Kimberly Yousey-Hindes, MPH
Epidemiologist 3 and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)DownloadHi-Res Photo
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Program Manager, RESP-NET, Connecticut Emerging Infections Program
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New Haven, CT 06510
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Epidemiologist 3 and Lecturer in Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases)
Program Manager, RESP-NET, Connecticut Emerging Infections Program
Biography
Ms. Yousey-Hindes has worked in the area of infectious disease epidemiology since 2007 for the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the New York State Department of Health in addition to her current position at the Connecticut Emerging Infections Program (EIP). Within the EIP, Kim has contributed to multiple projects, especially in the area of respiratory disease surveillance. She oversees three population-based surveillance systems in Connecticut as part of CDC's RESP-NET: FluSurv-NET (influenza-associated hospitalizations), RSV-NET (respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations), and COVID-NET (COVID-19-associated hospitalizations).
Last Updated on May 20, 2025.
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Education & Training
- CDC/Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Fellow
- New York State Department of Public Health (2008)
- MPH
- Yale School of Public Health, Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (2007)
- BS
- University of Rochester, Microbiology and Immunology (2004)
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Medical Research Interests
Epidemiology; Infectious Disease Medicine; Influenza, Human; Lyme Disease; Population Surveillance; Rabies; Zoonoses
Public Health Interests
Influenza; Vaccines; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice; COVID-19
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0000-0002-9418-575X
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James Hadler, MD, MPH
Laura Bothwell, PhD, MA
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66Publications
6,434Citations
Influenza, Human
Population Surveillance
Lyme Disease
Rabies
Zoonoses
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2026
Prevalence and Outcomes of Bacterial Co-detections by Blood Culture Among Children and Adults Hospitalized With Laboratory-confirmed Influenza, Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network, 2022–2024
Tenforde M, Ujamaa D, Talbot H, O’Halloran A, Chai S, Sachdev D, Armistead I, Alden N, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Witt L, Openo K, Ryan P, Monroe M, Kim S, Nunez V, Lynfield R, McMahon M, McCahon C, Bleecker M, Barney G, Mahoney K, Tesini B, Gaitan M, Ingabire-Smith D, Moran N, Sutton M, Hendrick M, Schaffner W, Chatelain R, Swain A, Garg S, Bozio C. Prevalence and Outcomes of Bacterial Co-detections by Blood Culture Among Children and Adults Hospitalized With Laboratory-confirmed Influenza, Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network, 2022–2024. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2026, ciag242. PMID: 42161336, PMCID: PMC13249409, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciag242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2025
Characteristics of Children Aged 0 to 23 Months Hospitalized With Respiratory Syncytial Virus.
Wang D, Pham H, Chai S, Hoover C, Armistead I, Kawasaki B, Yousey-Hindes K, Meek J, Witt L, Openo K, Brooks A, Rojewski S, Henderson J, Martin E, Mumm E, Salazar-Sanchez Y, Paloma Shaw Y, Keating F, Rowe A, Popham K, Tesini B, Novak A, Sutton M, Schaffner W, Talbot H, Hill M, Zahid H, Havers F, Patton M. Characteristics of Children Aged 0 to 23 Months Hospitalized With Respiratory Syncytial Virus. 2025, 156 PMID: 40707020, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-069719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricIdentification and characterisation of clinically distinct subgroups of adults hospitalised with influenza in the USA: a repeated cross-sectional study
Bozio C, Masalovich S, O'Halloran A, Kirley P, Hoover C, Alden N, Austin E, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Openo K, Witt L, Monroe M, Falkowski A, Leegwater L, Lynfield R, McMahon M, Sosin D, Khanlian S, Anderson B, Spina N, Felsen C, Gaitan M, Lung K, Shiltz E, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Talbot H, Mendez E, Staten H, Reed C, Garg S. Identification and characterisation of clinically distinct subgroups of adults hospitalised with influenza in the USA: a repeated cross-sectional study. EClinicalMedicine 2025, 83: 103207. PMID: 40291348, PMCID: PMC12032903, DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103207.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
2024
The Burden of All-Cause Mortality Following Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations: Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network, 2010–2019
