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Cynthia G. Whitney

Cynthia G. Whitney

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Immunology

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95
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52498
World Ranking
873
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485

Medicine

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Citations
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4689

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Oswald Avery Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America

Overview

Cynthia G. Whitney is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has a significant body of research in the field of medicine, with a focus on epidemiology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and microbiology. Their work spans areas including nutrition and dietetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several topics, such as:

  • Pneumonia and respiratory infections
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Global maternal and child health
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Bacterial infections and vaccines
  • Child nutrition and water access
  • Influenza virus research studies

Frequent co-authors include Nega Assefa, Quique Bassat, Zachary J. Madewell, Dianna M. Blau, and Shabir A. Madhi, with collaboration counts ranging from 30 to 33 joint publications.

Whitley has published in notable venues, with a frequent presence in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Vaccine
  • PLOS Global Public Health
  • JAMA Network Open
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Selected recent papers demonstrate a focus on causes of death in infants and children, the impact of pneumococcal vaccines, and postmortem investigations within the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. These include:

  • "Causes of Death Among Infants and Children in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network," 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • "Impact and effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on population incidence of vaccine and non-vaccine serotype invasive pneumococcal disease in Blantyre, Malawi, 2006-18: prospective observational time-series and case-control studies," 2021, The Lancet Global Health
  • "Triumph of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines: Overcoming a Common Foe," 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • "Postmortem investigations and identification of multiple causes of child deaths: An analysis of findings from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network," 2021, PLoS Medicine
  • "Causes of death identified in neonates enrolled through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), December 2016 -December 2021," 2023, PLOS Global Public Health

Cynthia G. Whitney was awarded the Oswald Avery Award by the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults

    Lionel A. Mandell;Richard G. Wunderink;Antonio Anzueto;John G. Bartlett

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Joshua P. Metlay;Grant W. Waterer;Ann C. Long;Antonio Anzueto

  • Decline in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after the Introduction of Protein–Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine

    Cynthia G. Whitney;Monica M. Farley;James Hadler;Lee H. Harrison

  • Sustained Reductions in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in the Era of Conjugate Vaccine

    Tamara Pilishvili;Catherine Lexau;Monica M. Farley;Monica M. Farley;James Hadler

  • Update of Practice Guidelines for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults

    Lionel A. Mandell;John G. Bartlett;Scott F. Dowell;Thomas M. File

  • Bacterial Meningitis in the United States, 1998-2007

    Michael C Thigpen;Cynthia G Whitney;Nancy E Messonnier;Elizabeth R Zell

  • Increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States.

    Cynthia G. Whitney;Monica M. Farley;James Hadler;Lee H. Harrison

  • Effect of Introduction of the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Moe H. Kyaw;Ruth Lynfield;William Schaffner;Allen S. Craig

  • Effect of use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children on invasive pneumococcal disease in children and adults in the USA: Analysis of multisite, population-based surveillance

    Matthew R Moore;Ruth Link-Gelles;William Schaffner;Ruth Lynfield

  • Incidence of Pneumococcal Disease Due to Non-Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV7) Serotypes in the United States during the Era of Widespread PCV7 Vaccination, 1998–2004

    Lauri A. Hicks;Lee H. Harrison;Brendan Flannery;James L. Hadler

  • Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Era of Pneumococcal Resistance: A Report From the Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Therapeutic Working Group

    James D. Heffelfinger;Scott F. Dowell;James H. Jorgensen;Keith P. Klugman

  • Epidemiology of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections in the United States, 1995-1998: Opportunities for Prevention in the Conjugate Vaccine Era

    Katherine A. Robinson;Wendy Baughman;Gretchen Rothrock;Nancy L. Barrett

  • Changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease among older adults in the era of pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

    Catherine A. Lexau;Ruth Lynfield;Richard Danila;Tamara Pilishvili

  • Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study.

    Cynthia G. Whitney;Tamar Pilishvili;Monica M. Farley;William Schaffner

  • U.S. Hospitalizations for Pneumonia after a Decade of Pneumococcal Vaccination

    Marie R. Griffin;Yuwei Zhu;Matthew R. Moore;Cynthia G. Whitney

  • Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease : a public health perspective

    Anne Schuchat;Cynthia G. Whitney;Kenneth Zangwill

  • Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on Pneumococcal Meningitis

    Heather E. Hsu;Kathleen A. Shutt;Matthew R. Moore;Bernard W. Beall

  • Near-fatal heat stroke during the 1995 heat wave in Chicago

    J E Dematte;K O'Mara;J Buescher;C G Whitney

  • Preventing pneumococcal disease among infants and young children : recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

    Orin S. Levine;Benjamin Schwartz;Chris A. Van Beneden;Cynthia G. Whitney

  • Population snapshot of emergent Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A in the United States, 2005.

    Matthew R Moore;Robert E Gertz;Robyn L Woodbury;Genevieve A Barkocy-Gallagher

  • Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study.(Clinical report)

    Katherine L. O'brien;Orin S. Levine;Cynthia G. Whitney;Tamar Pilishvili

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard Beall
Bernard Beall Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lee H. Harrison
Lee H. Harrison University of Pittsburgh
Anne Schuchat
Anne Schuchat Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Monica M. Farley
Monica M. Farley Emory University
Katherine L. O’Brien
Katherine L. O’Brien Johns Hopkins University
Arthur L. Reingold
Arthur L. Reingold University of California, Berkeley
James H. Jorgensen
James H. Jorgensen The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Ruth Lynfield
Ruth Lynfield Minnesota Department of Health
Keith P. Klugman
Keith P. Klugman Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Nancy M. Bennett
Nancy M. Bennett University of Rochester Medical Center

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