Daniel A. Salmon, PhD, Director
Daniel A. Salmon, PhD, Director of the Institute for Vaccine Safety, has training, research and practice interests in epidemiology and health policy. He has focused on post-licensure vaccine safety and the factors associated with parental decisions to vaccinate or not vaccinate their children. Dr. Salmon served as the Director of Vaccine Safety at the National […]
Janesse Brewer, MPA, Director of Stakeholder and Community Engagement
Janesse Brewer, MPA, IVS Director of Stakeholder and Community Engagement is an Associate in the Department of International Health. Janesse works primarily in the areas of environment, public health, art, and education. She specializes in mediations and community engagement where science, data, cultural norms, trust, and values intersect. Janesse is a senior practitioner with more […]
Kawsar R. Talaat, MD, Director of Clinical Research
Kawsar R. Talaat, MD, IVS Director of Clinical Research, is a physician who is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases. She has extensive experience in the design and conduct of Phase 1 and 2 clinical vaccine trials for new vaccines, and in the conduct of challenge studies. She has served as the […]
Matthew Z. Dudley, PhD, MSPH, Director of Epidemiology
Matthew Z. Dudley, PhD, MSPH, IVS Director of Epidemiology, is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Dudley has primarily published in the areas of vaccine safety, vaccine hesitancy, and vaccine communication, and he aims to use his research to improve science […]
Michelle Goryn, MA, IVS Senior Project Coordinator,
Michelle Goryn, MA, Senior Project Coordinator provides programmatic support for a variety of projects for IVS. She has more than 20 years of experience managing complex projects from concept to implementation and building and maintaining stakeholder engagement among a diverse set of stakeholders from government, academia, nonprofits, and the private sector. Most recently, her work […]
Neal A. Halsey, MD, Director Emeritus
Neal A. Halsey, MD, Director Emeritus of IVS, is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and in the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine. Dr. Halsey served in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) in […]
Peter Z Orton, PhD, Director of Media Design
Peter Z Orton, PhD, is IVS Director of Media Design. For IVS, Dr. Orton’s focus is the effective transfer of health information for knowledge, attitude and behavioral outcomes. He has published in the areas of media design, purposeful narrative, diffusion of innovations, and social cognitive theory/behavioral modeling. His experience as researcher, instructional designer and professional […]
Tina Proveaux, Coordinator
Tina Proveaux is the Coordinator for the Institute for Vaccine Safety and a Communications Specialist in the Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has been been a part of the IVS team since 1997 and coordinates the website, grants and projects. She is published on the topics of […]