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

Career

She graduated from Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

She is associate director for vaccine policy, at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. She was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2015.

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. 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

1. "Melinda Wharton". ADVAC. Archived from the original on 2022-05-19.
2. "Dr. Melinda Wharton, MD - Infectious Disease Specialist in Atlanta, GA | Healthgrades". www.healthgrades.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
3. "Dr. Melinda Wharton, MD, Internal Medicine | Decatur, GA | WebMD". doctor.webmd.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
4. "CDC Backs Extra Bivalent Booster for High-Risk Groups, Simplifies Vax Recs". medpagetoday.com.
5. "NCIRD Organizational Structure". cdc.gov. 11 September 2023.
6. "The Vaccine War". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
7. Kimball, Spencer (2023-01-26). "FDA advisors recommend replacing original Covid vaccine with bivalent omicron shots for all doses". CNBC. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
8. Stern, Gavin (2015-11-16). "2015 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Contributions to Advancing Science". AAAS. Retrieved 2023-10-18.

External links

• 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

• 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