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Susan E. Coffin, MD, MPH
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Education:
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29 Williams College, 1983.
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42 University of Vermont College of Medicine, 1987.
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4a Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1991.
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42 University of Vermont College of Medicine, 1987.
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4a Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 1991.
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514 Erkison Ewomazino Odih, Jabir A Abdulahi, Anne V Amulele, Matthew Bates, Eva Heinz, Weiming Hu, Kajal Jain, Rindidzani Magobo, Courtney P Olwagen, John M Tembo, Tolbert Sonda, Jonathan Strysko, Caroline C Tigoi, Kyle Bittinger, Jennifer Cornick, Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Wilson Gumbi, Steven M Jones, Chileshe L Musyani, Carolyn M McGann, Ahmed M Moustafa, Patrick Musicha, James CL Mwansa, Moreka L Ndumba, Thomas D Stanton, Donwilliams O Omuoyo, Oliver Pearse, Laura T Phillips, Paul J Planet, Charlene MC Rodrigues, Fatou Secka, Kirsty Sands, Erin Theiller, Allan M Zuza, Sulagna Basu, Grace J Chan, Kenneth C Iregbu, Jean-Baptiste Mazarati, Semaria Solomon Alemayehu, Timothy R Walsh, Rabaab Zahra, Angela Dramowski, Sombo Fwoloshi, Appiah-Korang Labi, Lola Madrid, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, David Ojok, Boaz D Wadugu, Andrew C Whitelaw, Anudita Bhargava, Atul Jindal, Ramesh K Agarwal, Alexander M Aiken, James A Berkley, Susan E Coffin, Nicholas A Feasey, Nelesh P Govender, Davidson H Hamer, Shabir A Madhi, M Jeeva Sankar, Kelly L Wyres, Kathryn E Holt: Contribution of nosocomial transmission to Klebsiella pneumoniae neonatal sepsis in Africa and South Asia: a meta-analysis of infection clusters inferred from pathogen genomics and temporal data 2 d2 Short Title: Transmission of Klebsiella pneumoniae causing invasive disease in neonatal units. PLOS Medicine Page: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.15.25340095, 2026 Notes: In Press.
1b3 Elizabeth Kuhn; Karina Melkonyan; Devlin Eckardt; Bryn Carroll; Susan E. Coffin; Fred Henretig; Sally Poliwoda; Brian Barth; Sophia Collins; Sage R. Myers;: Taking a shot at inequities in emergency response: COVID-19 pandemic spurs ongoing healthcare and community partnership to promote equity for children facing disaster. Journal of Emergency Management 2025.
177 Gatonye, T.W., Machiya, T., John-Thubuka, J., Mkubwa, J., Ntereke, T.D., Zankere, T., Lechiile, K., Tembo, C.V., Gopolang, B., Zwinila, K. and Tiroyakgosi, C.: First report of infections due to Candidozyma (formerly Candida) auris in Botswana, 2022–2024. Microbiology Spectrum Page: e02042-25, 2025.
151 Johnson, J., Malwade, S., Agarkhedkar, S., Randive, B., Rajput, U.C., Valvi, C., Kinikar, A., Parikh, T.B., Vaidya, U., Kadam, A. and Ouddi, B.: Risk Factors for Health Care–Associated Bloodstream Infections in NICUs. JAMA Network Open 8: e251821-e251821, 2025.
d1 Lisa Saiman; Susan E Coffin; Larry K Kociolek; Danielle M Zerr; Aaron M Milstone; Margaret L Aldrich; Celibell Y Vargas; Morgan A Zalot; Megan E Reyna; Amanda Adler; 81 Danielle Koontz; Emily R Egbert; Jassour Alrikaby; Luis Alba; Sonia Gollerkeri; Madelyn Ruggieri; Lyn Finelli; Yoonyoung Choi; 123 : Outcomes associated with Healthcare-associated Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children’s Hospitals. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Page: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piae099, October 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piae099.
