MPH Program faculty and alumni led study: Flu vaccine helps reduce hospitalizations due to influenza pneumonia
More than half of hospitalizations due to influenza pneumonia could be prevented by influenza vaccination, according to a study led by MPH Program faculty, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.The Vanderbilt team included Carlos Grijalva, M.D., MPH; Yuwei Zhu, M.D., M.S.; Derek Williams, M.D., MPH; Wesley Self, M.D., MPH; Marie Griffin, M.D., MPH; and Kathryn Edwards, M.D. They led a collaborative effort that included investigators at the CDC, the University of Utah, the University of Tennessee at Memphis, Northwestern University and Emory University.