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Melissa S Stockwell

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Population and Family Health

and:
Medical Director of New York-Presbyterian Hospital Immunization Registry (EzVAC)
Medical Director of Co-Director, Primary Care Clinician Research Fellowship in Community Health

Biography:
Melissa Stockwell is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Population Family Health. Her research, focusing on underserved children and adolescents, examines the causes of under-immunization, and assesses translational interventions to improve immunizations focusing on health technology and health literacy. She is Medical Director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Immunization Registry (EzVac) and Co-Director of the Primary Care Clinician Research Fellowship in Community Health. Additionally, she is a pediatrician in a community clinic.
Education & Training:

MPH, Mailman School of Public Health, 2007

MD, Harvard Medical School, 2000

BA, Williams College, 1996

Affiliation(s):

Additional Affiliations:

  • Member, New York City Coalition for Immunization Initiatives; New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  • Member, NYC Immunization Improvement Spread Project; ; New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Honors and Awards:
    • Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Young Investigator Award (formerly known as the Ambulatory Pediatric Association)
Selected Publications:
    Stockwell MS, Kharbanda EO, Martinez RA, Vargas CY, Vawdrey DK, Camargo S "Effect of a text messaging intervention on influenza vaccination in an urban, low-income pediatric and adolescent population: a randomized controlled trial" JAMA 25 1702-8 2012

    Stockwell MS, Kharbanda E, Andres Martinez R, Lara M, Vawdrey D, Natarajan K, Rickert V. "Text4Health: Text4Health: Impact of Text Message Reminder-Recalls for Pediatric and Adolescent Immunizations" Am J Public Health 102 e15-e21 2012

    Kharbanda EO, Stockwell MS, Andres Martinez R, Fox H, Lara M, Rickert V. "Text Message Reminders to Promote Human Papillomavirus Vaccination." Vaccine 29 2537-41 2011

    Kharbanda EO, Vargas C, Castaño P, Lara M, Andres Martinez R, Stockwell MS. Exploring pregnant women's views on influenza vaccination and educational text messages "Exploring pregnant women's views on influenza vaccination and educational text messages" Prev Med 52 75-7 2011

    A Qualitative Evaluation of Providers' Desired Characteristics and Concerns Regarding Computerized Influenza Vaccination Alert "Birmingham E, Catallozzi M, Findley S, Vawdrey DK, Kukafka R, Stockwell MS" Prev Med  52 274-7 2011

    Stockwell MS, Irigoyen M, Martinez RA, Findley SE. "How Parents' Negative Experiences at Immunization Visits Affect Child Immunization Status." Public Health Rep. 126 24-32 2011

    Stockwell MS, Rosenthal SL, Sturm LA, Mays RM, Bair RM, Zimet GD "The Effects of Vaccine Characteristics on Adult Women's Attitudes about Vaccination: A Conjoint Analysis Study" Vaccine 29 4507 2011

    Stockwell MS, Andres Martinez R, Hofstetter A, Natarajan K, Vawdrey D. "Timeliness of 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Coverage In A Low-Income Pediatric and Adolescent Population" Vaccine 2011

    Stockwell MS, Rausch J, Sonnett M, Stanberry LR, Rosenthal SL. "Parental Reasons for Utilization of an Urban Pediatric Emergency Department During the H1N1 Influenza Epidemic" Pediatr Emerg Care 27 261-5 2011

    Stockwell MS, Catallozzi M, Meyer D, Rodriguez C, Martinez E, Larson E "Improving Care of Upper Respiratory Infections Among Latino Early Head Start Parents" J Immigr Minor Health 12 925-31 2010

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Contact Information

Office/Address:

622 W. 168th St VC 402

New York, NY 10027

USA

Phone:

212-342-5732

Fax:

212-305-8819

E-mail:

mstockwell@columbia.edu