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Nordin, James D., MD, MPH
Retired Clinical Research Investigator

About

Joined the Institute: 1990

Education and training: MD and pediatric residency, University of Iowa, Iowa City; MPH, maternal and child health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Overview/research interests: Immunization practices, vaccine safety and effectiveness, disease surveillance using large linked databases, immunization racial/ethnic disparities.

Current research activities and funding:

  • Vaccine Safety Datalink (several studies of the safety of H1N1 influenza vaccine)
  • Studies of the safety of vaccines in pregnant women (influenza, Tdap, and human papillomavirus)
  • Risk of wheezing in asthmatic children after vaccination with the nasal influenza vaccine
  • Racial/ethnic disparities in completion of initial immunization series

Publications While At HealthPartners

selected publications

Journal Article
  • Association between aluminum exposure from vaccines before age 24 months and persistent asthma at age 24 to 59 months. 
  • Association of the COVID-19 pandemic with routine childhood vaccination rates and proportion up to date with vaccinations across 8 US health systems in the Vaccine Safety Datalink. 
  • Birth and early developmental screening outcomes associated with cannabis exposure during pregnancy. 
  • Clinical decision support for recognizing and managing hypertensive blood pressure in youth: no significant impact on medical costs. 
  • Improving hypertension recognition in adolescents, a small but important first step in cardiovascular disease prevention. 
    • Conference Poster
  • Racial/ethnic disparities in completion of the routine immunization series by age two [poster]
    2017
  • Results of a cluster-randomized trial testing the effects of TeenBP, an EHR-based clinical decision support tool, on recognition of adolescent hypertension [poster]
    2017
  • Acute adverse events following trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) in pregnancy [poster]
    2012
  • Pregnancy among insured adolescents [poster]
    2012
  • Surveillance for anterior cruciate ligament surgical site infections using claims data [poster]
    2012
    • Report
  • Immunizations [health care guideline]
    2011
  • Immunizations [health care guideline]
    2009
    • Review
  • The Vaccine Safety Datalink: successes and challenges monitoring vaccine safety [review]. 
  • Assessing the safety of influenza immunization during pregnancy: the Vaccine Safety Datalink [review]. 
  • Clinical preventive services for adolescents [review]. 
    • Abstract
  • A descriptive study of vaccinations occurring during pregnancy, 2002-2006 [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2012
  • Identifying pregnancy episodes in the Vaccine Safety Datalink [abstract]. 
    Clinical Medicine & Research. 2012

    • presentations

    Presentation
  • Advances in public health surveillance [plenary presentation], HMO Research Network 14th Annual Conference: Partnerships in Translation: Advancing Research and Clinical Care
  • Bioterrorism surveillance and privacy: intersection of HIPAA, the common rule, and public health law [presentation], HMO Research Network 14th Annual Conference: Partnerships in Translation: Advancing Research and Clinical Care
  • Decision support for amoxicillin dosing in the electronic medical record: if you build it, will they use it [presentation]?, Minnesota Health Services 13th Annual Research Conference
  • Disparities in pregnancy and birth rates among insured adolescents, 2003-2010 [presentation], Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting
  • Effect of maternal immunization on infant otitis media [presentation], Society for Epidemiology Research (SER) 41st Annual Meeting

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