Melinda Wharton

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. 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.