Katherine A. Poehling, MD, MPH
- Professor, Pediatrics

Katherine A. Poehling, MD, MPH
Research Interests
- Pneumococcal Infections
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases
- Pediatrics
- Vaccines
- Influenza
- Population Health
- Education
- BA, Vanderbilt University, 1990
- MD, Wake Forest University, 1995
- MPH, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2001
- Residency
- Pediatrics, Baylor University Medical Center, 1998
- Fellowship
- Continuous Quality Improvement, Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholarships, 2001
- General Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2002
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatrics
- Memberships
- Infectious Diseases Society of America
- Academic Pediatric Association
- Society of Pediatric Research
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Positions
- Professor, Pediatrics
- Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention
- Departments and Affiliations
- Pediatrics
- Epidemiology and Prevention
- Center for Vaccines at the Extremes of Aging
Research
- Otopathogens Detected in Middle Ear Fluid Obtained during Tympanostomy Tube Insertion: Contrasting Purulent and Non-Purulent Effusions. Holder RC, Kirse DJ, Evans AK, Whigham AS, Peters TR, Poehling KA, Swords WE, Reid SD. PLoS One. 2015; 10(6):e0128606.
- Predictors of Influenza Diagnosis Among Patients With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza. Miller MR, Peters TR, Suerken CK, Snively BM, Poehling KA. J. Infect. Dis. 2015 Nov; 212(10):1604-12.
- Multi-scale modeling for the transmission of influenza and the evaluation of interventions toward it. Guo D, Li KC, Peters TR, Snively BM, Poehling KA, Zhou X. Sci Rep. 2015 Mar; 5:8980.
- Influenza-related hospitalization and ED visits in children less than 5 years: 2000-2011. Jules A, Grijalva CG, Zhu Y, Talbot HK, Williams JV, Poehling KA, Chaves SS, Edwards KM, Schaffner W, Shay DK, Griffin MR. Pediatrics. 2015 Jan; 135(1):e66-74.
- Relative timing of influenza disease by age group. Peters TR, Snively BM, Suerken CK, Blakeney E, Vannoy L, Poehling KA. Vaccine. 2014 Nov; 32(48):6451-6.