Faculty

M.D. Danielle Zerr

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Pediatrics
Seattle Children's Hospital Guild Association Endowed Chair For Pediatric Infectious Disease Research, Pediatrics

206-987-2653

Education

MD Temple University, 1993
MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1997
BA Biology, Brandeis University,

Contact

206-987-2653

University of Washington Medical Center
Box 359300
Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Disease
Children's Hospital & Medical Ctr., Box 359300/MA.7.226
WA
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Bio

(She/her) Dr. Zerr is Division Chief and Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the UW, Affiliate Investigator at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and the Medical Director of Infection Prevention at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Her research interests include the epidemiology and prevention of infectious diseases in children.

Research Interests

  • Epidemiology and prevention of healthcare-associated infectious diseases in children
  • Epidemiology of viral infections in children and immunocompromised hosts

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Human Herpesvirus-6 Reactivation and Disease Are Infrequent in Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy Recipients.
(2024 Apr 18)
Blood
Kampouri E, Krantz EM, Xie H, Ibrahimi SS, Kiem ES, Sekhon MK, Liang EC, Cowan AJ, Portuguese AJ, Green DJ, Albittar A, Huang JJ, Gauthier J, PĂ©rez-Osorio AC, Jerome KR, Zerr D, Boeckh MJ, Hill JA

Durability of Original Monovalent mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Omicron-Associated Hospitalization in Children and Adolescents - United States, 2021-2023.
(2024 Apr 18)
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 73(15): 330-338
Zambrano LD, Newhams MM, Simeone RM, Payne AB, Wu M, Orzel-Lockwood AO, Halasa NB, Calixte JM, Pannaraj PS, Mongkolrattanothai K, Boom JA, Sahni LC, Kamidani S, Chiotos K, Cameron MA, Maddux AB, Irby K, Schuster JE, Mack EH, Biggs A, Coates BM, Michelson KN, Bline KE, Nofziger RA, Crandall H, Hobbs CV, Gertz SJ, Heidemann SM, Bradford TT, Walker TC, Schwartz SP, Staat MA, Bhumbra SS, Hume JR, Kong M, Stockwell MS, Connors TJ, Cullimore ML, Flori HR, Levy ER, Cvijanovich NZ, Zinter MS, Maamari M, Bowens C, Zerr DM, Guzman-Cottrill JA, Gonzalez I, Campbell AP, Randolph AG, Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators

Early Estimate of Nirsevimab Effectiveness for Prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Hospitalization Among Infants Entering Their First Respiratory Syncytial Virus Season - New Vaccine Surveillance Network, October 2023-February 2024.
(2024 Mar 7)
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 73(9): 209-214
Moline HL, Tannis A, Toepfer AP, Williams JV, Boom JA, Englund JA, Halasa NB, Staat MA, Weinberg GA, Selvarangan R, Michaels MG, Sahni LC, Klein EJ, Stewart LS, Schlaudecker EP, Szilagyi PG, Schuster JE, Goldstein L, Musa S, Piedra PA, Zerr DM, Betters KA, Rohlfs C, Albertin C, Banerjee D, McKeever ER, Kalman C, Clopper BR, New Vaccine Surveillance Network Product Effectiveness Collaborators, McMorrow ML, Dawood FS

Race and Antibiotic Use for Children Hospitalized with Acute Respiratory Infections.
(2024 Mar 8)
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc
Tan JH, McGrath CL, Brothers AW, Fatemi Y, Konold V, Pak D, Weissman SJ, Zerr DM, Kronman MP

Notes from the Field: Reemergence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infections in Children and Adolescents After the COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, 2018-2024.
(2024 Feb 22)
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 73(7): 149-151
Edens C, Clopper BR, DeVies J, Benitez A, McKeever ER, Johns D, Wolff B, Selvarangan R, Schuster JE, Weinberg GA, Szilagyi PG, Dawood FS, Radhakrishnan L, Quigley C, Sahni LC, Halasa N, Stewart LS, McMorrow ML, Whitaker B, Zerr DM, Avadhanula V, Williams JV, Michaels MG, Kite-Powell A, Englund JA, Staat MA, Hartnett K, Moline HL, Cohen AL, Diaz M

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