Melinda Wharton Explained

Melinda Wharton is an American epidemiologist. She was acting director for the Immunization Division in the Centers for Disease Control.^[1]

Career

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

• 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 . Oxford University Press (OUP) . 162 . 6 . 1324–1328 . 10.1093/infdis/162.6.1324 . 2230262 . 0022-1899.
• 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 . Massachusetts Medical Society . 389 . 3 . 193–195 . 10.1056/nejmp2306200 . 37342958 . 0028-4793. free .
• Web site: 13 November 2020 . Routine Childhood Vaccination in the Time of COVID-19: An Urgent Call to Action .

References

1. Web site: Melinda Wharton . ADVAC. https://web.archive.org/web/20220519111509/https://www.advac.org/committee-members/melinda-wharton . 2022-05-19 .
2. Web site: Dr. Melinda Wharton, MD - Infectious Disease Specialist in Atlanta, GA Healthgrades . 2023-10-13 . www.healthgrades.com.
3. Web site: Dr. Melinda Wharton, MD, Internal Medicine Decatur, GA WebMD . 2023-10-13 . doctor.webmd.com . en.
4. Web site: CDC Backs Extra Bivalent Booster for High-Risk Groups, Simplifies Vax Recs . medpagetoday.com.
5. Web site: NCIRD Organizational Structure . cdc.gov. 11 September 2023 .
6. Web site: The Vaccine War . 2023-10-13 . FRONTLINE . en-US.
7. Web site: Kimball . Spencer . 2023-01-26 . FDA advisors recommend replacing original Covid vaccine with bivalent omicron shots for all doses . 2023-10-13 . CNBC . en.
8. Web site: Stern . Gavin . 2015-11-16 . 2015 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Contributions to Advancing Science . 2023-10-18 . AAAS.

External links

• Melinda Wharton on PubMed
  • 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