Halasa Lab

Our lab conducts ARI and AGE surveillance, studies vaccine responses in immunocompromised hosts, and collaborates nationally and internationally. VUMC.

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

@NATBASH15

[NEJM @NEJM]

New editorial by Sonja A. Rasmussen, M.D., and Denise J. Jamieson, M.D., M.P.H.: Covid-19 Vaccination during Pregnancy — Two for the Price of One. https://t.co/PiYOM4EEX0

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

Two for the price of one.....@NATBASH15

[NEJM @NEJM]

Maternal vaccination with two doses of mRNA vaccine was associated with a reduced risk of hospitalization for #COVID19, including critical illness, among infants younger than 6 mos of age. #IDTwitter https://t.co/7E5xLGLx0d

[NEJM @NEJM]

Maternal vaccination with two doses of mRNA vaccine was associated with a reduced risk of hospitalization for #COVID19, including critical illness, among infants younger than 6 mos of age. #IDTwitter https://t.co/7E5xLGLx0d

[NEJM @NEJM]

New editorial by Sonja A. Rasmussen, M.D., and Denise J. Jamieson, M.D., M.P.H.: Covid-19 Vaccination during Pregnancy — Two for the Price of One. https://t.co/PiYOM4EEX0

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

Our lab is excited!!! Thank you! @DollyParton

[NATASHA HALASA @NATBASH15]

Dolly Parton donates $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center https://t.co/DkrWdKNyPc via @vumchealth

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU @DollyParton

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

Excited for our post-doc Ahmad!!!

[Ahmad Yanis @ahmadyanis3]

Beyond excited about matching at my dream program @VUMCMedicineRes @DrJohnMcP!!! So happy and thrilled to be joining such an incredible team and staying in Nashville with @SarahAlHussein4!! Very grateful to my family, friends, and mentors @NATBASH15!

[NATASHA HALASA @NATBASH15]

Proud of my mentee Rana who matched in IM at Rochester! Well deserved!

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

https://t.co/kyedt5qWy2

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

@zhaddadin8 @SurgeryEinstein Proud of my mentee @zhaddadin8 for landing a PGY-2 spot @SurgeryEinstein -- So well deserved!!!!! He is one of the hardest-working people I know! I am excited about his future!

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

Another exciting paper from Overcoming Covid-!9 Network

[CDC @CDCgov]

New @CDCMMWR provides evidence that #COVID19 vaccination during pregnancy might help protect babies younger than 6 months old from hospitalization due to COVID-19. If you are pregnant or trying to get pregnant, get vaccinated against COVID-19. More: https://t.co/thUjGO5rV0.

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

So fun to be co-first author with a former VUMC Peds ID fellow - Dr. Jennifer Schuster

[Emily Levy MD FAAP @EmilyLevyMD]

Proud to have contributed to this one! Thanks for the excellent leadership @NATBASH15 and Jennifer Schuster 🦠🩺🧬

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

Proud of our lab to help contribute to this very important paper! Please vaccinate children and protect them from severe disease! Read the editorial, too
https://t.co/I923z7htGi

[NEJM @NEJM]

The effectiveness of the BNT162B2 vaccine in adolescents was assessed. Among 445 case patients and 777 controls, of the 180 patients admitted to an ICU, only 2 had been fully vaccinated; all 7 deaths occurred in unvaccinated patients. #COVID19Vaccines https://t.co/8zM33Ff3Xz

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

https://t.co/4T7qgoGJya
Interesting study - that when reviewers were blinded to the PI, more women were funded.... "biases can be mitigated if they are recognized as likely to be present even in what may seem to be objective processes."

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

Proud of the team!

[TransplantID Journal @TheTxIDjournal]

Data on humoral and cellular immune responses to the SARS‐CoV‐2 BNT162b2 vaccine among a cohort of solid organ transplant recipients and healthy controls from @ahmadyanis3 @NATBASH15 and colleagues
@VUMChealth
https://t.co/YW068NxHch

[NEJM @NEJM]

The authors conclude that a third-dose booster of mRNA-1273 vaccine should be considered for transplant recipients. https://t.co/Q3gakSaNjd

[WKRN News 2 @WKRN]

Vanderbilt to require COVID-19 vaccines for ALL employees https://t.co/EEl8VojoqL

[NATASHA HALASA @NATBASH15]

My colleague John!

[Michael Ison, MD MS @MichaelGIsonMD]

In our accepted Personal Viewpoint, @EmilyBlumbergMD, @NATBASH15, @dan_dkauld, @nikkitheomd and @camwolfe outline the current data on antibodies and booster doses for SOT patients.

We also outline data needed to understand how best to protect our pts.

https://t.co/9MFsiNAKWv

[Halasa Lab @HalasaLab]

Proud of our colleagues