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David Kimberlin, M.D.
Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Areas of expertise:
- Vaccinations: safe, effective and life saving; schedule for school age kids
- Measles, mumps and rubella
- Cold and flu in children
- Infectious disease outbreaks, such as Zika
- Antiviral treatments
- Whooping cough
- Congenital CMV and neonatal herpes infections
Kimberlin has significant expertise in the study of antiviral treatments for congenital viral infections with central nervous system involvement, including neonatal herpes simplex virus infections and congenital cytomegalovirus disease.
An advocate for vaccinations, Kimberlin considers vaccines to be safe, effective and life saving for children. Kimberlin provides medical perspective to parents who question the risks of vaccinations, along with expertise in disease outbreaks.
Kimberlin recently was honored by Ronald McDonald House Charities for the treatment, control and eradication of infectious diseases affecting children. He served as the editor of the 2015 and 2018 editions of the AAP Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases — known as the Red Book — and as the associate editor for the 2009 and 2012 editions, which details the Academy’s policies on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of pediatric infectious diseases.
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Media coverage:
- In the race for a vaccine, children may be the last to be vaccinated, ABC News
- US kids, parents perform DIY tests for coronavirus science, The Washinton Post
- COVID-19 measures could disrupt rare polio-like disease, Daily Mail
- 'Parents are understandably scared': Boy recovers from rare syndrome MIS-C linked to COVID-19, USA Today
- When preparing your child’s back-to-school needs list, don’t forget to include vaccines, MSN
- ACIP reinstates FluMist for 2018-2019 flu season, MedPage Today
- Coronavirus and children, C-Span
- Precautions can help guard against summer pests, like ticks, Tuscaloosa News