Center for Global Health Faculty

Professor

Academic Degrees

• MD

Departmental Affiliation

• Name:

  International Health

  Affiliation Type:

  Primary

  Division:

  Disease Prevention & Control

Departmental Address

Contact Information

Email:

nhalsey+jhsph.edu

Phone:

410.955.6964

Fax:

410.502.6733

Link:

Personal Website

Link:

SciVal Experts Research Profile

Research and Professional Experience

My primary research and teaching effort is directed toward the prevention of infectious diseases with the safest vaccines possible. I have conducted or participated in epidemiological studies of vaccine-preventable diseases and phase I, II, and III vaccine trials of hepatitis B, hepatitis A, inactivated polio virus, pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type B, tetanus, Lyme disease, rotavirus, Argentina Hemorrhagic Fever, and influenzae vaccine viruses. The control of measles has been a particular focus of interest and I support the ongoing measles and poliomyelitis eradication efforts. My interest in vaccine safety stems from experience with vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis, increased mortality after high-titer measles vaccines, and differences in response to acellular and wholecell pertussis vaccines. On-going studies include: persistent poliovirus excretion in immunodeficient children, evaluation of Lyme disease vaccine in children, evaluation of alternative injection devices, and the safety of preservatives and adjuvants in vaccines.

Keywords

International Health,prevention of infectious diseases with the safest vaccines possible, epidemiological studies of vaccine-preventable diseases and phase I, II, and III vaccine trials of hepatitis B, hepatitis A, inactivated polio virus, pertussis, Haemophilus influenzae type B, tetanus, Lyme disease, rotavirus, Argentina Hemorrhagic Fever, and influenzae vaccine viruses

Selected Publications

1. Rollison DE, Helzlsouer KJ, Halsey NH, Shah KV, Viscidi RP. Markers Of Past Infection With Simian Virus 40 And Risk Of Incident Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma In A Maryland Cohort. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 2005 (Accepted on Dec 2)

2. Salmon DA, Moulton LH, Omer SB, deHart MP, Stokley S, Halsey NA. Factors Associated with Refusal of Childhood Vaccines Among Parents of School-Aged Children: A Case-Control Study. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. 2005 (accepted).

3. Salmon D, Halsey NA, Moulton LH. A dose of confidence. [Editorial]. Baltimore Sun December 2004 Reprinted in the Houston Chronicle. Available from URL: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.vaccines21dec21,1,5161546.story

4. Salmon DA, Moulton LH, Halsey NA. Enhancing Public Confidence in Vaccines through Independent Oversight of Post-Licensure Vaccine Safety. AJPH 2004;94(6):947-50.

5. Salmon DA, Moulton LH, Omer SB, Chace LM, Klassen A, Talebian P, Halsey N. Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs of School Nurses/Personnel and Associations with Non-Medical Immunization Exemptions. Pediatrics 2004;113(6) pp. e552-e559 [http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/113/6/e552].

6. Perry RT, Halsey NA. The clinical significance of measles: a review. J Infect Dis. 2004 May 1;189 Suppl 1:S4-16.

7. Halsey NA, Pinto J, Espinosa-Rosales F, Faure-Fontenla MA, da Silva E, Khan AJ, Webster AED, Minor P, Asturias EJ, Hussain H, Pallansch MA, Kew OM, Winkelstein J, Sutter R, And the Polio project team. Search for Poliovirus Carriers Among People with Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and the United Kingdom. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2004; 82(1):3-8.

8. Bonhoeffer J and the Brighton Collaboration (Halsey NA collaborator). Nodule at Injection Site as an Adverse Event Following Immunization Case Definition & Guidelines for Data Collection, Analysis, and Presentation. [Review]. Vaccine. 2004 Jan 26;22(5-6):575-85.

9. Bonhoeffer J and the Brighton Collaboration (Halsey NA collaborator). Generalized Convulsive Seizure as an Adverse Event Following Immunization Case Definition & Guidelines for Data Collection, Analysis, and Presentation. [Review]. Vaccine. 2004 Jan 26;22(5-6):557-62.

10. MacIntyre CR, Kelly H, Jolley D, Butzkueven H, Salmon D, Halsey NA, Moulton LH Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine and the risk of multiple sclerosis: A prospective study [Correspondence] Neurology 2004 Available from URL: http://www.neurology.org/cgi/eletters/63/5/838.

11. Strebel PM, Papania MJ, Halsey NA. Measles Vaccine. In Plotkin and Orenstein (eds) Vaccines. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saunders; 2004. p.389-440.

12. Moss WJ, Halsey NA. Vaccination of Human Immunodeficiency Virus – Infected Persons. In: Plotkin and Orenstein (eds). Vaccines. Vaccines. 4th ed; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saunders; 2004. p.169-178.

13. Asturias EJ, Soto-Gonzalez M, Menendez R, Ramirez PL, Recinos F, Gordillo R, Dick JD, King B, Holt E, Halsey NA. Meningitis and Pneumonia in Guatemala City Children: the Importance of Haemophilus influenzae type b and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Pan Am J Public Health 2003;14(6):377-83.

14. Halsey, NA. Vaccine Safety: Real and Perceived Issues. In: Bloom BR, Lambert PH, (eds). The Vaccine Book. San Diego, California: Academic Press; 2003.p371-385.

15. Moss WJ, Halsey NA. Immunization of Children at Risk for Infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Bull World Health Organ 2003;81(1):61-70. Review.

16. Bartlett J, Borio L, Radonovich L, Mair JS, O'Toole T, Mair M, Halsey N, Grow R, Inglesby TV. Smallpox vaccination in 2003: key information for clinicians. Clin Infect Dis 2003 Apr;36(7):883-902.

17. Halsey NA. Poliomyelitis and Unnecessary Injections [commentary]. International Journal of Epidemiology 2003:32:1-2.

18. Joan Klein, Halsey NA. What Oncologists Should Know About the Smallpox Vaccine. (Q&A) Oncology Times 2003;XXV(2):3-4.

19. Halsey NA, Rose N. Questions and Answers about Autoimmunity and the Smallpox Vaccine. IMAJ (The Israel Medical Association Journal) 2003;5(1):40-1.

20. Halsey NA. A causal association between Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) vaccine and diabetes. [Letter to the Editor.] Autoimmunity 2003;36(3):123.