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Associate Director of the Emory Vaccine Center and Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Global Health at Emory University

Atlanta, GA
Joined February 2014
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#publichealth - Focus of 2nd week of Nat'l Immunization Awareness Week (Aug 7-13) is pregnant women. Tools here: nphic.org/niam/item/10463
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With a 99.9% drop in new cases #UKaid leads final global push to make polio history: ht.ly/6qbA30e8RCV #EndPolio
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Excellent new JID supplement on the polio endgame and legacy just published. #EndPolio nitter.cf/TFGH/status/8845081703…
Best practices in polio eradication may benefit future disease eradication efforts. #TFGH & partners share insights. bit.ly/2tTPQYf
Call AND email your Senators TODAY with this critical message. #vaccineswork #protectprevention nitter.cf/ShotofPrev/status/8753…
Prevention improves health, saves lives & money. Click to tell your members of Congress to #ProtectPrevention: thndr.me/erusdA
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Check out this Meetup with The Atlanta Science Tavern! I'll be speaking on how #VaccinesWork meetu.ps/39XkCg
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The @AmerAcadPeds interactive map highlights child vaccination rates across America #VaccinesWork bit.ly/2q3a7Kt
What does it take to eradicate a disease? Politics and Plagues #VaccinesWork nyti.ms/2rgOjHc via @nytvideo
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Interesting article in the @washingtonpost explaining the current measles outbreak in a MN Somali community featuring @InfectiousPS nitter.cf/InfectiousPS/status/86…
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Here’s the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/…
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Vaccines are a #ShotOfScience! For 50+ years, #vaccines have been safely administered & saved millions of lives. thndr.me/bwvXJT
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#ShotOfScience: #Vaccines undergo 5 phases of research that can take up to 15 years for approval by @US_FDA nfid.org/vaccine-science#sth…
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Support for NIH is critical if we are to make more progress and improve our health and the health of our children.vaccinefoundation.org/
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Global Polio Eradication Initiative: Lessons Learned and Legacy comminit.com/polio/content/g…
New review by @uralva and others on vaccine policy as a driver for innovation. #vaccineswork nitter.cf/uralva/status/83409988…
Future vaccine development faces big $$$ hurdles. We argue that strategies are needed to spur innovation. ow.ly/5aWT309dA22 @worenst
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