Fagatele L, Joyce E, Lambert L, Dummer K, Bandy S, Burns J, Crane K, Hedge S, Pancheri J, Tremoulet A, Payne R, Stumpf M, Portman M, Kajimoto H, Hebson C, Hock K, Osakwe O, Morato J, Kadish M, Sharma K, Anguiano W, Ikemba C, Lozano A, Martinez M, Rojas W, Morgan L, Macias I, Owada C, Rangel M, Sykes M, Newman L, Abella J, Barnette Q, Bevc C, Beverly J, Ceger P, Croxford J, Cunningham E, Enger M, Fain K, Farris T, Hanlon S, Hines D, Johnson-Lawrence V, Jordan K, Lefebvre C, Linas B, Luukinen B, Mandal M, McKoy N, Nance S, Oakland A, Pasquarelli D, Quiner C, Sembajwe R, Shaw G, Thornburg V, Tosco K, Wright H, Gross R, Hochman J, Horwitz L, Katz S, Troxel A, Adler L, Akinbo P, Almenana R, Bello O, Bhuiyan S, Blachman N, Branski R, Briscoe J, Brosnahan S, Bueler E, Burgos Y, Caplin N, Chaplin D, Chen Y, Cheng S, Choe P, Choi J, Chung A, Church R, Cobos S, Croft N, Cruz Irving A, Del Boccio P, Díaz I, Doshi V, Ebel S, Faustin A, Febres E, Fine J, Fink S, Frontera J, Gallagher R, Gonzalez-Duarte A, Hasson D, Hill S, Islam S, Johnson S, Kansal N, Kenney R, Kewlani D, Lamendola-Essel M, Laynor G, Leon T, Lewczak Z, Linton J, Logan M, Malik N, Mamistvalova L, Mandel H, Maranga G, Mathews P, Mattoo A, Mei T, Mendelsohn A, Mercier E, Millar Vernetti P, Miller M, Mitchell M, Moreira A, Mudumbi P, Nahin E, Nair N, Nekulak J, Owens K, Parent B, Patibandla N, Petrov P, Postelnicu R, Randall I, Rao P, Rapkiewicz A, Rizzo J, Rosas J, Rose C, Saint-Jean C, Santacatterina M, Shah B, Shaukat A, Simon N, Simsir A, Stinson M, Tang W, Tatapudi V, Thawani S, Thomas M, Thorpe L, Tom M, Treiha E, Truong J, Udosen M, Velazquez-Perez J, Vernetti P, Vidal C, Viswanathan A, Wong C, Wood M, Wuller S, Yin S, Young C, Zaretsky J, Zavlunova S, Foulkes A, Karlson E, Murphy S, Ahirwar S, Ahmed S, Ainsworth L, Atchley-Challenner R, Avilach P, Balan T, Benik N, Benoit B, Bind M, Bonaventura W, Boutin N, Brion B, Cagan A, Cai T, Cao T, Castro V, Cerretani X, Chan J, Cheng D, Chibnik L, Ciriello M, Costenbader K, Dimitrov D, Estiri H, Fayad M, Feldman C, Gainer V, Ghosh B, Gollub R, Guan Z, Harris A, Helmer K, Hendrix A, Holzbach A, Huang W, Kaufman D, Keogh D, Kerr J, Klann J, Krishnamoorthy A, Lasky-Su J, Liao K, MacFadden D, Maram A, Martel M, Mendis M, Metta R, Monteiro J, Morales E, Morse R, Nazaire M, Neils G, Nguyen A, Norman J, Paik H, Pant D, Park H, Rabideau D, Reeder H, Rossi-Roh K, Santacroce L, Schlepphorst K, Schulte C, Selvaggi C, Shinnick D, Simons W, Simpson L, Sitak J, St. Jean Flanders M, Strasser Z, Thakrar M, Thaweethai T, Thorn M, Trewett P, Van Fleet D, Wagholikar K, Wang T, Wattanasin N, Weber G, Williams M, Zhang R, Cerda M, Clash V, Davis Blakley F, Taylor B, Zissis M, Akintonwa T, Blancero F, Brown H, Carmilani M, Copeland D, Hall Y, kondo K, Lerma L, Lindsay J, Marti H, Maughan C, Minor T, Vincent H, Burns J, Spudich S, Bailey C, Cicek M, Cortez M, Foulkes A, Goff D, Lasky-Su J, Metz T, Ofotokun I, Seshadri S, Stone J, Taylor B, Utz P, Williams N, Blomkalns A, Bassett I, Clifton R, Davis H, Erdmann N, Flaherman V, Gage Witvliet M, Goldberg M, Jain M, Klein J, Martinez T, McGrath R, Parthasarathy S, Pemu P, Rutter J, Anderson K, Aragon L, Azor-Sterlin M, Bander B, Basu L, Bishof K, Bolecek J, Burke C, Carignan E, Castro Baucom L, Chen H, Clash V, Cohen A, Cole S, Coombs K, Copeland V, Covington L, Cox W, Crawford S, Debrosse A, DeRosa R, Diggs M, Doster J, Douglas J, Dunn M, Edwards B, Evans L, Fisher L, Fisher K, Fitzgerald M, Fleming D, Gage Witliet M, Garbutt C, Ghormley T, Godwin T, Gressley A, Gustafson T, Hanlon W, Hassey T, Holmes V, Hornig M, Hornig M, Huff-Davis A, Jackson Love J, Jain N, Jones J, Kaleponi G, Karwowsky J, Kim C, Kindred E, La Londe-Pinkston J, Lam J, Letts R, Lewis J, Lima J, Lindsay D, Martinez A, McCorkell L, McCray N, McNulty M, Nguyen K, Nichols L, Noriega E, Nunes P, O'Brien L, Ortiz G, Owen S, Page J, Peddie A, Perlowski A, Phillips-Lorenzo E, Prentiss L, Raytselis N, Regino L, Rockwell M, Saldino R, Sapunar L, Savage S, Seibert E, Sekar A, Souder A, Spier E, Stanislawczyk M, Stein-Seroussi D, Sullivan C, Taylor E, Taylor K, Terry D, Wallace A, Warner J, White B, Wilensky R, Williams M, Williams N, Williams-Dawson K, Wylam A, Aschner J, Atz A, Banerjee D, Bogie A, Bukulmez H, Clouser K, Cottrell L, Cowan K, D’Sa V, Dozor A, Elliott A, Faustino E, Fiks A, Gaur S, Gennaro M, Gordon S, Hasan U, Hester C, Hogan A, Hsia D, Kaelber D, Kosut J, Krishnan S, McCulloh R, Michelow I, Nolan S, Oliveira C, Pace W, Palumbo P, Raissy H, Reyes A, Ross J, Salazar J, Selvarangan R, Stevenson M, Werzberger A, Westfall J, Zani K, Zempsky W, Chan J, Metz T, Newburger J, Truong D, Feldman C, Aupperle R, Baker F, Banich M, Barch D, Baskin-Sommers A, Bjork J, Dapretto M, Brown S, Casey B, Chang L, Clark D, Dale A, Ernst T, Fair D, Feldstein Ewing S, Foxe J, Freedman E, Friedman N, Garavan H, Gee D, Gonzalez R, Gray K, Heitzeg M, Herting M, Jacobus J, Laird A, Larson C, Lisdahl K, Luciana M, Luna B, Madden P, McGlade E, Müller-Oehring E, Nagel B, Neale M, Paulus M, Potter A, Renshaw P, Sowell E, Squeglia L, Uddin L, Wilson S, Yurgelun-Todd D. Social Determinants of Health and Pediatric Long COVID in the US. JAMA Pediatrics 2026, 180: 275-287. PMID: 41490011, PMCID: PMC12771387, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.5485.
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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    Activities

