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ACIP COVID-19 Vaccines Work Group

Dr. Beth Bell, Work Group Chair

January 27, 2021
ACIP responding to ongoing pandemic and accelerated vaccine development through 

evidence-based recommendations for the use of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. civilian 

population

▪ The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of PfizerBioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine —

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United States, December 2020

▪ The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of Moderna 

COVID-19 Vaccine United States, December 2020

▪ The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Updated Interim Recommendation for Allocation 

of COVID-19 Vaccine United States, December 2020

Background

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1. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:1922-1924. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6950e2

2. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;69:1653-1656. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm695152e1

3. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;69:1657-1660. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm695152e2external icon
▪ COVID-19 Vaccine Work Group meets weekly 

▪ Topics covered:

– Safety updates

– COVID-19 in children

– Plans for clinical studies of COVID vaccine in children

– Plans for vaccine effectiveness studies

– Clinical guidance for the use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

COVID-19 Work Group activities – January 2021

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▪ AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (AZD1222) Development Program (Dr. Tonya Villafana)

▪ Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Administration (Dr. Amanda Cohn)

▪ Vaccine Safety Technical Subgroup (VaST) introduction (Dr. Grace Lee)

▪ COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Update (Dr. Tom Shimabukuro)

▪ VaST assessment of safety data (Dr. Grace Lee)

▪ COVID-19 Epidemiology among Children (Dr. Angela Campbell)

▪ Pediatric COVID-19 Clinical Trials (Dr. Emily Erbelding)

▪ COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Studies (Dr. Katherine Fleming-Dutra)

▪ Work Group Interpretation and Next Steps (Dr. Sara Oliver)

Today's Agenda
ACIP members

▪ Beth Bell (chair)

▪ Matthew Daley

▪ Grace Lee

▪ Jose Romero

▪ Keipp Talbot

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 Co-leads

▪ Kathleen Dooling

▪ Sara Oliver

Work group members

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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: Oliver Brooks

▪ SHEA: Marci Drees

Consultants

▪ Ed Belongia

▪ Kathy Kinlaw 

▪ Dayna Matthew 

▪ Kathleen Neuzil 

▪ Stanley Perlman 

▪ Peter Szilagyi
▪ Amy Blaine

▪ Doug Campos-Outcalt

▪ Mary Chamberland

▪ Thomas Clark

▪ Amanda Cohn

▪ Jean Cox-Ganser

▪ Jonathan Duffy

▪ Anthony Fiore

▪ Mark Freedman

▪ Sue Gerber

▪ Jack Gersten

▪ Susan Goldstein

▪ Sam Graitcer

▪ Lisa Grohskopf

▪ Julie Garon

CDC participants

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▪ Stephen Hadler

▪ Rita Helfand

▪ Susan Hiers

▪ Terri Hyde

▪ Cynthia Jorgensen

▪ Erin Kennedy

▪ Sarah Kidd

▪ Ram Koppaka

▪ Nicole Lindsey

▪ Ruth Link-Gelles

▪ Jessica MacNeil

▪ Lauri Markowitz

▪ Mona Marin

▪ Sarah Mbaeyi

▪ Nancy Messonnier

▪ Cindy Weinbaum

▪ Melinda Wharton

▪ Yon Yu

▪ Rebecca Morgan

▪ Titilope Oduyebo

▪ Anita Patel

▪ Janell Routh

▪ Stephanie Schrag

▪ Heather Scobie

▪ Edwin Shanley

▪ Tom Shimabukuro

▪ Heidi Soeters

▪ Mark Sotir

▪ Stephanie Thomas

▪ Natalie Thornburg

▪ Jennifer Verani

▪ Megan Wallace

▪ Annemarie Wasley
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The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the 

official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Thank you!