Kelly L. Moore, M.D., M.P.H.
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Topics: Vaccinology
Country: Switzerland,United States
Kelly L. Moore, MD, MPH, is an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Health Policy.
Dr. Moore is the deputy director of the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC, www.immunize.org) and will succeed the retiring founder as the leader of IAC in July 2021. IAC is a leading national nonprofit immunization education and advocacy organization supporting state and local immunization coalitions and front-line immunization providers. From 2004-2018, Dr. Moore served as Director of the Tennessee Immunization Program at the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH). In that capacity, she was responsible for the state’s federally funded immunization activities, including the federal Vaccines For Children (VFC) program, the Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Program and the Tennessee Immunization Information System, “TennIIS." In addition, she directed state public health surveillance and control of vaccine-preventable diseases, including influenza.
Dr. Moore is an expert in state, federal, and global public policy related to immunization. Beginning in 2005, she was the TDH pandemic influenza planning coordinator, and created and led the TDH Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Program until 2008. During the 2009 pandemic, she led the team that designed and implemented the distribution program for pandemic vaccine statewide. Dr. Moore led the promulgation of comprehensive new TDH communicable disease control regulations in 2004 and promulgated new TDH immunization regulations for childcare, school and post-secondary schools in 2009. She co-founded and co-chaired the HPV Cancer Free Tennessee coalition until 2020 to promote cervical cancer screening and the prevention of human papillomavirus-related cancers.
Nationally, Dr. Moore served from 2011-2015 as the national Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) liaison representative to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She was appointed to a 4-year term as a voting member of the ACIP 2015-2019. She serves as a voting member of the NSF-International Joint Committee on Vaccine Storage Standards, established in 2015 to develop the first US standards for the manufacture of vaccine storage equipment.
Globally, Dr. Moore is an advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO), having served as a member and chair of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (IPAC). She is a member of the steering committee of the Vaccine Innovation Prioritization Strategy project led by Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, and the WHO CAPACITI project to create country-level decision-support tools for immunization policy.
Dr. Moore is a native of Huntsville, Alabama. She earned undergraduate and medical degrees from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. After completing a pediatric internship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, she joined CDC in 2001 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer and, later, a Preventive Medicine Resident. She is board certified in Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
Dr. Moore is a leader in state public policy related to immunization. Beginning in 2005, she was the TDH pandemic influenza planning coordinator, and created and led the TDH Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Program until 2008 for the State of Tennessee. During the 2009 pandemic, she led an award-winning team in designing and implementing the distribution program for pandemic vaccine statewide. Dr. Moore led work to promulgate comprehensive new TDH communicable disease control regulations in 2004 and promulgated new TDH immunization regulations for child care, school and post-secondary schools in 2009. She co-chairs the Cervical Cancer Free Tennessee coalition to promote cervical cancer screening and the prevention of human papillomavirus-related cancers.
On the national level, Dr. Moore served from 2011-2015 as the national Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) liaison representative to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In early 2015, she provided testimony to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on the public health perspective on the value of vaccination. In mid-2015, she was appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as a voting member of the ACIP to serve a 4-year term. She has chaired the AIM Vaccine Storage and Handling Committee since its inception in 2006 to improve the quality of vaccine storage and handling. She serves as a voting member of the NSF-International Joint Committee on Vaccine Storage Standards, established in 2015 to develop the first US standards for the manufacture of vaccine storage equipment.
Dr. Moore is a native of Huntsville, Alabama. She earned undergraduate and medical degrees from Vanderbilt University and a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. After completing a pediatric internship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, she joined CDC in 2001 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer and, later, a Preventive Medicine Resident. She is board certified in Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
Education
M.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health