Tracy Lieu, MD, MPH, is a Professor and is DACP's Director of Faculty Development, as well as Director of the Center for Child Health Care Studies. The Center's goal is to improve children’s health through research that enhances health care decisions by policymakers, clinicians, and parents. Dr. Lieu’s research focuses on primary care delivery, family-centered outcomes, and cost-effectiveness. Her current studies include several projects in vaccine safety, delivery, and economics, and NIH-sponsored studies of asthma medication adherence and of family decision making in high-deductible health plans. She has served on national policymaking committees including the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Dr. Lieu is the Children’s Hospital Site Director of the Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research fellowship and practices as a part-time pediatrician with Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates.
Selected publications:
- Sinha A, Levine O, Knoll MD, Muhib F, Lieu TA. Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in the prevention of child mortality. Lancet 2007;369:389-96.
- Lee GM, Santoli JM, Hannan C, Messonnier ML, Sabin JE, Rusinak D, Gay C, Lett SM, Lieu TA. Gaps in vaccine financing for underinsured children in the U.S. JAMA 2007;298:638-43.
- Lieu TA, Kulldorff M, Davis RL, Lewis EM, Weintraub E, Yih K, Yin R, Brown JS, Platt R, for the Vaccine Safety Datalink Rapid Cycle Analysis Team. Real-time vaccine safety surveillance for the early detection of adverse events. Med Care 2007;45:S89-95.
- Smith LA, Bokhour B, Hohman KH, Miroshnik I, Kleinman KP, Cohn E, Cortes DE, Galbraith A, Rand C, Lieu TA. Modifiable risk factors for suboptimal control and controller medication underuse among children with asthma. Pediatrics, in press.
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