Andrea Benin, MD
Associate Professor Adjunct of Biostatistics (Health Informatics)DownloadHi-Res Photo
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Associate Professor Adjunct of Biostatistics (Health Informatics)
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Andrea Benin, MD is Associate Professor Adjunct of Biostatistics (Health Informatics). In addition, Dr. Benin is Chief, Surveillance Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this position, Dr. Benin has a leadership role in the National Healthcare Safety Network, the nation’s online surveillance system for tracking healthcare-associated infections and conditions as well as antimicrobial use and resistance.
Dr. Benin is a pediatrician with background and training in research, informatics, public health, epidemiology, and infectious diseases.
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Biostatistics
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- Biostatistics
- Biostatistics
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale School of Public Health - NEW
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Yale School of Medicine (2006)
- Fellow
- Yale School of Medicine (2005)
- Fellow
- Yale School of Medicine (2003)
- Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2000)
- Resident
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (1998)
- Intern
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (1996)
- MD
- Tufts University School of Medicine (1995)
- BA
- Dartmouth College (1991)
Research
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Medical Research Interests
Delivery of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Medical Informatics; Quality of Health Care; Safety
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54Publications
2,410Citations
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2024
Coverage with Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and COVID-19 Vaccines Among Nursing Home Residents — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, November 2024
Reses H, Segovia G, Dubendris H, Barbre K, Ananth S, Lape-Newman B, Wong E, Stillions M, Rowe T, Mothershed E, Wallender E, Twentyman E, Wiegand R, Patel P, Benin A, Bell J. Coverage with Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and COVID-19 Vaccines Among Nursing Home Residents — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, November 2024. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2024, 73: 1052-1057. PMID: 39570790, PMCID: PMC11581205, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7346a2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusRespiratory syncytial virus vaccineNational Healthcare Safety NetworkSyncytial virusVaccination coverageSusceptible to severe outcomesHealth and Human Services regionsRespiratory virus seasonCOVID-19 vaccineCDC's National Healthcare Safety NetworkInfluenza vaccineVirus seasonSevere complicationsRespiratory virusesAssociated with respiratory illnessInfluenzaNursing home residentsSafety NetworkRespiratory illnessSevere outcomesReport vaccinationElevated riskSARS-CoV-2VaccineIndex levelsInfluenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, 2023–24 Respiratory Virus Season
Bell J, Meng L, Barbre K, Wong E, Lape-Newman B, Koech W, Soe M, Woods A, Kuhar D, Stuckey M, Dubendris H, Rowe T, Lindley M, Kalayil E, Edwards J, Benin A, Reses H. Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, 2023–24 Respiratory Virus Season. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2024, 73: 966-972. PMID: 39480706, PMCID: PMC11527362, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7343a2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAcute care hospitalsHealth care personnelNational Healthcare Safety NetworkVaccination of health care personnelNursing homesCare personnelCare hospitalU.S. health care settingsHealth care settingsRespiratory virus seasonSafety NetworkHealth care facilitiesVaccination coverageCOVID-19 vaccination coverageCDC's National Healthcare Safety NetworkInfluenza vaccination coverageCare settingsVirus seasonCare facilitiesNursesHealthy workforceCOVID-19 vaccineAnnual influenza vaccinationCOVID-19HealthBloodstream Infection Standardized Infection Ratios among ESKD Networks
Lamping L, Navarrete J, Jarrell B, Hoxworth T, Keenan J, Barbre K, Meng L, Clark S, Houseal D, Novosad S, Edwards J, Benin A, Bell J. Bloodstream Infection Standardized Infection Ratios among ESKD Networks. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2024, 35: 10.1681/asn.2024rkm9t6r1. DOI: 10.1681/asn.2024rkm9t6r1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Six-Year Follow-Up of Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Facilities in the United States, National Healthcare Safety Network, 2020
Keenan J, Barbre K, Dollard P, Hoxworth T, Qureshi I, Dunham L, O'Leary E, Nuwoaty S, Bagchi S, Edwards J, Meng L, Benin A, Bell J. A Six-Year Follow-Up of Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Facilities in the United States, National Healthcare Safety Network, 2020. Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2024, 19: 978-983. PMID: 38888965, PMCID: PMC11321737, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.0000000000000476.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsStandardized infection ratioPooled mean rateOutpatient hemodialysis facilitiesConfidence intervalsHemodialysis facilitiesInfection ratioNational Healthcare Safety NetworkSix-year follow-upBloodstream infectionsPatient-monthsAV fistulaAV graftsVascular accessPerson-monthsNational aggregate dataMean rateAccess typeUS territoriesSafety NetworkFistulaCOVID-19 Vaccination Coverage, and Rates of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization Among Residents in Nursing Homes — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, October 2023–February 2024
