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ACIP COVID-19 Vaccines Work Group

Dr. Matthew F. Daley, Work Group Chair

June 23, 2023
▪ COVID-19 vaccine program updates

▪ Vaccine safety updates

▪ Vaccine effectiveness data updates 

▪ Data and Work Group considerations for updates to vaccine policy

– Single bivalent vaccine dose for most persons aged ≥6 years 

– Bivalent vaccines for children aged 6 months–5 years

– Optional additional bivalent doses for persons aged ≥6 months who are moderately or 

severely immunocompromised and adults aged ≥65 years

▪ Clinical considerations update

April ACIP COVID-19 Meeting Review

April 19, 2023

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▪ Epidemiology of COVID-19, including among pregnant people and infants

▪ Vaccine effectiveness (VE) updates

▪ Discussion of populations who still need a primary series

ACIP COVID-19 Work Group Meeting Review

May–June 2023

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▪ June 15, 2023: FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory 

Committee (VRBPAC) met to discuss strain selection for updated COVID-19 

vaccines

–Based on the totality of the evidence presented, FDA advised 

manufacturers to develop updated COVID-19 vaccines with a monovalent 

XBB.1.5 composition

–Anticipate updated vaccine doses will be broadly available in the fall 

–Following updated vaccine authorizations, ACIP will review evidence to 

inform updated recommendations

COVID-19 vaccine update:

VRBPAC Meeting

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https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/updated-covid-19-vaccines-use-united-states-beginning-fall-2023
Agenda: 

Friday June 23, 2023

• Updates to COVID-19 epidemiology and vaccine 

effectiveness

Dr. Havers (CDC)

Dr. Galang (CDC)

Dr. Link-Gelles (CDC)

• Infection-induced and hybrid immunity Dr. Jones (CDC)

• Summary and Work Group considerations Dr. Wallace (CDC)
ACIP members

▪ Matthew Daley (chair)

▪ Beth Bell 

▪ Grace Lee

▪ Keipp Talbot

▪ Oliver Brooks

Ex-officio/government members

▪ FDA: Rachel Zhang, Lucia Lee, Anuja Rastogi

▪ NIH: Chris Roberts

▪ IHS: Uzo Chukwuma

▪ CMS: Jeff Kelman

▪ BARDA: Christine Oshansky

▪ HHS: Valerie Marshall

▪ CDC: Alan Lam

CDC Leads

▪ Sara Oliver

▪ Megan Wallace

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

▪ ADS: Emily Kahn

▪ AGS: Ken Schmader

▪ AIM: Rob Shechter (primary), 

Jane Zucker (alternate)

▪ AMA: Sandra Fryhofer

▪ ANA: Ruth Francis (alternate)

▪ APhA: Michael Hogue

▪ ASTHO: Marcus Plescia

▪ CSTE: Paul Cieslak, Christine Hahn

IDSA: Jeff Duchin (primary)

Liaisons, cont’d

▪ NACCHO: Matt Zahn (primary), 

Jeff Duchin (alternate)

▪ NACI: Matthew Tunis (primary),

Nicole Forbes (alternate)

▪ NFID: Bill Schaffner (primary), 

Marla Dalton (alternate)

▪ NMA: Patricia Whitley-Williams

▪ SHEA: Preeti Mehrotra

Marci Drees (alternate) 

Consultants

▪ Ed Belongia

▪ Hank Bernstein

▪ Kathy Edwards

▪ Robert Hopkins

▪ Lisa Jackson

▪ Kathy Kinlaw

▪ Dayna Matthew 

▪ Jennifer Nelson

▪ Kathleen Neuzil

▪ Stanley Perlman

▪ Peter Szilagyi
▪ Sarah Meyer

▪ Elisha Hall

▪ Danielle Moulia

▪ Lauren Roper

▪ Hannah Rosenblum

▪ Katherine Fleming-Dutra

▪ Monica Godfrey

▪ Susan Goldstein

▪ Mary Chamberland

▪ Stephen Hadler

▪ JoEllen Wolicki

▪ Melinda Wharton

▪ Jessica MacNeil

▪ Amanda Cohn

▪ Ruth Link-Gelles

CDC participants

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▪ Amadea Britton

▪ Carolyn Bridges

▪ Allison Ciesla 

▪ Nicole Dowling

▪ Ashley Fowlkes

▪ Heather Scobie

▪ Natalie Thornburg

▪ Tom Shimabukuro

▪ John Su

▪ Karen Broder

▪ Rita Helfand

▪ Jefferson Jones

▪ Yvonne Bolen

▪ Samuel Graitcer

▪ Lisa Grohskopf

▪ Laura Steinhardt

▪ Ryan Wiegand

▪ Patricia Yu

▪ Yon Yu

▪ Katherina Grusich

▪ Aaron Hall

▪ Terri Hyde

▪ Kristen Nordlund

▪ Sierra Scarbrough

▪ Andrew Kroger

▪ Lauri Markowitz

▪ Noelle-Angelique Molinari

▪ Michael McNeil

▪ Morgan Najdowski

▪ Ismael Ortega-Sanchez

▪ Pragna Patel

▪ Amanda Payne

▪ Georgina Peacock

▪ Jose Romero
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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.

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