2026 Kathryn M. Edwards: Immunology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	124	458	435	267	251	690	58981
Immunology	125	279	258	179	163	661	60775
Medicine	127	2820	2630	1572	1445	689	62626

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2006 - The Walter E. Stamm Mentor Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America

Overview

Kathryn M. Edwards is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Health, Surgery, and Microbiology.

The scientist's work spans major topics related to infectious diseases and immunology, including:

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Influenza Virus Research Studies
Respiratory viral infections research
Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Kathryn M. Edwards has published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

Clinical Infectious Diseases
Vaccine
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
PEDIATRICS

Among notable papers are:

Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients With COVID-19 (April 2020), Clinical Infectious Diseases
Myocarditis Cases Reported After mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccination in the US From December 2020 to August 2021, JAMA (2022)
US Case Reports of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia After Ad26.COV2.S Vaccination, March 2 to April 21, 2021, JAMA (2021)
Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients With COVID-19 (September 2022), Clinical Infectious Diseases
Potential mechanisms of anaphylaxis to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2021)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Kathryn M. Edwards include:

C. Buddy Creech
Karen R. Broder
John R. Su
Carlos G. Grijalva
Leigh M. Howard

In addition to journal articles, Edwards has contributed to book publications, including a publication with RAND Corporation eBooks titled Statistics in the Time of Coronavirus: COVID-19-related Nonresponse in the CPS Household Survey (2020).

Awards received include the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009 and The Walter E. Stamm Mentor Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2006.

Best Publications

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

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

4051
Citations
The burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in young children.

Caroline Breese Hall;Geoffrey A. Weinberg;Marika K. Iwane;Aaron K. Blumkin

2597
Citations
Human metapneumovirus and lower respiratory tract disease in otherwise healthy infants and children.

John V. Williams;Paul A. Harris;Sharon J. Tollefson;Lisa L. Halburnt-Rush

1285
Citations
Live attenuated versus inactivated influenza vaccine in infants and young children.

Robert B. Belshe;Kathryn M. Edwards;Timo Vesikari;Steven V. Black

1135
Citations
Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19.

Adarsh Bhimraj;Rebecca L. Morgan;Amy Hirsch Shumaker;Valery Lavergne

1058
Citations
The Underrecognized Burden of Influenza in Young Children

Katherine A. Poehling;Kathryn M. Edwards;Geoffrey A. Weinberg;Peter Szilagyi

1054
Citations
Updated Guidance for Palivizumab Prophylaxis Among Infants and Young Children at Increased Risk of Hospitalization for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection

Michael T. Brady;Carrie L. Byington;H. Dele Davies;Kathryn M. Edwards

952
Citations
Decline in pneumonia admissions after routine childhood immunisation with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the USA: a time-series analysis

Carlos G Grijalva;J Pekka Nuorti;Patrick G Arbogast;Stacey W Martin

895
Citations
Norovirus and Medically Attended Gastroenteritis in U.S. Children

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

775
Citations
Population-Based Surveillance for Hospitalizations Associated With Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza Virus, and Parainfluenza Viruses Among Young Children

Marika K Iwane;Kathryn M Edwards;Peter G Szilagyi;Frances J Walker

743
Citations
Guillain-Barré syndrome and Fisher syndrome: case definitions and guidelines for collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data.

James J. Sejvar;Katrin S. Kohl;Jane Gidudu;Anthony Amato

731
Citations
Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Hospitalizations Among Children Less Than 24 Months of Age

Caroline Breese Hall;Geoffrey A. Weinberg;Aaron K. Blumkin;Kathryn M. Edwards

726
Citations
Periodic fever syndrome in children.

Kenneth Tyson Thomas;Henry M. Feder;Alexander R. Lawton;Kathryn M. Edwards

668
Citations
Burden of Interpandemic Influenza in Children Younger than 5 Years: A 25-Year Prospective Study

Kathleen M. Neuzil;Yuwei Zhu;Marie R. Griffin;Kathryn M. Edwards

666
Citations
Syndrome of periodic fever, pharyngitis, and aphthous stomatitis.

Gary S. Marshall;Gary S. Marshall;Kathryn M. Edwards;Kathryn M. Edwards;Joseph Butler;Joseph Butler;Alexander R. Lawton;Alexander R. Lawton

638
Citations
Safety and immunogenicity of heptavalent pneumococcal vaccine conjugated to CRM197 in United States infants.

Margaret B. Rennels;Kathryn M. Edwards;Harry L. Keyserling;Keith S. Reisinger

572
Citations
Pediatric Hospitalizations Associated with 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in Argentina

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

544
Citations
Efficacy of an acellular pertussis vaccine among adolescents and adults

Joel I. Ward;James D. Cherry;Swei-Ju Chang;Susan Partridge

491
Citations
US Case Reports of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia After Ad26.COV2.S Vaccination, March 2 to April 21, 2021

Isaac See;John R. Su;Allison Lale;Emily Jane Woo

484
Citations
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cold-Adapted and Inactivated Vaccines for the Prevention of Influenza A Disease

Kathryn M. Edwards;William D. Dupont;Mary K. Westrich;Walton D. Plummer

479
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marie R. Griffin Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Carlos G. Grijalva Vanderbilt University Medical Center

John V. Williams University of Pittsburgh

Peter G. Szilagyi University of California, Los Angeles

Jonathan A. McCullers University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Geoffrey A. Weinberg University of Rochester

Peter F. Wright Dartmouth College

Evan J. Anderson Emory University

Caroline B. Hall University of Rochester

Richard G. Wunderink Northwestern University

External Links

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