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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

Rotavirus-Specific IgA and IgG Patterns During the First 2 Years of Life in the PREVAIL Birth Cohort. Baker, JM; Mijatovic-Rustempasic, S; Casey-Moore, MC; White, B; Mattison, CP; Burke, RM; Conrey, SC; Morrow, AL; Payne, DC; Gautam, R; Parashar, UD; Tate, JE; Staat, MA; Mcneal, MM. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2026; 234(2):e290-e301.

Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Nirsevimab Receipt Among Children Aged Younger Than 20 Months in the New Vaccine Surveillance Network in 2023 to 2025. Teoh, Z; Tannis, A; Sullivan, E; Boom, JA; Halasa, N; Michaels, MG; Payne, DC; Sahni, LC; Schuster, J; Selvarangan, R; Klein, EJ; Moline, H; Englund, JA; Zerr, DM. Hospital pediatrics. 2026.

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).

Multi-omic Signatures of Baseline Immunity Shape Antiviral Responses in Adults and Infants 2327944. Fang, Z; Feng, Y; Burrell, A; Spranger, S; Payne, D; White, B; Lv, H; Bloom, N; Wang, Y; Chen, Z; Wu, N; Rouphael, N; Staat, M; Pulendran, B. Journal of Immunology. 2026; 215(Supplement_1):vkag141.1760.

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.

From the Blog

How Respiratory Virus Symptoms Vary in Children
Infectious Diseases and Vaccines

How Respiratory Virus Symptoms Vary in Children

Daniel C. Payne, PhD, MSPH8/3/2026