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Yvonne Maldonado
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Pediatrics - Infectious Diseases
- Member, Child Health Research Institute
- Professor, Health Research & Policy
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Pediatric Infectious Disease 730 Welch Rd 2nd Floor MC 5884 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 721-5805 Fax (650) 725-8040Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-5682Alternate Contact Nancy Wilkening Administrative Assistant Email Tel Work 650-498-6277Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Infectious Diseases, Pediatric
- Pediatric Infectious Disease
Administrative Appointments
- Medical Director, Infection Control, LPCH (2006 - present)
Professional Education
| Residency: | John Hopkins Hospital MD (1984) |
| Internship: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (1982) |
| Fellowship: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention GA (1988) |
| Board Certification: | General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1986) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
The research I have conducted has been focused on epidemiologic aspects of viral vaccine development and prevention of perinatal HIV transmission. A major project has been to identify the molecular epidemiology of factors affecting the immunogenicity of oral polio vaccine (OPV) among children living in developing areas of the world, where OPV immunogenicity is poor. We have identified several factors which affect the poor immunogenicity of OPV and will conduct clinical studies to attempt to improve immunogenicity. We are now working on ways to understand the transmission and circulation of polio vaccine derived viruses, which may cause polio, and how to use this information in global eradication of polio. I also work on perinatal HIV infection, including strategies to prevent breastfeeding transmission in developing settings as well as understanding how to maximize prevention strategies among pregnant women in developed countries.
A second recent project has been to define the ontogeny of the immune response to measles vaccine among young infants. The purpose is to identify specific humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to measles vaccine which affect vaccine immunogenicity and induce the immunosuppressive effects associated with measles vaccination.
A final project I have conducted since 1989 involves a long term natural history study of infants with perinatal HIV exposure and infection. This computer-based study involves following all HIV-exposed and infected infants living in the Northern California and defining factors associated with progression of HIV-related disease.
Publications
- Communicating about vaccines and vaccine safety: what are medical residents learning and what do they want to learn? J Public Health Manag Pract. 2013 Jan-Feb; (1): 40-6
- Cultural Adaptation of a Survey to Assess Medical Providers' Knowledge of and Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS in Albania. PLoS One. 2013; (3): e59816
- Reproductive Health and Family Planning Needs Among HIV-Infected Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Curr HIV Res. 2013; (2): 160-8
- Hematologic and immunologic parameters in Zimbabwean infants: a case for using local reference intervals to monitor toxicities in clinical trials. J Trop Pediatr. 2012; (1): 59-62
- Immunologic response to oral polio vaccine in human immunodeficiency virus-infected and uninfected Zimbabwean children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012; (2): 176-80
- Intradermal fractional dose inactivated polio vaccine: a review of the literature. Vaccine. 2012; (2): 121-5
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