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  • Professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)
Katherine A. Poehling, MD, MPH

Katherine A. Poehling, MD, MPH

  • Professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)

Research Interests

  • Pneumococcal Infections
  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases
  • Pediatrics
  • Vaccines
  • Influenza
  • Population Health
  • kpoehlin@wakehealth.edu
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Education
MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 1995
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, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)
Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
Departments and Affiliations
General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatrics (Winston-Salem)
Epidemiology and Prevention, Public Health Sciences (Winston-Salem)
Center for Vaccines at the Extremes of Aging
Comprehensive Cancer Center

Research

  • Publications
  • Racial Justice and Academic Pediatrics: A Call for Editorial Action and Our Plan to Move Forward. Raphael JL, Bloom SR, Chung PJ, Guevara JP, Jacobson RM, Kind T, Klein M, Li ST, McCormick MC, Pitt MB, Poehling KA, Trost M, Sheldrick RC, Young PC, Szilagyi PG. Acad Pediatr. ; 20(8):1041-1043.
  • Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents Aged 18 Years or Younger - United States, 2020. Robinson CL, Bernstein H, Poehling K, Romero JR, Szilagyi P. MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 2020 Feb; 69(5):130-132.
  • Suboptimal uptake of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in survivors of childhood and adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer. Castellino SM, Allen KE, Pleasant K, Keyes G, Poehling KA, Tooze JA. J Cancer Surviv. 2019 Oct; 13(5):730-738.
  • Pre-Registration of Educational Trials: Should Educational Trials Be Expected to Be Conducted With the Same Rigor as Clinical Trials?. Li ST, Klein M, Poehling KA, Jacobson RM. Acad Pediatr. 2019 03; 19(2):131-132.
  • Association of Prior Vaccination With Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness in Children Receiving Live Attenuated or Inactivated Vaccine. McLean HQ, Caspard H, Griffin MR, Gaglani M, Peters TR, Poehling KA, Ambrose CS, Belongia EA. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 10; 1(6):e183742.

Research Interests

  • Infant, Newborn, Diseases
  • Influenza
  • Pediatrics
  • Pneumococcal Infections
  • Population Health
  • Vaccines
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