Neal Halsey 4829037 212931310 2008-05-16T22:38:55Z Eubulides 3573537 /* Research and Professional Experience */ Use the more-common acronym VCIP, not NVIC. '''Neal Halsey''', MD (b. [[1950]]), is a [[pediatrician]], with subspecialty training in [[infectious disease]]s and [[epidemiology]], and a professor of international health and Director of the [[Institute for Vaccine Safety]] at the [[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]], in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. Dr. Halsey is an advocate for change in [[immunization]] programs and [[vaccination schedule]]s to improve the safety of [[vaccine]]s for children. As part of a career largely dedicated to promoting [[vaccination]]s, in 1999 he spearheaded the precautionary movement to remove [[thimerosal]] from pediatric vaccines. ==Education== Halsey received his MD in [[1971]] from the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]. ==Research and Professional Experience== Halsey has published more than 200 scientific articles in [[peer review]]ed journals regarding vaccines and [[vaccine safety]]. He has contributed information to the [[Institute of Medicine]](IOM) and the Public Health Service (PHS) for reviews of individual vaccine safety issues, provided expert testimony and reviews of [[vaccine injury]] legal claims involving the [[National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program]] (VICP), vaccine makers, and the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA). He served with the [[Centers for Disease Control]] (CDC) in the Immunization Division (now the [[National Immunization Program]]), and served on the Research and Development Group of the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) Expanded Program on Immunization. He has been a member or advisory member of the CDC [[Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices]] (ACIP), and is a member of the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP). Halsey's research is primarily directed toward the prevention of infectious diseases with the safest vaccines possible. He has conducted or participated in epidemiological studies of vaccine-preventable diseases and phase I, II, and III vaccine trials of [[hepatitis A]], [[hepatitis B]], inactivated [[polio]] virus, [[pertussis]], Haemophilus influenzae type B, [[tetanus]], [[Lyme disease]], [[rotavirus]], Argentina Hemorrhagic Fever, and [[Influenza vaccine|influenzae vaccine]] viruses. [[Measles]] control has been an interest of Halsey's, and he supports ongoing measles and [[polio eradication]] efforts. Halsey's ongoing studies include persistent poliovirus excretion in immunodeficient children, evaluation of [[Lyme disease vaccine]] in children, evaluation of alternative injection devices, and the safety of preservatives and [[adjuvant]]s in vaccines. ==Cessation of use of Thimerosal== Due to concerns that rises in [[vaccine injury]] cases and in [[Epidemiology of autism#Frequency|reported cases of autism]] might be caused in part by thimerosal containing vaccines (TCVs){{Fact|date=February 2007}}, and at the urging of Halsey and other concerned experts, on July 7, 1999, the AAP and the PHS released a statement requesting vaccine makers to stop producing TCVs as soon as possible. ==Institute for Vaccine Safety== Halsey is the director of the Institute for Vaccine Safety, which was established in [[1997]] at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. ==Select Publications== * Rollison DE, Helzlsouer KJ, Halsey NH, Shah KV, Viscidi RP. "Markers Of Past Infection With Simian Virus 40 And Risk Of Incident Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma In A Maryland Cohort". ''Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention''. 2005 * Salmon DA, Moulton LH, Omer SB, deHart MP, Stokley S, Halsey NA. "Factors Associated with Refusal of Childhood Vaccines Among Parents of School-Aged Children: A Case-Control Study". ''Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine''. 2005 * Salmon D, Halsey NA, Moulton LH. "[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.vaccines21dec21,1,5161546.story A dose of confidence. (editorial)]. ''[[Baltimore Sun]]'', December, 2004 * Salmon DA, Moulton LH, Halsey NA. "Enhancing Public Confidence in Vaccines through Independent Oversight of Post-Licensure Vaccine Safety". ''AJPH''. 