142 Orapeleng, T.T., Coffin, S.E., Bayani, O. and Nakstad, B.: Mental stress in mothers of newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care: A cross-sectional, quantitative survey in a tertiary referral hospital in Botswana. J African Neonatol 2, May 2024.
1c1 Simon, TD, Rezvan, PH, Coffin, SE, Hall, M, Hauptman, JM, Kronman, MP, Mangano, FT, Podkovik, S, Pollack, IF, Schaffzin, JK, Thorell, E, Warf, BD, Zhou, C, Whitlock, KB: Infection rates during eras of intrathecal antibiotic use followed by antibiotic-impregnated catheter use in prevention of cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics May 2024.
1c0 Podkovik, S., Zhou, C., Coffin, S.E., Hall, M., Hauptman, J.S., Kronman, M.P., Mangano, F.T., Pollack, I.F., Sedano, S., Vega, J. and Schaffzin, J.K., : Antibiotic impregnated catheters and intrathecal antibiotics for CSF shunt infection prevention in children undergoing low-risk CSF shunt surgery. BMC Pediatrics 24: 325, May 2024 Notes: doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-04798-9.
2c8 Justin Z. Amarin, Daniel E. Dulek, Joshua Simmons, Haya Hayek, James D. Chappell,Cindy Hager Nochowicz, Carrie L. Kitko, Jennifer E. Schuster, Flor M. Mu˜noz,Claire E. Bocchini,Elizabeth A. Moulton, Susan E. Coffin, Jason L. Freedman, Monica I. Ardura, Rachel L. Wattier, Gabriela Maron, Michael Grimley, Grant Paulsen, Lara Danziger-Isakov, Paul A. Carpenter, Janet A. Englund, Natasha B. Halasa, Andrew J. Spieker, and Spyros A. Kalams, for the Pediatric HCT Flu Study Group: Cellular Immunophenotypic Predictors of Influenza Vaccine Immunogenicity in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Blood Advances 8(8), April 2024.
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1eb Rachel Lee Him, MSca ∙ Davneet Sihota, MSca ∙ Leila Harrison, MSca ∙ Angela Dramowski, PhDb ∙ Susan E Coffin, MPHc ∙ Davidson H Hamer, MDd,e,f ∙ Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhDa: Strategies to reduce antimicrobial resistance in newborns in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Global Health 14(4): e524-e538, April 2026 Notes: DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(25)00533-9514 Erkison Ewomazino Odih, Jabir A Abdulahi, Anne V Amulele, Matthew Bates, Eva Heinz, Weiming Hu, Kajal Jain, Rindidzani Magobo, Courtney P Olwagen, John M Tembo, Tolbert Sonda, Jonathan Strysko, Caroline C Tigoi, Kyle Bittinger, Jennifer Cornick, Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Wilson Gumbi, Steven M Jones, Chileshe L Musyani, Carolyn M McGann, Ahmed M Moustafa, Patrick Musicha, James CL Mwansa, Moreka L Ndumba, Thomas D Stanton, Donwilliams O Omuoyo, Oliver Pearse, Laura T Phillips, Paul J Planet, Charlene MC Rodrigues, Fatou Secka, Kirsty Sands, Erin Theiller, Allan M Zuza, Sulagna Basu, Grace J Chan, Kenneth C Iregbu, Jean-Baptiste Mazarati, Semaria Solomon Alemayehu, Timothy R Walsh, Rabaab Zahra, Angela Dramowski, Sombo Fwoloshi, Appiah-Korang Labi, Lola Madrid, Noah Obeng-Nkrumah, David Ojok, Boaz D Wadugu, Andrew C Whitelaw, Anudita Bhargava, Atul Jindal, Ramesh K Agarwal, Alexander M Aiken, James A Berkley, Susan E Coffin, Nicholas A Feasey, Nelesh P Govender, Davidson H Hamer, Shabir A Madhi, M Jeeva Sankar, Kelly L Wyres, Kathryn E Holt: Contribution of nosocomial transmission to Klebsiella pneumoniae neonatal sepsis in Africa and South Asia: a meta-analysis of infection clusters inferred from pathogen genomics and temporal data 2 d2 Short Title: Transmission of Klebsiella pneumoniae causing invasive disease in neonatal units. PLOS Medicine Page: doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.15.25340095, 2026 Notes: In Press.
