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DESCRIPTION:Kristen A. Feemster\, MD MPH MSHP is the Executive Director of
  Global Medical Affairs for pneumococcal vaccines in the Vaccines / Infec
 tious Diseases Division at Merck Research Laboratories and an Adjunct Ass
 ociate Professor of Pediatrics- Infectious Diseases at the University of 
 Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She completed h
 er residency and fellowship training in ID and health policy research (Ro
 bert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program) at CHOP and Penn in 2010. Af
 ter several years as an academic physician\, she transitioned to a full-t
 ime public health role as Medical Director of the Immunization Program an
 d Acute Communicable Diseases at the Philadelphia Department of Public He
 alth until she joined Merck in June 2020. While in academic medicine\, Dr
 . Feemster’s research interests have included vaccine policy\, vaccine he
 sitancy and the epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases both domesti
 cally and internationally- she was active in CHOP’s global health program
  and Research Director for the Vaccine Education Center. Her position at 
 the health department focused on program implementation\, policy\, survei
 llance. Medical affairs has been a synthesis of her prior experience and 
 interests\, providing an opportunity to contribute to vaccine development
  and implementation. Dr. Feemster feels fortunate to have had a career wi
 th a range of experiences that all reflect what she loves the most about 
 ID - ID is fundamentally about the ways in which organisms (and people) i
 nteract with each other and their environment- she is fascinated by under
 standing how these interactions impact health so that we can use that und
 erstanding to develop effective prevention strategies for individuals and
  for a community: ecology\, epidemiology\, pathophysiology\, immunology\,
  human behavior\, health policy all intertwined. Dr. Feemster lives in Ph
 iladelphia with her spouse and 2 kids ages 13 and 15 years. Besides keepi
 ng up with her kids’ interests and activities\, she loves running / outdo
 or activities\, reading\, dance of any kind\, trying new recipes\, NYTime
 s crossword puzzles and travel (anywhere). YSPH values inclusion and acce
 ss for all participants. If you have questions about accessibility or wou
 ld like to request an accommodation\, please contact Maria Reilly at mari
 a.reilly@yale.edu . We will try to provide accommodations requested by\n\
 nSpeaker:\nKristen Feemster\n\nAdmission:\nFree\n\nFood:\n\n\nDetails URL
 :\nhttps://medicine.yale.edu/event/emd-seminar-series-26/\n
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LOCATION:Yale School of Public Health (LEPH)\, Winslow Auditorium\, 60 Col
 lege Street\, New Haven\, CT\, United States
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SUMMARY:EMD Seminar Series: Kristen Feemster\, "Pathways in Infectious Dis
 eases: From Agroforestry to Public Health and Beyond"
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