2004;94(6):947-50. * Salmon DA, Moulton LH, Omer SB, Chace LM, Klassen A, Talebian P, Halsey N. "[http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/113/6/e552 Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs of School Nurses/Personnel and Associations with Non-Medical Immunization Exemptions]". ''Pediatrics''. 2004;113(6) pp. e552-e559. * Perry RT, Halsey NA. "The clinical significance of measles: a review". ''J Infect Dis''. 2004 May 1;189 Suppl 1:S4-16. * Halsey NA, Pinto J, Espinosa-Rosales F, Faure-Fontenla MA, da Silva E, Khan AJ, Webster AED, Minor P, Asturias EJ, Hussain H, Pallansch MA, Kew OM, Winkelstein J, Sutter R, And the Polio project team. "Search for Poliovirus Carriers Among People with Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and the United Kingdom". ''Bulletin of the World Health Organization'' 2004; 82(1):3-8. * Bonhoeffer J and the Brighton Collaboration (Halsey NA collaborator). "Nodule at Injection Site as an Adverse Event Following Immunization Case Definition & Guidelines for Data Collection, Analysis, and Presentation" (review). ''Vaccine''. 2004 Jan 26;22(5-6):575-85. * Bonhoeffer J and the Brighton Collaboration (Halsey NA collaborator). "Generalized Convulsive Seizure as an Adverse Event Following Immunization Case Definition & Guidelines for Data Collection, Analysis, and Presentation" (review). ''Vaccine''. 2004 Jan 26;22(5-6):557-62. * MacIntyre CR, Kelly H, Jolley D, Butzkueven H, Salmon D, Halsey NA, Moulton LH, "[http://www.neurology.org/cgi/eletters/63/5/838 Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and the risk of multiple sclerosis: A prospective study]" (correspondence). ''Neurology'' 2004 . * Strebel PM, Papania MJ, Halsey NA. "Measles Vaccine". Plotkin and Orenstein (eds). ''Vaccines'' (4th ed); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saunders; 2004. p.389-440. * Moss WJ, Halsey NA. ''Vaccination of Human Immunodeficiency Virus – Infected Persons''. Plotkin and Orenstein (eds). ''Vaccines'' (4th ed); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saunders; 2004. p.169-178. * Asturias EJ, Soto-Gonzalez M, Menendez R, Ramirez PL, Recinos F, Gordillo R, Dick JD, King B, Holt E, Halsey NA. "Meningitis and Pneumonia in Guatemala City Children: the Importance of Haemophilus influenzae type b and Streptococcus pneumoniae". ''Pan Am J Public Health'' 2003;14(6):377-83. * Halsey, NA. "Vaccine Safety: Real and Perceived Issues". Bloom BR, Lambert PH, (eds). ''The Vaccine Book''. San Diego, California: Academic Press; 2003.p371-385. * Moss WJ, Halsey NA. "Immunization of Children at Risk for Infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus". ''Bull World Health Organ'' 2003;81(1):61-70. Review. * Bartlett J, Borio L, Radonovich L, Mair JS, O'Toole T, Mair M, Halsey N, Grow R, Inglesby TV. "Smallpox vaccination in 2003: key information for clinicians". ''Clin Infect Dis'' 2003 Apr;36(7):883-902. * Halsey NA. "Poliomyelitis and Unnecessary Injections" (commentary). ''International Journal of Epidemiology'' 2003:32:1-2. * Joan Klein, Halsey NA. "What Oncologists Should Know About the Smallpox Vaccine". (Q&A) ''Oncology Times'' 2003;XXV(2):3-4. * Halsey NA, Rose N. "Questions and Answers about Autoimmunity and the Smallpox Vaccine". IMAJ (The Israel Medical Association Journal) 2003;5(1):40-1. * Halsey NA. "A causal association between Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccine and diabetes" (letter to the editor). ''Autoimmunity'' 2003;36(3):123. ==External links== * [http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/ VaccineSafety.edu] - [[Institute for Vaccine Safety]] (Dr. Halsey's homepage) :* [http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/Testimony-O99.htm VaccineSafety.edu] - 'Prepared Testimony of Neal A. Halsey M.D. Before the House Committee on Government Reform Safety and Efficacy Issues' (October 12, 1999) * [http://www.altcorp.com/DentalInformation/notcrackpot.htm AltCorp.com] - 'The Not-So-Crackpot Autism Theory', Arthur Allen, ''[[New York Times]] (November 10, 2002) {{vaccines}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Halsey, Neal}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American pediatricians]]