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Daniel C. Payne, PhD, MSPH


  • Member, Division of Infectious Diseases
  • Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

About

PhD: Doctor of Philosophy, International Health and Development, Tulane University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New Orleans, LA,

MSPH: Master of Science in Public Health, International Health and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Birmingham, AL,

BA: Bachelor of Arts, Emory University, Atlanta, GA,

Interests

Epidemiology; pediatric infectious disease research and surveillance; vaccine effectiveness, impact, and performance in real-world settings

Services and Specialties

Interests

Expanding research on vaccines; immune development; understanding the natural history of infectious diseases with birth cohorts and childhood infectious disease surveillance systems

Research Areas

Publications

Symptomatic and asymptomatic norovirus infections in early life; The PREVAIL Cohort, 2017-2020. Baker, JM; Cannon, JL; Mattison, CP; Browne, H; Nguyen, K; Burke, RM; Bartlett, E; Conrey, SC; Burrell, AR; Staat, MA; Morrow, AL; Parashar, UD; Vinjé, J; Mirza, SA; Payne, DC. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2026.

P-637. Underlying Medical Conditions in Children 8 to <20 Months of Age Hospitalized with Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Bratic, J; Stopczynski, T; Sahni, LC; Piedra, PA; Stewart, LS; Michaels, MG; Williams, J; Selvarangan, R; Schuster, JE; Payne, DC; Toepfer, A; Moline, HL; Halasa, NB; Boom, JA. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2026; 13(Supplement_1):ofaf695.850.

561. Reduction of RSV-associated hospitalization rates during the 2024-2025 RSV Season among infants <6 months of age. Tannis, A; Goldstein, L; Weinberg, GA; Staat, MA; Payne, DC; Halasa, NB; Sahni, LC; Boom, JA; Szilagyi, PG; Englund, JA; Schuster, JE; Selvarangan, R; Dawood, FS; Moline, HL. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2026; 13(Supplement_1):ofaf695.170.

P-532. The burden of HMPV-associated hospitalization among children aged <18 years, 2016-2024. Goldstein, L; Wang-Erickson, A; Tannis, A; Szilagyi, PG; Weinberg, GA; Staat, MA; Englund, JA; Klein, EJ; Boom, JA; Schuster, JE; Payne, DC; Dawood, FS; Moline, HL; Williams, J. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2026; 13(Supplement_1):ofaf695.747.

562. Maternal RSV Vaccine and Nirsevimab Effectiveness against Medically Attended RSV Disease in Infants, United States. Dawood, FS; Tannis, A; Goldstein, L; Halasa, NB; Boom, JA; Weinberg, GA; Staat, MA; Klein, EJ; Williams, J; Schuster, JE; Szilagyi, PG; Selvarangan, R; Englund, JA; Moline, HL. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2026; 13(Supplement_1):ofaf695.171.

102. Optimizing the Sensitivity of Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections in Longitudinal Studies Using the Combination of Weekly Sample Testing and Biannual Serology. Conrey, SC; Payne, DC; Leon, MPD; Epperson, M; Melissa, C; Allison, BR; Mattison, C; Baker, JM; Thornburg, NJ; Mcmorrow, ML; Staat, MA; Morrow, AL. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2026; 13(Supplement_1):ofaf695.037.

Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica serotype Infantis in the United States: infections and emergence of a multidrug-resistant strain during 1979-2022. Medalla, F; Shah, HJ; Sundararaman, P; Chen, J; Ellison, Z; Verlander, S; Buuck, S; Hanna, S; Hoelzl, R; Rissman, T; Tolar, B; Payne, DC; Hoekstra, RM; Francois Watkins, L. Infectious Diseases. 2026; 58(1):108-125.

Effectiveness and Impact of Maternal RSV Immunization and Nirsevimab on Medically Attended RSV in US Children. Moline, HL; Tannis, A; Goldstein, L; Englund, JA; Staat, MA; Boom, JA; Selvarangan, R; Michaels, MG; Weinberg, GA; Halasa, NB; Payne, DC; Klein, EJ; Szilagyi, PG; Dawood, FS. JAMA pediatrics. 2025.

Optimizing the sensitivity of detection of respiratory syncytial virus infections in longitudinal studies using the combination of weekly sample testing and biannual serology. Conrey, SC; Payne, DC; Leon, MD; Epperson, M; Coughlin, MM; Burrell, AR; Mattison, CP; Burke, RM; Baker, JM; Thornburg, NJ; Mcmorrow, ML; Staat, MA; Morrow, AL. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2025.

Genomic Analysis of Rotavirus G8P[8] Strains Detected in the United States Through Active Surveillance, 2016-2017. Casey-Moore, MC; Esona, MD; Mijatovic-Rustempasic, S; Jaimes, J; Gautam, R; Wikswo, ME; Williams, JV; Halasa, N; Chappell, JD; Payne, DC; Allen Staat, M; Weinberg, GA; Bowen, MD. Viruses. 2025; 17(9).