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      Pediatric COVID-19 Task Force

      03/01/2020 - PresentCommitteesChair
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      Eastern Society of Pediatric Research (ESPR)

      02/01/2021 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsCouncil Member
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      Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), Committee on Pediatric COVID-19 Therapies

      2022 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsCo-Chair
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      American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Section on Epidemiology, Public Health & Evidence (SOEPHE)

      2022 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsExecutive Committee Member
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      American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Section on Infectious Diseases (SOID)

      2022 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMember
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    Honors

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      Castle Connolly Top Doctor

      02/05/2024National AwardCastle Connolly
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      Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program

      07/01/2022, 07/01/2020, 07/01/2015National AwardNational Institutes of Health
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      Junior Physician Investigator Award

      04/15/2022National AwardAmerican Federation for Medical Research
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      Janeway Scholar

      01/19/2022Yale University AwardYale University School of Medicine
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      Paul S. Goldstein, MD Lectureship

      03/01/2020Yale School of Medicine AwardYale University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
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    Teaching & Mentoring

    Mentoring

    • Camila Aparicio Llorente, MD

      Postgrad associate
      2023 - Present

    Clinical Care

    Overview

    Carlos R. Oliveira, MD, PhD, is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist with expertise in the treatment of viral infections.

    Dr. Oliveira is the director of Congenital Infectious Diseases at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital and is part of the leadership of the pediatric HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 programs.

    “I have a special interest in the diagnosis and treatment of perinatal infections, including infections acquired before birth, during the delivery process, and in early infancy,” Dr. Oliveira says. “I also have expertise in the evaluation and management of COVID-19 and its long-term complications in children.”

    Dr. Oliveira is also the co-leader of the Yale Network for Vaccine Initiatives, which is committed to improving population health through research and service activities that promote vaccination.

    His research focuses on vaccine epidemiology, including post-licensure effectiveness and population level-impact, with the goal of developing and implementing strategies to improve vaccine research and decrease the burden of vaccine-related diseases.

    Clinical Specialties

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

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    • Clinical Informatics

      Certification Organization
      AB of Preventive Medicine
      Original Certification Date
      2022

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