William Moss | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (original) (raw)

Departmental Affiliations

Primary

Division

Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Joint

Division

Global Disease Epidemiology and Control

Center & Institute Affiliations

Experiences & Accomplishments

Education

MPH

Columbia University

1995

MD

Columbia University

1984

Overview

William Moss is a Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology, International Health and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Executive Director of the International Vaccine Access Center, and a Deputy Director at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. He is a pediatrician with subspecialty training in infectious diseases, and has worked in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and India among other countries. His broad research interests are the epidemiology and control of childhood infections in resource-poor countries. The specific focus of his current research is in understanding the impact of the HIV epidemic on measles control and eradication, the epidemiology and control of malaria in southern Africa, the use of serosurveillance to guide immunization programs, and the care and treatment of HIV-infected children in rural Zambia.

Honors & Awards

1999-2001 Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics Young Investigator Award in Vaccine Development presented by the Infectious Disease Society of America
2001 The Gustave J. Martin Innovative Research Fund Fellow, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health Faculty Innovation Fund
2007-2008 Advising, Mentoring and Teaching Recognition Award. Student Assembly Honors & Awards Committee. Bloomberg School of Public Health

Select Publications

Publications of greatest interest

• Click for list of all Moss WJ citations in PubMed
• Bobat R, Coovadia H, Stephen C, Naidoo KL, McKerrow N, Black RE, Moss WJ. Safety and efficacy of zinc supplementation in HIV-infected children: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2005;366:1862-7.
• Moss WJ, Scott S, Mugala N, Ndhlovu Z, Beeler J, Audet S, Ngala M, Mwangala S, Nkonga-Mwangilwa C, Ryon JR, Monze M, Kasolo F, Quinn TC, Cousens S, Griffin DE, Cutts FT. Immunogenicity of standard-titre measles vaccine in HIV-1-infected and uninfected Zambian children: an observational study. J Infect Dis 2007;196;347-55.
• Lowther SA, Curriero FC, Kalish B, Shields TM, Monze M, Moss WJ. Population immunity to measles virus and the effect of HIV-1 infection after a mass measles vaccination campaign in Lusaka, Zambia: a cross-sectional survey. Lancet 2009;373:1025-32.
• Rainwater-Lovett K, Nkamba H, Mubiana-Mbewe M, Bolton-Moore C, Moss WJ. Changes in measles serostatus among HIV-infected Zambian children initiating antiretroviral therapy before and after the 2010 measles outbreak: a prospective cohort study. J Infect Dis 2013; 208:1747-55. PMCID: PMC3814842

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