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ACIP COVID-19 Vaccines Work Group

Dr. Matthew F. Daley, Work Group Chair

September 23, 2021
• individuals 65 years of age and older;

• individuals 18 through 64 years of age at high risk of severe COVID-19; and

• individuals 18 through 64 years of age whose frequent institutional or 

occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2 puts them at high risk of serious 

complications of COVID-19 including severe COVID-19.

FDA expanded Pfizer-BioNTech EUA to include a single booster dose, to be 

administered at least six months after completion of the primary series in:

FDA Authorizes Booster Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Populations | FDA
 Public Comment

Break

 COVID-19 vaccine booster doses: Benefit/Risk Dr. Wallace (CDC)

 Evidence to Recommendation Framework Dr. Oliver (CDC)

 Clinical considerations Dr. Dooling (CDC)

 Policy Options Dr. Oliver (CDC)

 Discussion

-VOTE- BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine booster dose

Day #2
ACIP members

 Matthew Daley (chair)

 Beth Bell 

 Grace Lee

 Keipp Talbot

 Oliver Brooks

Ex-officio/government members

 FDA: Doran Fink, Rachel Zhang

 NIH: Chris Roberts

 IHS: Thomas Weiser, Uzo Chukwuma

 DOD: Bryan Schumacher

 CMS: Jeff Kelman

 BARDA: Christine Oshansky

 HHS: David Kim

CDC Leads

 Sara Oliver

 Kathleen Dooling

Work group members

4

Liaisons

 AAFP: Jonathan Temte

 AAP: Sean O’Leary

 ACOG: Denise Jamieson (primary), 

Laura Riley (alternate)

 ACP: Jason Goldman

 AGS: Ken Schmader

 AIM: Rob Shechter (primary), 

Jane Zucker (alternate)

 AMA: Sandra Fryhofer

 ANA: Kendra McMillan (primary), 

Ruth Francis (alternate)

 APhA: Michael Hogue

 ASTHO: Marcus Plescia

 CSTE: Susan Lett (primary), 

Christine Hahn (alternate)

 IDSA: Jeff Duchin (primary), 

Carol Baker (alternate)

Liaisons, cont’d

 NACCHO: Matt Zahn (primary), 

Jeff Duchin (alternate)

 NACI: Matthew Tunis 

 NFID: Bill Schaffner (primary), 

Marla Dalton (alternate)

 NMA: Patricia Whitley-Williams

 SHEA: Marci Drees

Consultants

 Ed Belongia 

 Kathy Kinlaw 

 Dayna Matthew 

 Kathleen Neuzil 

 Stanley Perlman 

 Peter Szilagyi

 Jose Romero
 Mary Chamberland

 Neela Goswami

 Amanda Cohn

 Kathleen Dooling

 Julia Gargano

 Jack Gersten

 Monica Godfrey

 Stephen Hadler

 Sara Oliver

 Danielle Moulia

 Heidi Moline

 Megan Wallace

 Jennifer Collins

 Jefferson Jones

CDC participants

5

 Edwin Shanley

 Rita Helfand

 Cynthia Jorgensen

 Megan Lindley

 Nicole Lindsey

 Ruth Link-Gelles

 Jessica MacNeil

 Lauri Markowitz

 Jean Cox-Ganser

 Meredith McMorrow

 Amy Blain

 Andrew Kroger

 Melinda Wharton

 Kate Woodworth

 Yon Yu

 Kristin Nordland

 Kevin Chatham-Stevens

 Erin Tromble

 Dana Meaney-Delman

 Thomas Clark

 Sam Graitcer

 Lisa Grohskopf

 Anthony Fiore

 Rebecca Morgan

 Titilope Oduyebo

 Hannah Rosenblum

 Heather Scobie

 Edwin Shanley

 Tom Shimabukuro

 Natalie Thornburg

 Ian Plumb

 Thomas Clark

 Doug Campos-Outcalt

 Jillian Doss-Walker
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official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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