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Walter A. Orenstein

Walter A. Orenstein

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Immunology

D-Index
73
Citations
17478
World Ranking
2149
National Ranking
1044

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Walter A. Orenstein is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and social sciences, with a particular focus on health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, sociology, and general health professions.

Their research primarily centers on vaccine coverage and hesitancy, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 studies, influenza virus research, misinformation impacts, viral gastroenteritis epidemiology, pneumonia, and respiratory infections, as well as COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Significant recent papers include:

  • The public's role in COVID-19 vaccination: Human-centered recommendations to enhance pandemic vaccine awareness, access, and acceptance in the United States (2020, Vaccine)
  • Evaluation of post-introduction COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness: Summary of interim guidance of the World Health Organization (2021, Vaccine)
  • Adherence to Timely Vaccinations in the United States (2020, PEDIATRICS)
  • The state of vaccine safety science: systematic reviews of the evidence (2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
  • "When Will We Have a Vaccine?" - Understanding Questions and Answers about Covid-19 Vaccination (2020, New England Journal of Medicine)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Walter A. Orenstein include:

  • Daniel A. Salmon
  • Robert A. Bednarczyk
  • Saad B. Omer
  • Matthew Z. Dudley
  • Heather Platt

The scientist has published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Vaccine, with 15 publications
  • New England Journal of Medicine, with 3 publications
  • Frontiers in Public Health, with 3 publications
  • PLoS ONE, with 3 publications
  • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, with 2 publications

Walter A. Orenstein's research output includes over 100 publications in medicine and more than 50 in social sciences. Their contributions have been recognized through awards such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 and becoming a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Policy statement: Recommendations for the prevention of pneumococcal infections, including the use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (Prevnar), pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, and antibiotic prophylaxis

    J. S. Abramson;C. J. Baker;M. C. Fisher;M. A. Gerber

  • Policy statement - Modified recommendations for use of palivizumab for prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections

    Joseph A. Bocchini;Henry H. Bernstein;John S. Bradley;Michael T. Brady

  • Revised guidelines for prevention of early-onset group B streptococcal (GBS) infection

    N. A. Halsey;P. J. Chesney;M. A. Gerber;D. S. Gromisch

  • Simply put: Vaccination saves lives.

    Walter A. Orenstein;Rafi Ahmed

  • Polio vaccination: past, present and future.

    Ananda S Bandyopadhyay;Julie Garon;Katherine Seib;Walter A Orenstein

  • Guidelines for prevention of group B streptococcal (GBS) infection by chemoprophylaxis

    C. B. Hall;J. G. Easton;D. M. Granoff;D. S. Gromisch

  • Recommendations for the use of live attenuated varicella vaccine

    C. B. Hall;P. J. Chesney;D. S. Gromisch;N. A. Halsey

  • Methodologic issues regarding the use of three observational study designs to assess influenza vaccine effectiveness

    Evan W Orenstein;Gaston De Serres;Michael J Haber;David K Shay

  • Vaccine policy changes and epidemiology of poliomyelitis in the United States.

    Lorraine Niño Alexander;Jane F. Seward;Tammy A. Santibanez;Mark A. Pallansch

  • Measles outbreak in a pediatric practice: airborne transmission in an office setting.

    Alan B. Bloch;Walter A. Orenstein;William M. Ewing;William H. Spain

  • Sexual Activity–Related Outcomes After Human Papillomavirus Vaccination of 11- to 12-Year-Olds

    Robert A. Bednarczyk;Robert Davis;Kevin Ault;Walter Orenstein

  • Patterns of transmission in measles outbreaks in the United States, 1985-1986.

    Lauri E. Markowitz;Stephen R. Preblud;Walter A. Orenstein;Elizabeth Z. Rovira

  • The public's role in COVID-19 vaccination: Human-centered recommendations to enhance pandemic vaccine awareness, access, and acceptance in the United States.

    Monica Schoch-Spana;Emily K. Brunson;Rex Long;Alexandra Ruth

  • Therapy for children with invasive pneumococcal infections

    N. A. Halsey;P. J. Chesney;M. A. Gerber;D. S. Gromisch

  • Recommendations from the national vaccine advisory committee: Standards for adult immunization practice

    Walter A. Orenstein;Bruce G. Gellin;Richard H. Beigi;Sarah Despres

  • Incidence of macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae after introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine: population-based assessment.

    David S Stephens;David S Stephens;Susu M Zughaier;Cynthia G Whitney;Wendy S Baughman

  • Strategies for prevention of health care-associated infections in the NICU

    Richard A. Polin;Susan Denson;Michael T. Brady;Lu Ann Papile

  • The Opportunity and Obligation to Eliminate Measles From the United States

    Walter A. Orenstein;Kenneth J. Bart;Alan R. Hinman;Stephen R. Preblud

  • Centers for Disease Control: Current Issues in Pediatrics Varicella clinical manifestations, epidemiology and health impact in children

    Stephen R. Preblud;Walter A. Orenstein;Kenneth J. Bart

Frequent Co-Authors

Saad B. Omer
Saad B. Omer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Neal A. Halsey
Neal A. Halsey Johns Hopkins University
Daniel A. Salmon
Daniel A. Salmon Johns Hopkins University
Sean T. O’Leary
Sean T. O’Leary University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Larry K. Pickering
Larry K. Pickering Emory University
Harry L. Keyserling
Harry L. Keyserling Emory University
Ram Yogev
Ram Yogev Northwestern University
Caroline B. Hall
Caroline B. Hall University of Rochester
Kathryn M. Edwards
Kathryn M. Edwards Vanderbilt University Medical Center
David W. Kimberlin
David W. Kimberlin University of Alabama at Birmingham

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