MD: University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1973.

Residency and Chief Residency: Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.

Fellowship, Infectious Diseases: University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.

Certification: New York State Medical License, 1976; Pediatrics, 1978; Tamil Nadu Medical Council (India), 1980; Michigan Medical License, 1985; Maryland Medical License, 1986; Ohio Medical License, 2010; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 1988.

Omer SB, Goodman D, Steinhoff MC, et al. Maternal influenza immunization and reduced likelihood of prematurity and small for gestational age births: a retrospective cohort study. PLoS Med. 2011;8:e1000441.

McNeil SA, Dodds LA, Fell DB, et al. Effect of respiratory hospitalization during pregnancy on infant outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:S54-7.

Steinhoff MC. Influenza in young children: burden, immunisation, and policy. Lancet Infect Dis. 2011 Jan;11(1):2-3.

Schlaudecker EP, Steinhoff MC. Helping mothers prevent influenza illness in their infants. Pediatrics. 2010 Nov;126(5):1008-11.

Tamma PD, Steinhoff MC, Omer SB. Influenza infection and vaccination in pregnant women. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2010 Jun;4(3):321-8.

 Steinhoff MC, Omer SB, Roy E, Arifeen SE, Raqib R, Altaye M, Breiman RF, M B B S KZ. Influenza immunization in pregnancy--antibody responses in mothers and infants. N Engl J Med. 2010 Apr 29;362(17):1644-6.

Tamma PD, Ault KA, del Rio C, Steinhoff MC, Halsey NA, Omer SB. Safety of influenza vaccination during pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Dec;201(6):547-52.

Verghese VP, Friberg IK, Cherian T, Raghupathy P, Balaji V, Lalitha MK, Thomas K, John TJ, Steinhoff MC. Community effect of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination in India. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Aug;28(8):738-40.

Minz S, Balraj V, Lalitha MK, Murali N, Cherian T, Manoharan G, Kadirvan S, Joseph A, Steinhoff MC. Incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in India. Indian J Med Res. 2008 Jul;128(1):57-64.

Zaman K, Roy E, Arifeen SE, Rahman M, Raqib R, Wilson E, Omer SB, Shahid NS, Breiman RF, Steinhoff MC. Effectiveness of maternal influenza immunization in mothers and infants. N Engl J Med. 2008 Oct 9;359(15):1555-64.

MD: University of California, San Diego, 1973

Residency: Pediatrics, Kaiser Hospital, San Fransisco CA; Infectious Disease, University of California, San Fransisco CA

Certification: Pediatrics, 1980; Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 1995

Black S, Ray P, Shinefield H, Saddier P, Nikas A. Lack of Association of Age of Vaccination and Risk of Breakthrough Varicella within Northern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program. J Infect Dis. 2008 Mar1;197 Suppl 2:S139-42. 

Klein NP, Fireman B, Enright A, Ray P, Black S, Dekker C. A role for genetics in the immune response to varicella vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007April; 26(4):300-5.

Bernstein HH, Eves K, Campbell K, Black SB, Twiggs JD et al. Comparison of the safety and immunogenicity of a refrigerator-stable versus frozen formulation of ProQuad (measles, mumps, rubella and varicella live) vaccine. Pediatrics 2007 Jun;119(6):e1299-305.

Black S, France EK, Isaacman D, Bracken L, Lewis E, Hansen J, Fireman B, Austrian R et al. Surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease during 2000-2005 in a population of children who received 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Sept;26(9):771-7.

Seigrist CA, Lewis EM, Eskola J, Black SB. Human Papilloma Virus Immunization in Adolescents: A Cohort Study to Illustrate What Events Might be Mistaken for Adverse Events. Pediat Infect Dis J. 2007 Nov; 2(11): 979-984. 

International child health; neonatology; perinatal epidemiology; perinatal and pediatric vitamin D and calcium metabolism

MBBS: University of Ibadan Medical School, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1968.

DTCH: University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, 1973.

Fellowship: Neonatology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1977.

Dawodu A, Nath R. High prevalence of moderately severe vitamin D deficiency in preterm infants. Pediatr Int. 2011 Apr;53(2):207-10.

Dawodu A, Bener A, Koutouby GA, Varady E, Abdulrazzaq Y. Size at birth in a rapidly developing economy: intrauterine growth pattern of UAE infants. Ann Hum Biol. 2008 Nov-Dec;35(6):615-23.

Dawodu A, Wagner CL. Mother-child vitamin D deficiency: an international perspective. Arch Dis Child. 2007 Sep;92(9):737-40. 

Dawodu A, Varady E, Nath KN, Rajan TV. Neonatal outcome in the United Arab Emirates: the effect of changes in resources and practices. East Mediterr Health J. 2005 Jul;11(4):673-9.

Dawodu A, Al Gazali L, Varady E, Verghese M, Nath K, Rajan V. Genetic contribution to high neonatally lethal malformation in the United Arab Emirates. Community Genet. 2005;8:31-34.

Dawodu A, Agarwal M, Sankarankutty M, Hardy D, Kochiyl J, Badrinath P. Higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in mothers of rachitic than nonrachitic children. J Pediatr. 2005;147:109-11.

Morrow AL, Dawodu A. Influencing birth outcomes in Nepal. Lancet. 2004 Sep 11-17;364(9438):914-5.

Gururaj AL, Sztriha L, Bener A, Dawodu A, Eapen V. Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy. Seizure. 2003;12:110-114.

Al-Gazali LI, Bakir M, Hamid Z; Varady E, Verghese M, Haas D, Bener A, Padmanabhan R, Abdulrazzaq YM, Dawodu A. Birth prevalence and pattern of osteochondrodysplasias in an inbred high-risk population. Birth Defects Research (Part A). 2003;67:125-132.