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Biology and Biochemistry

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53
Citations
33956
World Ranking
15875
National Ranking
6593

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2010 - E. Mead Johnson Award, Society for Pediatric Research

Overview

Fernando P. Polack is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to epidemiology, infectious diseases, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, and neurology. The overarching themes in their work revolve around respiratory viral infections, neonatal respiratory health, pneumonia and respiratory infections, COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, congenital diaphragmatic hernia studies, and viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Fernando P. Polack include the following:

  • Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in children younger than 5 years in 2019: a systematic analysis, 2022, The Lancet
  • Early High-Titer Plasma Therapy to Prevent Severe Covid-19 in Older Adults, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Bivalent Prefusion F Vaccine in Pregnancy to Prevent RSV Illness in Infants, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Efficacy and Safety of a Bivalent RSV Prefusion F Vaccine in Older Adults, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Mauricio T. Caballero, Gonzalo Pérez Marc, Romina Libster, Ignacio Esteban, and Gastón Ofman.

The scientist's work is often published in prominent venues such as:

  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Gates Open Research

Fernando P. Polack's research spans multiple related subfields with a focus on medical conditions primarily affecting the respiratory system and infectious diseases. Their contributions have added to the understanding of viral respiratory infections and their impact on different populations, especially neonates and older adults.

Awards granted to the scientist include the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014 and the E. Mead Johnson Award from the Society for Pediatric Research in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine.

    Fernando P. Polack;Stephen J. Thomas;Nicholas Kitchin;Judith Absalon

  • Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: a systematic review and modelling study

    Ting Shi;David A. McAllister;Katherine L. O'Brien;Eric A. F. Simoes

  • Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine through 6 Months.

    Stephen J. Thomas;Edson D. Moreira;Nicholas Kitchin;Judith Absalon

  • Early High-Titer Plasma Therapy to Prevent Severe Covid-19 in Older Adults.

    Romina Libster;Gonzalo Pérez Marc;Diego Wappner;Silvina Coviello

  • Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in reducing mortality in patients admitted to hospital with influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection: a meta-analysis of individual participant data.

    Stella G Muthuri;Sudhir Venkatesan;Puja R Myles;Jo Leonardi-Bee

  • Lack of antibody affinity maturation due to poor Toll-like receptor stimulation leads to enhanced respiratory syncytial virus disease

    Maria Florencia Delgado;Silvina Coviello;A. Clara Monsalvo;Guillermina A. Melendi

  • Pediatric Hospitalizations Associated with 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in Argentina

    Romina Libster;Jimena Bugna;Silvina Coviello;Diego R. Hijano

  • A Role for Immune Complexes in Enhanced Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease

    Fernando P. Polack;Michael N. Teng;Peter L. Collins;Gregory A. Prince

  • The respiratory syncytial virus vaccine landscape: lessons from the graveyard and promising candidates.

    Natalie I Mazur;Deborah Higgins;Marta C Nunes;José A Melero

  • Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study.

    Xin Wang;You Li;Katherine L. O'Brien;Shabir A. Madhi

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccination during Pregnancy and Effects in Infants

    Shabir A Madhi;Fernando P Polack;Pedro A Piedra;Flor M Munoz

  • Microbiota-derived acetate protects against respiratory syncytial virus infection through a GPR43-type 1 interferon response

    Krist Helen Antunes;José Luís Fachi;Rosemeire de Paula;Emanuelle Fraga da Silva

  • Respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization and mortality: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Renato T. Stein;Louis J. Bont;Heather Zar;Fernando P. Polack

  • Identification of a Recombinant Live Attenuated Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Candidate That Is Highly Attenuated in Infants

    Ruth A. Karron;Peter F. Wright;Robert B. Belshe;Bhagvanji Thumar

  • Lower respiratory tract infection caused by respiratory syncytial virus: current management and new therapeutics

    Natalie I Mazur;Federico Martinón-Torres;Eugenio Baraldi;Brigitte Fauroux

  • Severe pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza disease due to pathogenic immune complexes

    Ana Clara Monsalvo;Juan P Batalle;M Florencia Lopez;Jens C Krause

  • Global respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in young children (RSV GOLD): a retrospective case series

    Nienke M Scheltema;Angela Gentile;Florencia Lucion;D James Nokes;D James Nokes

  • Brief History and Characterization of Enhanced Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease

    Patricio Leandro Acosta;Mauricio Tomás Caballero;Fernando Pedro Polack

  • Differential Production of Inflammatory Cytokines in Primary Infection with Human Metapneumovirus and with Other Common Respiratory Viruses of Infancy

    Federico R. Laham;Victor Israele;Javier M. Casellas;Alejandro M. Garcia

  • Antiviral Activity of Nrf2 in a Murine Model of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease

    Hye Youn Cho;Farhad Imani;Laura Miller-DeGraff;Dianne Walters

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven R. Kleeberger
Steven R. Kleeberger National Institutes of Health
Diane E. Griffin
Diane E. Griffin Johns Hopkins University
Eric A. F. Simões
Eric A. F. Simões University of Colorado Denver
Ruth A. Karron
Ruth A. Karron Johns Hopkins University
Shabir A. Madhi
Shabir A. Madhi University of the Witwatersrand
Quique Bassat
Quique Bassat University of Barcelona
Louis Bont
Louis Bont Utrecht University
Julian W. Tang
Julian W. Tang University of Leicester
Cheryl Cohen
Cheryl Cohen University of the Witwatersrand
Sallie R. Permar
Sallie R. Permar Duke University

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