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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

The Humoral Immune Profiles of Infants Before and After Severe Primary RSV/A and RSV/B Infection. Avadhanula, V; Sahni, LC; Ferlic Stark, L; Michaels, MG; Williams, JV; Klein, EJ; Englund, JA; Payne, DC; Staat, MA; Schlaudecker, EP; Moline, H; Thornburg, N; Boom, JA; Piedra, PA. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2026.

Symptoms Associated With Respiratory Pathogens in Young Children: 2019-2025. Payne, DC; Xu, H; Burrell, AR; Rohlfs, C; Spranger, S; Einav, T; Staat, MA. Pediatrics. 2026; 158(2).

Maternal influenza vaccination boosts durable breast milk antibody-mediated protection in infants. Wessel, RE; Tong, X; Bhattacharya, A; Burrell, AR; Spranger, S; Morrow, AL; Payne, DC; Ackerman, ME; Alter, G; Staat, MA; Lauffenburger, DA. npj Vaccines. 2026.

The New Vaccine Surveillance Network: 25 years of active, population-based surveillance for pediatric infectious diseases in the United States. Payne, DC; Weinberg, GA; Halasa, NB; Englund, JA; Boom, JA; Selvarangan, R; Michaels, MG; Williams, JV; Sahni, LC; Klein, EJ; Dawood, FS; Parashar, UD; Staat, MA; Szilagyi, PG. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2026.

Acute Flaccid Myelitis Surveillance - United States, January 2020-December 2025. Lopez, AS; English, R; Rogers, SL; Emery, B; Goldstein, LA; Midgley, CM; Moline, HL; Ng, TFF. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2026; 75(26):329-336.

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; 82(6):e1365-e1374.

Expert Recommendations to Strengthen Chikungunya Outbreak Surveillance and Reporting for Traveler Health Protection. Payne, DC; Bagamian, KH; Goad, J; Grubaugh, ND; Johansson, MA; Kraemer, MUG; Leshem, E; Norman, FF; Rodríguez-Morales, AJ; Salje, H; Laytner, LA; Sturgis, R; Scheele, SK; Hamer, DH. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2026; 115(1):121-129.

Rotavirus Vaccine Coverage and Potential Barriers Among US Children Born From 2007 to 2024. Moran, MC; Wikswo, ME; Sahni, LC; Boom, JA; Selvarangan, R; Harrison, CJ; Schuster, JE; Payne, DC; Staat, MA; Halasa, N; Williams, JV; Parashar, UD; Mirza, SA; Tate, JE. Pediatrics. 2026; 158(1).

Individual-level Factors Associated With Acute Hospitalization After Medically Attended Acute Gastroenteritis and Norovirus Gastroenteritis in the United States, 2022-2024. Shen, J; Kim, C; Bush, C; Wu, W-H; Bridges, C; Olmsted, AE; Baker, JM; Patterson, BJ; Lopman, BA; Payne, DC; Anderson, EJ; Carlson, KB. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2026; 13(7):ofag449.

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. 2026; 195(6):1605-1614.

From the Blog

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