O’Halloran A, Millman A, Holstein R, Olsen S, Cummings C, Chai S, Kirley P, Alden N, Yousey-Hindes K, Meek J, Openo K, Fawcett E, Ryan P, Leegwater L, Henderson J, McMahon M, Lynfield R, Angeles K, Bleecker M, McGuire S, Spina N, Tesini B, Gaitan M, Lung K, Shiltz E, Thomas A, Talbot H, Schaffner W, Hill M, Reed C, Garg S. The Burden of All-Cause Mortality Following Influenza-Associated Hospitalizations: Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network, 2010–2019. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2024, 80: e43-e45. PMID: 39495002, PMCID: PMC11912969, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciae547.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricTrends in COVID‐19–Attributable Hospitalizations Among Adults With Laboratory‐Confirmed SARS‐CoV‐2—COVID‐NET, June 2020 to September 2023
Taylor C, Whitaker M, Patton M, Melgar M, Kirley P, Kawasaki B, Yousey‐Hindes K, Openo K, Ryan P, Kim S, Como‐Sabetti K, Solhtalab D, Barney G, Tesini B, Moran N, Sutton M, Talbot H, Olsen K, Havers F. Trends in COVID‐19–Attributable Hospitalizations Among Adults With Laboratory‐Confirmed SARS‐CoV‐2—COVID‐NET, June 2020 to September 2023. Influenza And Other Respiratory Viruses 2024, 18: e70021. PMID: 39496579, PMCID: PMC11534501, DOI: 10.1111/irv.70021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricAcute Cardiac Events in Hospitalized Older Adults With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection
Woodruff R, Melgar M, Pham H, Sperling L, Loustalot F, Kirley P, Austin E, Yousey-Hindes K, Openo K, Ryan P, Brown C, Lynfield R, Davis S, Barney G, Tesini B, Sutton M, Talbot H, Zahid H, Kim L, Havers F, Rowlands J, Spina N, Engesser K, Salazar-Sanchez Y, George A, Staten H, Bleecker M, Leegwater L, Tellez Nunez V, Falkowski A, Felsen C, Licherdell E, St George K, Pacheco F, Desiato J, Labozzo N, Zmek E, Alden N, Strayhorn N, Fawcett E, Surell C, Como-Sabetti K, Mumm E, Bilski K, Markus T, Ndi D, Billings K. Acute Cardiac Events in Hospitalized Older Adults With Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection. JAMA Internal Medicine 2024, 184: 602-611. PMID: 38619857, PMCID: PMC11019447, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0212.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2023
Clinical Outcomes of US Adults Hospitalized for COVID-19 and Influenza in the Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network, October 2021–September 2022
Kojima N, Taylor C, Tenforde M, Ujamaa D, O’Halloran A, Patel K, Chai S, Kirley P, Alden N, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson E, Openo K, Reeg L, Nunez V, Lynfield R, Como-Sabetti K, Ropp S, Shaw Y, Spina N, Barney G, Bushey S, Popham K, Moran N, Shiltz E, Sutton M, Abdullah N, Talbot H, Schaffner W, Chatelain R, Price A, Garg S, Havers F, Bozio C. Clinical Outcomes of US Adults Hospitalized for COVID-19 and Influenza in the Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network, October 2021–September 2022. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 11: ofad702. PMID: 38269052, PMCID: PMC10807992, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricCOVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations Among U.S. Adults Aged ≥65 Years — COVID-NET, 13 States, January–August 2023
Taylor C, Patel K, Patton M, Reingold A, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Openo K, Ryan P, Falkowski A, Bye E, Plymesser K, Spina N, Tesini B, Moran N, Sutton M, Talbot H, George A, Havers F, Team C, Team C, Kirley P, Armistead I, Yousey-Hindes K, Oosmanally N, Monroe M, Henderson J, D’Heilly P, Hancock E, Barney G, Bushey S, Billing L, Abdullah N, Schaffner W, Mendez E. COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations Among U.S. Adults Aged ≥65 Years — COVID-NET, 13 States, January–August 2023. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2023, 72: 1089-1094. PMID: 37796744, PMCID: PMC10564325, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7240a3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricSeverity of influenza-associated hospitalisations by influenza virus type and subtype in the USA, 2010–19: a repeated cross-sectional study
Sumner K, Masalovich S, O’Halloran A, Holstein R, Reingold A, Kirley P, Alden N, Herlihy R, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson E, Openo K, Monroe M, Leegwater L, Henderson J, Lynfield R, McMahon M, McMullen C, Angeles K, Spina N, Engesser K, Bennett N, Felsen C, Lung K, Shiltz E, Thomas A, Talbot H, Schaffner W, Swain A, George A, Rolfes M, Reed C, Garg S. Severity of influenza-associated hospitalisations by influenza virus type and subtype in the USA, 2010–19: a repeated cross-sectional study. The Lancet Microbe 2023, 4: e903-e912. PMID: 37769676, PMCID: PMC10872935, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00187-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2022
Influenza Antiviral Use in Patients Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza in the United States, FluSurv-NET, 2015–2019
Tenforde M, Cummings C, O’Halloran A, Rothrock G, Kirley P, Alden N, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Openo K, Anderson E, Monroe M, Kim S, Nunez V, McMahon M, McMullen C, Khanlian S, Spina N, Muse A, Gaitán M, Felsen C, Lung K, Shiltz E, Sutton M, Thomas A, Talbot H, Schaffner W, Price A, Chatelain R, Reed C, Garg S. Influenza Antiviral Use in Patients Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza in the United States, FluSurv-NET, 2015–2019. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 10: ofac681. PMID: 36686630, PMCID: PMC9846184, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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