- Harry Hull (physician)
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Harry F. Hull, MD, is president of HF Hull and Associates, a consulting firm focused on infectious disease epidemiology. He is also an adjunct professor of infectious disease and epidemiology at University of Minnesota School of Public Health and an adjunct professor in the Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis.
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Education
Dr. Hull received his MD degree from Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Washington, Seattle, and University of Arizona, Tucson. He served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Career
Prior to opening his consulting practice, Dr. Hull was the State Epidemiologist for the Minnesota Department of Health from 2000-2006. He was assigned by CDC to the World Health Organization in Geneva Switzerland from 1990-2000 to work on global polio eradication and led the initiative for 4 years. He also served as the State Epidemiologist for New Mexico.
Affiliations
Among his professional affiliations, Dr. Hull is board certified in pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He was a member of the United States Public Health Service Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, serving as chair of the anthrax and rabies working groups and member of the human papilloma virus, hepatitis and influenza working groups. He was a member of CDC’s expert committee on the elimination of rubella from the United States. Additionally, he is a past president of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists.
Publications
Dr. Hull has published nearly 100 articles in the scientific literature. He has recently completed studies of herd immunity produced by immunizing school children against influenza and school-located immunization programs led by private physicians.
Recent Projects
Dr. Hull recently taught a course on adverse events associated with vaccination at the National Institutes of Health in Tokyo, Japan. He moderated a workshop on H1N1 influenza (swine flu) vaccination strategies for 32 countries at the WHO European Regional Office in Copenhagen. He consults on food safety for a major international restaurant company and on vaccination strategies for 3 international vaccine companies. He has completed projects on infectious disease surveillance for the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the Florida Department of Health. Other recent assignments include developing a toolkit on influenza vaccination strategies for the National Association of County and City Health Officials and leading a work group on improving immunization rates in Kansas for the Kansas Health Institute.
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