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James D. Chappell is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, with a strong focus on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and related subfields such as Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Modeling and Simulation.

The scientist's work often revolves around respiratory and viral infections, with a significant emphasis on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research. Major research topics include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Chappell has published extensively in various scientific venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases

They have collaborated often with a select group of coauthors, including:

  • Natasha Halasa
  • Carlos G. Grijalva
  • Adam S. Lauring
  • Yuwei Zhu
  • Wesley H. Self

Among recent significant publications are:

  • "An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 - Preliminary Report" (2020) published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Safety and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Older Adults" (2020) published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine design enabled by prototype pathogen preparedness" (2020) published in Nature
  • "An orally bioavailable broad-spectrum antiviral inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in human airway epithelial cell cultures and multiple coronaviruses in mice" (2020) published in Science Translational Medicine
  • "Durability of Responses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccination" (2020) published in New England Journal of Medicine

Best Publications

  • Community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization among U.S. adults

    Seema Jain;Derek J. Williams;Sandra R. Arnold;Krow Ampofo

  • An mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — Preliminary Report

    Lisa A. Jackson;Evan J. Anderson;Nadine G. Rouphael;Paul C. Roberts

  • Community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization among U.S. children.

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  • SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine design enabled by prototype pathogen preparedness.

    Kizzmekia S. Corbett;Darin K. Edwards;Sarah R. Leist;Olubukola M. Abiona

  • Safety and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Older Adults.

    Evan J. Anderson;Nadine G. Rouphael;Alicia T. Widge;Lisa A. Jackson

  • Immunogenicity and structures of a rationally designed prefusion MERS-CoV spike antigen

    Jesper Pallesen;Nianshuang Wang;Kizzmekia S. Corbett;Daniel Wrapp

  • An orally bioavailable broad-spectrum antiviral inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in human airway epithelial cell cultures and multiple coronaviruses in mice.

    Timothy P. Sheahan;Amy C. Sims;Shuntai Zhou;Rachel L. Graham

  • Durability of Responses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccination.

    Alicia T. Widge;Nadine G. Rouphael;Lisa A. Jackson;Evan J. Anderson

  • Norovirus and Medically Attended Gastroenteritis in U.S. Children

    Daniel C. Payne;Jan Vinjé;Peter G. Szilagyi;Kathryn M. Edwards

  • Junction Adhesion Molecule Is a Receptor for Reovirus

    Erik S Barton;J.Craig Forrest;Jodi L Connolly;James D Chappell

  • Clinical severity of, and effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against, covid-19 from omicron, delta, and alpha SARS-CoV-2 variants in the United States: prospective observational study

    Unknown

  • Association Between mRNA Vaccination and COVID-19 Hospitalization and Disease Severity.

    Mark W Tenforde;Wesley H Self;Katherine Adams;Manjusha Gaglani

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

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

  • Remdesivir Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in Human Lung Cells and Chimeric SARS-CoV Expressing the SARS-CoV-2 RNA Polymerase in Mice.

    Andrea J. Pruijssers;Andrea J. Pruijssers;Amelia S. George;Amelia S. George;Alexandra Schäfer;Sarah R. Leist

  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

    Yaseen M. Arabi;Hanan H. Balkhy;Frederick G. Hayden;Abderrezak Bouchama

  • Comparative Effectiveness of Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) Vaccines in Preventing COVID-19 Hospitalizations Among Adults Without Immunocompromising Conditions - United States, March-August 2021.

    Wesley H. Self;Mark W. Tenforde;Jillian P. Rhoads;Manjusha Gaglani;Manjusha Gaglani

  • A Plasmid-Based Reverse Genetics System for Animal Double-Stranded RNA Viruses

    Takeshi Kobayashi;Annukka A.R. Antar;Karl W. Boehme;Pranav Danthi

  • Small-Molecule Antiviral β-d- N 4 -Hydroxycytidine Inhibits a Proofreading-Intact Coronavirus with a High Genetic Barrier to Resistance.

    Maria L. Agostini;Andrea J. Pruijssers;James D. Chappell;Jennifer Gribble

  • Utilization of sialic acid as a coreceptor enhances reovirus attachment by multistep adhesion strengthening.

    Erik S. Barton;Jodi L. Connolly;J. Craig Forrest;James D. Chappell

  • Respiratory Viral Detection in Children and Adults: Comparing Asymptomatic Controls and Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    Wesley H. Self;Derek J. Williams;Yuwei Zhu;Krow Ampofo

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

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

  • Crystal structure of reovirus attachment protein σ1 reveals evolutionary relationship to adenovirus fiber

    James D. Chappell;Andrea E. Prota;Terence S. Dermody;Thilo Stehle

Frequent Co-Authors

Terence S. Dermody
Terence S. Dermody University of Pittsburgh
Natasha Halasa
Natasha Halasa Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mark R. Denison
Mark R. Denison Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Kathryn M. Edwards
Kathryn M. Edwards Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peter G. Szilagyi
Peter G. Szilagyi University of California, Los Angeles
Geoffrey A. Weinberg
Geoffrey A. Weinberg University of Rochester
Umesh D. Parashar
Umesh D. Parashar Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Michael D. Bowen
Michael D. Bowen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Carlos G. Grijalva
Carlos G. Grijalva Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Janet A. Englund
Janet A. Englund Seattle Children's Hospital

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