1b3 Elizabeth Kuhn; Karina Melkonyan; Devlin Eckardt; Bryn Carroll; Susan E. Coffin; Fred Henretig; Sally Poliwoda; Brian Barth; Sophia Collins; Sage R. Myers;: Taking a shot at inequities in emergency response: COVID-19 pandemic spurs ongoing healthcare and community partnership to promote equity for children facing disaster. Journal of Emergency Management 2025.
177 Gatonye, T.W., Machiya, T., John-Thubuka, J., Mkubwa, J., Ntereke, T.D., Zankere, T., Lechiile, K., Tembo, C.V., Gopolang, B., Zwinila, K. and Tiroyakgosi, C.: First report of infections due to Candidozyma (formerly Candida) auris in Botswana, 2022–2024. Microbiology Spectrum Page: e02042-25, 2025.
151 Johnson, J., Malwade, S., Agarkhedkar, S., Randive, B., Rajput, U.C., Valvi, C., Kinikar, A., Parikh, T.B., Vaidya, U., Kadam, A. and Ouddi, B.: Risk Factors for Health Care–Associated Bloodstream Infections in NICUs. JAMA Network Open 8: e251821-e251821, 2025.
d1 Lisa Saiman; Susan E Coffin; Larry K Kociolek; Danielle M Zerr; Aaron M Milstone; Margaret L Aldrich; Celibell Y Vargas; Morgan A Zalot; Megan E Reyna; Amanda Adler; 81 Danielle Koontz; Emily R Egbert; Jassour Alrikaby; Luis Alba; Sonia Gollerkeri; Madelyn Ruggieri; Lyn Finelli; Yoonyoung Choi; 123 : Outcomes associated with Healthcare-associated Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Children’s Hospitals. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Page: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piae099, October 2024 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piae099.
142 Orapeleng, T.T., Coffin, S.E., Bayani, O. and Nakstad, B.: Mental stress in mothers of newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care: A cross-sectional, quantitative survey in a tertiary referral hospital in Botswana. J African Neonatol 2, May 2024.
1c1 Simon, TD, Rezvan, PH, Coffin, SE, Hall, M, Hauptman, JM, Kronman, MP, Mangano, FT, Podkovik, S, Pollack, IF, Schaffzin, JK, Thorell, E, Warf, BD, Zhou, C, Whitlock, KB: Infection rates during eras of intrathecal antibiotic use followed by antibiotic-impregnated catheter use in prevention of cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics May 2024.
1c0 Podkovik, S., Zhou, C., Coffin, S.E., Hall, M., Hauptman, J.S., Kronman, M.P., Mangano, F.T., Pollack, I.F., Sedano, S., Vega, J. and Schaffzin, J.K., : Antibiotic impregnated catheters and intrathecal antibiotics for CSF shunt infection prevention in children undergoing low-risk CSF shunt surgery. BMC Pediatrics 24: 325, May 2024 Notes: doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-04798-9.
2c8 Justin Z. Amarin, Daniel E. Dulek, Joshua Simmons, Haya Hayek, James D. Chappell,Cindy Hager Nochowicz, Carrie L. Kitko, Jennifer E. Schuster, Flor M. Mu˜noz,Claire E. Bocchini,Elizabeth A. Moulton, Susan E. Coffin, Jason L. Freedman, Monica I. Ardura, Rachel L. Wattier, Gabriela Maron, Michael Grimley, Grant Paulsen, Lara Danziger-Isakov, Paul A. Carpenter, Janet A. Englund, Natasha B. Halasa, Andrew J. Spieker, and Spyros A. Kalams, for the Pediatric HCT Flu Study Group: Cellular Immunophenotypic Predictors of Influenza Vaccine Immunogenicity in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Blood Advances 8(8), April 2024.
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