 PACE - Pneumococcal Awareness
Council of Experts:
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Dr. Mathuram Santosham
Director, Health Systems Program
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Mathuram Santosham is the Director of the Health Systems Program in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Director for the Center for American Indian Health. He is also a Professor in the Department of International Health and the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Santosham is regarded throughout the world as an expert in oral rehydration therapy and childhood vaccines.
He has conducted numerous vaccine trials, including rotavirus vaccine, H. influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine, and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Asia and among American Indian populations. Dr. Santosham obtained his MBBS degree from the Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and research (JIPMER) in Pondicherry, India. He completed his Pediatric Residency at the Baltimore City Hospitals and subsequently obtained an MPH degree from the Johns Hopkins University and completed a fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the same institution.
Dr. Santosham serves on numerous national and international committees on infant vaccines and oral rehydration therapy. He has acted as consultant for several international agencies including WHO, USAID and UNICEF and has provided consultation in various aspects of child survival in over 30 countries. He is a member of the executive committee of the Hib Initiative, an effort funded by GAVI to promote the integration of the Hibvaccine into immunization programs around the world.
Dr. Santosham has written articles in over 200 peer reviewed journals and serves as a reviewer for several international medical journals. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious Thrasher Research Fund Award for excellence in research. He has served as a keynote speaker in several national and international conferences including the Robert Austrian Lecture at the ISPPD 5 meeting in Alice Springs, Australia in April 2006, The Maurice Hilleman Lecture at the CDC in March 2008 and the International Society of Tropical Pediatrics in Manilla, Philippines in April 2008.
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