Faculty

Jessica Fleming

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Epidemiology

206-302-4847
jfleming@path.org

Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2009
MSc Tropical Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 1998
BS Biology, Wake Forest University, 1990

Contact

206-302-4847
jfleming@path.org

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Bio

Jessica Fleming is a Product Development Director and the Maternal Immunization Delivery Lead in the Policy, Access and Introduction program within PATH’s Center for Vaccine Introduction and Access. With over twenty five years of experience working in international public health, she provides public health leadership in evaluating the impact of vaccines and health technologies appropriate for low resource settings and generating evidence to assist countries in preparing for new vaccine introduction. Dr. Fleming currently leads the Advancing Maternal Immunization (AMI) collaboration that enables efficient, well-informed decisions around the introduction of maternal immunizations in low- and middle-income countries, with a special emphasis on maternal vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus. She leads formative research on maternal vaccine decision-making and acceptance. Her work includes conducting clinical studies to quantify the impact of vaccines and improve their performance in low-income populations and contributing to global guidance on the use of safe injection technologies and waste management. Before joining PATH in 2003, Dr. Fleming lived and worked in a number of complex emergency and humanitarian relief settings in Africa and Asia. Dr. Fleming holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in epidemiology from the University of Washington and a Master of Science in tropical public health from the Harvard School of Public Health with a concentration in infectious disease epidemiology and international health. She is an affiliate assistant professor in the Epidemiology Department at the University of Washington.

Research Interests

Maternal immunization, Vaccine policy making; Vaccine evaluation; increasing access to health technologies in low resource settings

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Maternal vaccines: ten considerations for vaccine introduction and scale-up in low- and middle-income countries from the maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health perspective.
(2022 Dec 31)
Hum Vaccin Immunother 18(1): 1-4
Khan S, Fleming JA, Engmann CM

Closer and closer? Maternal immunization: current promise, future horizons.
(2020 Jun)
J Perinatol 40(6): 844-857
Engmann C, Fleming JA, Khan S, Innis BL, Smith JM, Hombach J, Sobanjo-Ter Meulen A

Lessons learned from the Advancing Maternal Immunization collaboration: identifying evidence gaps for informed respiratory syncytial virus maternal immunization decision-making.
(2019)
Gates Open Res 3(): 1544
Groman D, Higgins D, Khan S, Simpson E, Pecenka C, Newhouse L, Letson GW, Gudmastad M, Baral R, Fleming JA

Maternal immunization in Malawi: A mixed methods study of community perceptions, programmatic considerations, and recommendations for future planning.
(2019 Jul 26)
Vaccine 37(32): 4568-4575
Fleming JA, Munthali A, Ngwira B, Kadzandira J, Jamili-Phiri M, Ortiz JR, Lambach P, Hombach J, Neuzil KM, Stepanchak M, Bhat N

Implementation of maternal influenza immunization in El Salvador: Experiences and lessons learned from a mixed-methods study.
(2018 Jun 27)
Vaccine 36(28): 4054-4061
Fleming JA, Baltrons R, Rowley E, Quintanilla I, Crespin E, Ropero AM, Ortiz JR, Lambach P, Neuzil KM, Stepanchak M, Hombach J, Bhat N

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