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| November 16, 2011 |
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| Immunization Action Coalition's Director Receives National Recognition |
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| Saint Paul,
Minnesota, November 16, 2011—The Immunization Action
Coalition (IAC) is proud to announce that its executive
director, Deborah Wexler, MD, has been selected as the
honoree of the Every Child By Two Immunization Leadership
Award.
Every Child By Two (ECBT), founded by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and former First Lady of Arkansas Betty
Bumpers, is
dedicated to protecting all children from
vaccine-preventable diseases. |
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| The winner of ECBT
Immunization Leadership Award is an individual who exhibits
consistent leadership at the national level
with a demonstrated positive impact on the field of
immunization. |
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| Dr. Wexler was presented the
award last month during ECBT's 20th anniversary gala in
Washington, DC. |
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| Dr. Wexler was recognized
for her work as the founder and executive director of IAC.
She started the nonprofit organization
in 1991 when she left her medical practice out of concern
for her patients who were becoming infected with measles
during a
major outbreak. Under Dr. Wexler's leadership, IAC has grown
to be one of the nation's premier sources of immunization
information for healthcare providers and their patients. In
national vaccine policy, Dr. Wexler has served as a
consultant on
working groups of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP) and on external planning committees of the
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention's National Immunization
Conferences, as well as other national immunization groups. |
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| According to ECBT, "Dr.
Wexler's innovative 'out of the box' thinking and tenacity
make her the ideal candidate for the ECBT
Leadership Award." |
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| "The Immunization Action
Coalition has long worked to provide the best immunization
information to patients and parents, and
I am delighted to be recognized for my part in this
important work," said Dr. Wexler. |
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| Edgar Marcuse, MD, MPH, a
pediatrician and vaccine advocate, and Debbie McCune Davis,
an Arizona state senator and program
director of The Arizona Partnership were also honored. |
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About the Immunization
Action Coalition |
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| IAC's immunization
educational tools have a strong impact on the education,
attitudes, and practices of healthcare
professionals throughout the nation, making IAC one of the
most respected and relied-upon immunization organizations in
the
United States. IAC is also a direct source of immunization information for the public. IAC's two major websites receive
more
than 20,000 visits per day, and its email news service
broadcasts weekly immunization updates to more than 45,000
opt-in
subscribers. |
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| Dr. Wexler is available for
interviews about this award. |
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| Click
here for
a fully formatted PDF version |
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| This page was updated on November 16, 2011. |
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| This page was reviewed on November 16, 2011. |
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