2008 Outstanding Achievement Award in the Application of Epidemiologic Information in Child Health Advocacy

Katherine Poehling, MD, MPH, FAAP

Katherine Poehling, MD, MPH, FAAP completed medical school at Wake Forest University,  pediatric residency at Baylor College of Medicine, and fellowship with a master’s of public health at Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses on the epidemiology of respiratory infections, particularly pneumococcus and influenza virus, and the impact of vaccine. Her influenza research was performed in collaboration with the New Vaccine Surveillance Network, which includes esteemed pediatric, infectious disease and epidemiology researchers from the CDC, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, University of Rochester and Vanderbilt University. She is now an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology at Wake Forest University.


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If you are already a member of the AAP and would like to become a COCP member, join online by:
1. Go to http://www.aap.org/moc/indexEntry.cfm and login with your AAP ID and password.
2. Click on "Member Community".
3. Click on "Join a Section or Council" under Section, Council & Committee
Information.
4. Choose "Council on Community Pediatrics", answer a few questions, and click "Submit".

For More Information:
For more information the Council on Community Pediatrics, or the Epidemiology Award, contact the American Academy of Pediatrics at cocp@aap.org or 800-433-9016, ext 7085.