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ACIP COVID-19 Vaccines Work Group

Dr. Matthew F. Daley, Work Group Chair

April 19, 2023
▪ April 18, 2023: FDA1 updated COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorizations 

(EUAs):

– Use of bivalent mRNA vaccines for all doses/indications administered to individuals 

ages 6 months and older

– Additional dose(s) for certain populations

COVID-19 vaccine update:

FDA authorizations

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1. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-changes-simplify-use-bivalent-mrna-covid-19-vaccines
▪ Review of pediatric COVID-19 vaccine data

▪ Epidemiology of COVID-19, including among adults ≥65 years of age

▪ Vaccine effectiveness (VE) updates

▪ Preliminary results for pediatric cost effectiveness analyses

▪ Discussions for additional doses in vulnerable populations

ACIP COVID-19 Work Group Meeting Review

March–April 2023

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▪ Vaccine safety updates

▪ Vaccine effectiveness data updates 

▪ Epidemiology and hospitalization data 

▪ Benefit-risk analysis

▪ Considerations for transition to bivalent primary series 

▪ Future directions of COVID-19 vaccines, including updates to vaccine policy

February ACIP COVID-19 Meeting Review

February 24, 2023

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▪ COVID-19 vaccine program updates Dr. Peacock (CDC)

▪ COVID-19 vaccine safety updates Dr. Shimabukuro (CDC)

▪ Update: v-safe after vaccination health checker Dr. Shimabukuro (CDC)

▪ Updates to COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in the US Dr. Link-Gelles (CDC)

▪ Updates to COVID-19 vaccine policy: 

Data and Work Group considerations Dr. Oliver (CDC)

▪ Updates to Interim Clinical Considerations Dr. Twentyman (CDC)

Break

▪ Public Comment

▪ Discussion

Agenda: 

Wednesday April 19, 2023
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: David Kim

▪ CDC: Alan Lam

CDC Leads

▪ Sara Oliver

▪ Evelyn Twentyman

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 

▪ Kathy Kinlaw 

▪ Dayna Matthew 

▪ Kathleen Neuzil 

▪ Stanley Perlman 

▪ Peter Szilagyi

▪ Hank Bernstein
▪ Sarah Meyer

▪ Elisha Hall

▪ Megan Wallace

▪ 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

CDC participants

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▪ Ruth Link-Gelles

▪ Amadea Britton

▪ Carolyn Bridges

▪ Allison Ciesla 

▪ Nicole Dowling

▪ Ashley Fowlkes

▪ Heather Scobie

▪ Natalie Thornburg

▪ Tom Shimabukuro

▪ John Su

▪ Julianne Gee

▪ Karen Broder

▪ Rita Helfand

▪ Jefferson Jones

▪ Yvonne Bolen

▪ Pragna Patel 

▪ Amanda Payne

▪ Georgina Peacock

▪ Jose Romero

▪ Laura Steinhardt

▪ Ryan Wiegand

▪ Patricia Yu

▪ Yon Yu

▪ Samuel Graitcer

▪ Lisa Grohskopf

▪ Katherina Grusich

▪ Aaron Hall

▪ Terri Hyde

▪ Cynthia Jorgensen

▪ Kristen Nordlund

▪ Sierra Scarbrough

▪ Edwin Shanley

▪ Andrew Kroger

▪ Lauri Markowitz

▪ Noelle-Angelique Molinari

▪ Michael McNeil

▪ Morgan Najdowski

▪ Ismael Ortega-Sanchez
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