Donald Joseph Brooks
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Donald Brooks is a doctoral student in the Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health, where his research focuses on modeling emerging viral disease transmission to inform the strategic use of medical countermeasures for outbreak control.
Prior to Yale, he served at the World Health Organization as a Public Health Officer in the Health Emergencies Programme Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Unit, where he coordinated the global COVID-19 programme and led the development of the Strategic Plan for Coronavirus Disease Threat Management. While at WHO, he also worked extensively on emergency immunization, leading COVID-19 vaccination data and analytics, spearheading global efforts on chikungunya vaccination, and guiding preparedness for mpox vaccination. Earlier, Donald was based in Burkina Faso investigating water quality and water-borne illness in developing cities as a Fulbright Scholar. Donald further worked with Dalberg Advisors in Senegal as a public health strategy manager advising Ministries of Health in West Africa on health emergency preparedness.
Last Updated on December 07, 2025.
Education & Training
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- Harvard University, Molecular and Cellular Biology (2017)
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Public Health Interests
Emerging Infectious Diseases; Global Health; Modeling; Vaccines
ORCID
0009-0008-5914-3686
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Featured Publications
Developing National Information Systems to Monitor COVID-19 Vaccination: A Global Observational Study
Brooks D, Kim C, Mboussou F, Danovaro-Holliday M. Developing National Information Systems to Monitor COVID-19 Vaccination: A Global Observational Study. JMIR Public Health And Surveillance 2024, 10: e62657. PMID: 39454019, PMCID: PMC11529800, DOI: 10.2196/62657.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricLearning from COVID-19, MERS and SARS to build sustainable coronavirus disease threat management
Brooks D, Açma A, Grant R, Subissi L, Gilbert J, Simniceanu A, Al Sayafi A, Schultz C, Zhang W, Von Dobschuetz S, Van Kerkhove M. Learning from COVID-19, MERS and SARS to build sustainable coronavirus disease threat management. Nature Health 2026, 1-2. DOI: 10.1038/s44360-026-00144-8.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersAltmetric
2026
Influenza vaccine recommendations and coverage (2018–2023): a foundation for pandemic preparedness and response
Meslé M, Jorgensen P, Barakat A, Herring B, Nogareda F, Contreras M, Velandia-Gonzalez M, Wijesinghe P, Doshi R, Ghiga I, Gibson R, Dumolard L, Brooks D, Akande O, Lambach P, Cozza V, Moen A, Tempia S, Goldin S. Influenza vaccine recommendations and coverage (2018–2023): a foundation for pandemic preparedness and response. Vaccine 2026, 78: 128391. PMID: 41814119, PMCID: PMC13058693, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2025
Global Status of Adult Immunization Post COVID-19 Pandemic
Vilajeliu A, Vega V, Gibson R, Nogareda F, Wang X, Brooks D, Wiysonge C, Cakmak O, Mere O, Marti M, Lambach P, Shendale S, Contreras M, Njambe E, Sparrow E, Hombach J, Lindstrand A. Global Status of Adult Immunization Post COVID-19 Pandemic. Vaccines 2025, 13: 401. PMID: 40333313, PMCID: PMC12031070, DOI: 10.3390/vaccines13040401.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2024
Seasonal influenza vaccination: A global review of national policies in 194 WHO member states in 2022
Goldin S, Brooks D, Jorgensen P, Wijesinghe P, Cho H, Attia R, Doshi R, Nogareda F, Herring B, Dumolard L, Gibson R, Chadwick C, Desai S, Vilajeliu A, Lindstrand A, Tempia S, Mott J, Hess S. Seasonal influenza vaccination: A global review of national policies in 194 WHO member states in 2022. Vaccine 2024, 42: 126274. PMID: 39299001, PMCID: PMC11672237, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.126274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricCOVID-19 Vaccination Coverage — World Health Organization African Region, 2021–2023
Doshi R, Nsasiirwe S, Dahlke M, Atagbaza A, Aluta O, Tatsinkou A, Dauda E, Vilajeliu A, Gurung S, Tusiime J, Braka F, Bwaka A, Wanyoike S, Brooks D, Blanc D, Alexander J, Dahl B, Lindstrand A, Wiysonge C. COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage — World Health Organization African Region, 2021–2023. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2024, 73: 307-311. PMID: 38602879, PMCID: PMC11008790, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7314a3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricRapid assessment of data systems for COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO African Region
Mboussou F, Nkamedjie P, Oyaole D, Farham B, Atagbaza A, Nsasiirwe S, Costache A, Brooks D, Wiysonge C, Impouma B. Rapid assessment of data systems for COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO African Region. Epidemiology And Infection 2024, 152: e50. PMID: 38497495, PMCID: PMC11022257, DOI: 10.1017/s0950268824000451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2023
COVID-19 Mortality and Progress Toward Vaccinating Older Adults — World Health Organization, Worldwide, 2020–2022
Wong M, Brooks D, Ikejezie J, Gacic-Dobo M, Dumolard L, Nedelec Y, Steulet C, Kassamali Z, Acma A, Ajong B, Adele S, Allan M, Cohen H, Awofisayo-Okuyelu A, Campbell F, Cristea V, De Barros S, Edward N, Waeber A, Guinko T, Laurenson-Schafer H, Mahran M, Carrera R, Mesfin S, Meyer E, Miglietta A, Mirembe B, Mitri M, Nezu I, Ngai S, Ejoh O, Parikh S, Peron E, Sklenovská N, Stoitsova S, Shimizu K, Togami E, Jin Y, Pavlin B, Novak R, Le Polain O, Fuller J, Mahamud A, Lindstrand A, Hersh B, O’Brien K, Van Kerkhove M. COVID-19 Mortality and Progress Toward Vaccinating Older Adults — World Health Organization, Worldwide, 2020–2022. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2023, 72: 113-118. PMID: 36730046, PMCID: PMC9927068, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7205a1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
2017
Organism-Level Analysis of Vaccination Reveals Networks of Protection across Tissues
Kadoki M, Patil A, Thaiss C, Brooks D, Pandey S, Deep D, Alvarez D, von Andrian U, Wagers A, Nakai K, Mikkelsen T, Soumillon M, Chevrier N. Organism-Level Analysis of Vaccination Reveals Networks of Protection across Tissues. Cell 2017, 171: 398-413.e21. PMID: 28942919, PMCID: PMC7895295, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.08.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetric
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