Franklin D, Barbre K, Rowe T, Reses H, Massey J, Meng L, Dollard P, Dubendris H, Stillions M, Robinson L, Clerville J, Slifka K, Benin A, Bell J. COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage, and Rates of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization Among Residents in Nursing Homes — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, October 2023–February 2024. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2024, 73: 339-344. PMID: 38635474, PMCID: PMC11037435, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7315a3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNursing home residentsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkHome residentsPercentage of facilitiesCOVID-19-associated hospitalizationRates of SARS-CoV-2 infectionSARS-CoV-2 infectionRespiratory virus seasonIncident SARS-CoV-2 infectionProtect nursing home residentsCOVID-19 vaccination coverageWeekly percentageEvidence-based interventionsVaccination coverageEvaluate evidence-based interventionsFacility-level dataSafety NetworkVirus seasonCDC's National Healthcare Safety NetworkWeekly rateSARS-CoV-2Nursing homesNursesCOVID-19Severe COVID-19The National Healthcare Safety Network’s digital quality measures: CDC’s automated measures for surveillance of patient safety
Shehab N, Alschuler L, McILvenna S, Gonzaga Z, Laing A, deRoode D, Dantes R, Betz K, Zheng S, Abner S, Stutler E, Geimer R, Benin A. The National Healthcare Safety Network’s digital quality measures: CDC’s automated measures for surveillance of patient safety. Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2024, 31: 1199-1205. PMID: 38563821, PMCID: PMC11031211, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocae064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkFast Healthcare Interoperability ResourcesPublic health surveillancePatient safetyHealth surveillanceHealthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infectionPrevent patient harmQuality measuresBurden of reportingImprove data collectionPatient harmInteroperability ResourcesPublic healthSafety NetworkHealthData collectionValidity of dataClostridioides difficile infectionVenous thromboembolismCollaborative programSurveillanceNationalHealthcareHarmIncreasing speedComparison of factors associated with seasonal influenza and COVID-19 booster vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel working at acute care hospitals during 2021–2022 influenza season, National Healthcare Safety Network, United States
Meng L, Bell J, Soe M, Edwards J, Lymon H, Barbre K, Reses H, Patel A, Wong E, Dudeck M, Huynh C, Rowe T, Dubendris H, Benin A. Comparison of factors associated with seasonal influenza and COVID-19 booster vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel working at acute care hospitals during 2021–2022 influenza season, National Healthcare Safety Network, United States. Preventive Medicine 2024, 179: 107852. PMID: 38211802, DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.107852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkAcute care hospitalsInfluenza seasonCare hospitalHealthcare personnelInfluenza coverageFuture influenza seasonsSeasonal influenza vaccineSeasonal influenza virusesSARS-CoV-2 variantsUptake of vaccinationFacility-level factorsInfluenza vaccineVaccination coverageSeasonal influenzaVaccination dataHospitalInfluenza virusFacility characteristicsSafety NetworkSimultaneous circulationHealthcare facilitiesComparison of factorsCOVID-19Negative binomial mixed models
2023
Coverage with Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Among Nursing Home Residents — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, December 2023
Reses H, Dubendris H, Haas L, Barbre K, Ananth S, Rowe T, Mothershed E, Hall E, Wiegand R, Lindley M, Meyer S, Patel S, Benin A, Kroop S, Srinivasan A, Bell J. Coverage with Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Among Nursing Home Residents — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, December 2023. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2023, 72: 1371-1376. PMID: 38127673, PMCID: PMC10754267, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7251a3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsRespiratory syncytial virusNursing home residentsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkRespiratory virus seasonHome residentsVaccination coverageRespiratory virusesSyncytial virusCDC's National Healthcare Safety NetworkCOVID-19COVID-19 vaccination coverageHuman Services (HHS) regionsCOVID-19 vaccineSARS-CoV-2RSV vaccineSevere complicationsRespiratory illnessSevere outcomesNursing homesEligible residentsVaccinationInfluenzaSafety NetworkOlder adultsVaccineInfluenza and Up-to-Date COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, 2022–23 Influenza Season
Bell J, Meng L, Barbre K, Haanschoten E, Reses H, Soe M, Edwards J, Massey J, Reddy G, Woods A, Stuckey M, Kuhar D, Bolden K, Dubendris H, Wong E, Rowe T, Lindley M, Kalayil E, Benin A. Influenza and Up-to-Date COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — National Healthcare Safety Network, United States, 2022–23 Influenza Season. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2023, 72: 1237-1243. PMID: 37943704, PMCID: PMC10651318, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7245a5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkCOVID-19 vaccination coverageHealth care personnelAcute care hospitalsVaccination coverageCOVID-19 vaccinationCare hospitalNursing homesInfluenza seasonCDC's National Healthcare Safety NetworkVaccine-preventable respiratory diseaseInfluenza vaccination coverageAnnual influenza vaccineHealth care facilitiesEvidence-based strategiesVaccine doseImmunization PracticesInfluenza vaccineRecommended vaccinesPrimary seriesRespiratory diseaseCare personnelCare facilitiesSafety NetworkVaccinationDeclines in Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel in Acute Care Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2017–2023
Lymon H, Meng L, Reses H, Barbre K, Dubendris H, Shafi S, Wiegand R, Reddy G, Woods A, Kuhar D, Stuckey M, Lindley M, Haas L, Qureshi I, Wong E, Benin A, Bell J. Declines in Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel in Acute Care Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, 2017–2023. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2023, 72: 1244-1247. PMID: 37943698, PMCID: PMC10651322, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7245a6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsNational Healthcare Safety NetworkHealth care personnelInfluenza vaccination coverageAcute care hospitalsVaccination coverageCare hospitalInfluenza vaccinationCare personnelCDC's National Healthcare Safety NetworkCOVID-19 pandemicInfluenza-related morbidityEvidence-based strategiesNHSN dataAnnual vaccinationPrepandemic periodVaccinationHospitalInfluenzaPandemicSafety NetworkMorbidityMortality