Work Groups

Get Involved with Our Current Work Groups:

Child Safety

Chairs: Andrew Kiragu, MD; Nadia Maccabee-Ryaboy, MD
MNAAP support: Jeff Bauer
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Immunizations

Chair: Dawn Martin, MD; Garrett Jones, MD
MNAAP support: Jeff Bauer
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Behavioral Health

Chair: Ria Bardhan, MD; Gretchen Karstens, MD
MNAAP support: Jeff Bauer
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Poverty/Disparities

Chairs: Rachel Tellez, MD; Valeria Cristiani, MD, FAAP
MNAAP support: Jeff Bauer
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Public Policy

Chair: Sue Berry, MD; Hannah Lichtsinn, MD
MNAAP support: Jeff Bauer

Membership and Communications

MNAAP support: Bethany Venable

Initiatives

Help Close the Immunization Gap in Minnesota

According to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), 2020-21 school immunization data showed a troubling drop in the percentage of kindergarten and seventh-grade students fully vaccinated. Coverage for kindergarten students dropped by 3 percentage points for MMR, Varicella, DTaP, and Polio, when comparing the 2019-20 kindergarten cohort to the 2020-21 cohort. Larger decreases in coverage […]

Advocacy

Parents Star as Superheroes in New Immunization PSA

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently released a new public service announcement portraying parents who get their children caught up on their vaccines as animated superheroes in the latest installment in the AAP’s Call Your Pediatrician campaign urging childhood immunizations. The PSA is available in English and Spanish. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s public sector vaccine […]