Allison T. Chamberlain is an infectious disease epidemiologist with a background in biodefense, public health preparedness and public health practice. She is the director of the COVID-19 Response Collaborative (ECRC)
and the
Emory Center for Public Health Preparedness and Research Acting Director. Her background is in public health preparedness and defense policy. She is also a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the
Rollins School of Public Health
The Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) is the public health school of Emory University. Founded in 1990, Rollins has more than 1,100 students pursuing master's degrees ( MPH/MSPH) and over 150 students pursuing doctorate degrees (PhD). The ...
. Her interests include
Legionnaires' disease
Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of ''Legionella'' bacteria, quite often ''Legionella pneumophila''. Signs and symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, high fever, myalgia, muscle pains, and headach ...
, and vaccine promotion, especially maternal vaccination.
Education
Chamberlain earned her BA at the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World H ...
(2004), an MS from
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...
in 2007 and a Ph.D. from Emory University in 2015.
Selected publications
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* Loretan, Caitlin, Allison T. Chamberlain, Travis Sanchez, Maria Zlotorzynska, and Jeb Jones. "Trends and characteristics associated with human papillomavirus vaccination uptake among men who have sex with men in the United States, 2014–2017." ''Sexually transmitted diseases'' 46, no. 7 (2019): 465-473.
* Chamberlain, Allison T., Katherine Seib, Kevin A. Ault,
Walter A. Orenstein, Paula M. Frew, Fauzia Malik, Marielysse Cortés et al. "Factors associated with intention to receive influenza and tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccines during pregnancy: a focus on vaccine hesitancy and perceptions of disease severity and vaccine safety." ''PLoS currents'' 7 (2015).
* Hitchcock, Penny, Allison Chamberlain, Megan Van Wagoner,
Thomas V. Inglesby, and
Tara O'Toole. "Challenges to global surveillance and response to infectious disease outbreaks of international importance." ''Biosecurity and bioterrorism: biodefense strategy, practice, and science'' 5, no. 3 (2007): 206-227.
References
American women epidemiologists
Emory University alumni
Emory University faculty
Georgetown University alumni
Living people
American public health researchers
University of Virginia alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
American epidemiologists
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