Marie McCormick

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Marie McCormick
Born (1946-01-07) 7 January 1946 (age 77)
Coventry, Rhode Island
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationB.A., 1967, Emmanuel College, Boston, Massachusetts; M.D., 1971, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland; Sc.D., 1978, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
Alma mater Johns Hopkins Medical School
(MD, 1971), Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
(ScD, 1978)
Occupation(s)Pediatrician, epidemiologist, professor of public health
Years active1956 to present
EmployerHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Known forEpidemiology and health services in relation to infant mortality and outcomes of very low birthweight and otherwise high-risk neonates. She served on all four phases of the Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP), a large national randomized clinical trial of an early intervention program for low birth weight, premature infants funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest longitudinal multisite randomized trials of early childhood educational intervention for low birth weight (LBW) and high-risk infants, and was the Principal Investigator of Phase IV of the program. [1]
Spouse Robert J. Blendon, DSc [2]
RelativesParents: Atty. Richard J. McCormick, Jr. and Clare B. (Keleher) McCormick; [3] Siblings: Martha E. McCormick Watson (married to David Watson, Roslindale), Richard J. McCormick, III (married to Susan B., Methuen), and the late Anne M. McCormick.

Marie Clare McCormick (born 1946) [4] is an American pediatrician and Sumner and Esther Feldberg Professor of Maternal and Child Health in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts. She also holds an appointment as professor of pediatrics in the Harvard Medical School. [5] In addition, she is the senior associate for academic affairs in the department of neonatology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Her research primarily focused on epidemiology and health services, particularly in relation to infant mortality and the outcomes of very low birthweight (VLBW) and otherwise high-risk neonates. [6]

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Early life

Marie McCormick is the daughter of Clare B. (Keleher) McCormick [7] and Atty. Richard J. McCormick, Jr. [8] of Haverhill, Massachusetts, where she spent her youth and attended St. James (Roman Catholic) Church. [9] [3] She had three siblings. Her mother's first name became Marie's middle name.

Education

McCormick is a graduate of Emmanuel College (B.A., 1967) and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (M.D., 1971). [9] She completed a Pediatric residency/fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital during which she also completed a second doctorate at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in health services research (Sc.D., 1978). She has held academic positions at the Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine of the University of Illinois, the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Career

McCormick, who is licensed to practice pediatric medicine in Massachusetts, [10] joined the Harvard Medical School in 1987 as associate professor of pediatrics and director of the Infant Follow-up Program at Boston Children's Hospital. In 1992, she was selected to be the chair of the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, which position she held until 2003 when the department was merged with another to create the now Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. She is the director of a standing training program in maternal and child health, which has had sustained federal funding for over 60 years, and she teaches the foundational course in this topic at Harvard Chan.

McCormick is internationally recognized for her research in the outcomes of high-risk infants, especially preterm infants, and the evaluation of programs to improve their outcomes. She was co-principal investigator of a national demonstration program to assess the effect of regionalizing perinatal services to improve neonatal mortality. [11] In addition, she was a major contributor, in a variety of roles and principal investigator of the follow-up at 18 years of age, to the Infant Health and Development Program, a controlled trial of and early childhood educational intervention for preterm, low birth weight infants. [12]

While she is a member of several professional societies, her most active roles have been in the Academic Pediatric Association where she now holds the position of Senior Associate Editor for the journal, Academic Pediatrics, and in the Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Medicine to which she was elected a member in 1997. She has chaired several significant committees for the latter including the Committee on Perinatal Transmission of HIV, [13] and, most recently, the Committee on the Health Effects of Marijuana. [14] However, her most important role was a chair of the Committee on Immunization Safety, which issued, among others, three reports noting no association of immunizations with autism, a role for which she received the David Rall Medal from the Institute of Medicine for exceptional committee service. [15] [16] [17] She continued her work on vaccine safety as a member of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee where she chaired the Working Group to assess the safety of the 2009 Epidemic H1N1 Influenza Vaccine.

Publications

McCormick has published twelve (12) books and monographs, as well as over 280 scientific papers, reviews, editorials, reports, and abstracts. [18]

Personal life

Marie McCormick is married to Robert J. Blendon, DSc, also a faculty member at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. They live in Waban, Massachusetts.

Awards, honors, and recognitions

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  1. ↑ Ramey CT, Bryant DM, Wasik BH, Sparling JJ, Fendt KH, LaVange LM. (1992). Infant Health and Development Program for low birth weight, premature infants: program elements, family participation, and child intelligence. Pediatrics. 89, 3, 454-65.
  2. ↑ "Robert Blendon - Harvard Catalyst Profiles - Harvard Catalyst". connects.catalyst.harvard.edu.
  3. 1 2 "Obituary for Clare B. (Keleher) McCormick, mother of Marie C. McCormick". Legacy.com .
  4. ↑ "» Staff Finds: Netter's Clinical Symposia Illustrations and Other Publications and Pamphlets".
  5. ↑ "Marie McCormick". harvard.edu. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Mumford H. History of Public Health at Harvard: Faculty Collections. Countway Library of Medicine".
  7. ↑ "The Eagle Tribune - Obituaries - Print Preview". obituaries.eagletribune.com.
  8. ↑ "Obituary for Richard J. McCormick, Jr, Marie McCormick's father". Legacy.com .
  9. 1 2 Johns Hopkins University (27 May 1971). "Commencement 1971-1980". Johns Hopkins University – via Internet Archive.
  10. ↑ "U.S. News & World Report profile for Dr. Marie McCormick, MD".
  11. ↑ McCormick, Marie C.; Shapiro, S; Starfield, B. H. (1985). "The Regionalization of Perinatal Services". JAMA. 253 (6): 799–804. doi:10.1001/jama.1985.03350300087026. PMID   2578581.
  12. ↑ McCormick, M. C.; Brooks-Gunn, J; Buka, S. L.; Goldman, J; Yu, J; Salganik, M; Scott, D. T.; Bennett, F. C.; Kay, L. L.; Bernbaum, J. C.; Bauer, C. R.; Martin, C; Woods, E. R.; Martin, A; Casey, P. H. (2006). "Early Intervention in Low Birth Weight Premature Infants: Results at 18 Years of Age for the Infant Health and Development Program". Pediatrics. 117 (3): 771–80. doi:10.1542/peds.2005-1316. PMID   16510657. S2CID   11903795.
  13. ↑ Stoto MA, Almario DA, McCormick MC (eds). Reducing the Odds Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV in the United States, Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 1999[ page needed ]
  14. ↑ The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids, the Current State of Evidence and Recommendations for Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016.[ page needed ]
  15. ↑ Stratton K, Gable A, Shetty P, McCormick MC (Eds.): Immunization Safety Review: measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and Autism. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001[ page needed ]
  16. ↑ Stratton K, Gable A, McCormick MC (Eds.): Immunization Safety Review: Thimerosal and Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.[ page needed ]
  17. ↑ Immunization Safety Review: Vaccines and Autism. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2004.
  18. ↑ LaFountain A. Marie C. McCormick Papers Open to Research. June 29, 2017. Bridging the Research Data Divide. Country Library of Medicine
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