Positions
- Professor
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Pediatrics-Academic General
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States
- Director
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Immunization Project
Texas Children's Hospital
Addresses
- Texas Children's Hospital, Clinical Care Center (Clinic)
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6701 Fannin Street, Suite 1540
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3441
Education
- Advanced Training from Boston Children's Hospital
- 01/1993 - Boston, MA United States
- Advanced Training from Boston Children's Hospital
- 01/1992 - Boston, MA United States
- M.D. from Baylor College Of Medicine
- 01/1992 - Houston, TX United States
- B.S. from University Of Texas At Austin
- 01/1988 - Austin, TX United States
Certifications
- Diplomat
- American Board of Pediatrics
Honors & Awards
- Member
- Society for Pediatric Research
- Fellow
- American Academy of Pediatrics
Professional Statement
Dr. Julie Boom graduated with highest honors with a B.S. in Biology/Biological Studies from The University of Texas at Austin and completed her medical education at Baylor College of Medicine. Julie completed her internship and residency in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School/Children’s Hospital. Dr. Boom is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and the Director of Infant and Childhood Immunization for the Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research and the Director of the Immunization Project at Texas Children's Hospital. From 2002-2005, Dr. Boom served as the principal investigator for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) grant “Raising Immunizations Thru Education” (RITE), which analyzed the impact of an in-office, peer-based education program to improve immunization behaviors and immunization coverage levels. Dr. Boom led the development, implementation and expansion of the Houston-Harris County Immunization Registry from 2001-2008. In addition, she has led projects examining the time costs associated with obtaining immunization registry consent and the financial effects of an immunization reminder/recall initiative on the general pediatric practice. Dr. Boom has six years of experience at Texas Children’s Hospital leading a gastroenteritis surveillance program funded by the CDC New Vaccine Surveillance Program (NVSN) that has evaluated the effectiveness of the rotavirus vaccine and has recently expanded surveillance activities to include dengue, chikungunya, and West Nile virus. In collaboration with Dr. Carol Baker and Rachel Cunningham, Dr. Boom co-authored the booklet, “Vaccine Preventable Diseases: The Forgotten Story.” To date, over 125,000 copies have been distributed. Dr. Boom is currently collaborating on other projects examining vaccine hesitancy in the greater Houston area.Websites
Selected Publications
- Turner TL, Boom JA "Index of suspicion. Case #1. Diagnosis: juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM).." Pediatr Rev. 2000 Nov;21(11):389-92. Pubmed PMID: 11077023
- Franzini L, Boom J, Nelson C "Cost-effectiveness analysis of a practice-based immunization education intervention.." Ambul Pediatr.;7(2):167-75. Pubmed PMID: 17368412
- Boom JA, Dragsbaek AC, Nelson CS "The success of an immunization information system in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.." Pediatrics. 2007 Jun;119(6):1213-7. Pubmed PMID: 17545393
- Boom JA, Nelson CS, Laufman LE, Kohrt AE, Kozinetz CA "Improvement in provider immunization knowledge and behaviors following a peer education intervention.." Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2007 Oct;46(8):706-17. Pubmed PMID: 17522285
- Boom JA, Nelson CS, Middleman AB, Frugé A, Kozinetz CA "Investigation of obstacles to accessing information regarding private medical insurance coverage and physician reimbursement for adolescent vaccination.." J Adolesc Health. 2009 Mar;44(3):298-301. Pubmed PMID: 19237117
- Boom JA, Tate JE, Sahni LC, Rench MA, Hull JJ, Gentsch JR, Patel MM, Baker CJ, Parashar UD "Effectiveness of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in a large urban population in the United States.." Pediatrics. 2010 Feb;125(2):e199-207. Pubmed PMID: 20083525
- Boom JA, Nelson CS, Kohrt AE, Kozinetz CA "Utilizing peer academic detailing to improve childhood immunization coverage levels.." Health Promot Pract. 2010 May;11(3):377-86. Pubmed PMID: 18955545
- Boom JA, Sahni LC, Nelson CS, Dragsbaek AC, Franzini L "Immunization information system opt-in consent: at what cost?." J Public Health Manag Pract.;16(5):E18-25. Pubmed PMID: 20431419
- Sahni LC, Boom JA, Patel MM, Baker CJ, Rench MA, Parashar UD, Tate JE "Use of an immunization information system to assess the effectiveness of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine in US children.." Vaccine. 2010 Aug 31;28(38):6314-7. Pubmed PMID: 20637764
- Patel M, Rench MA, Boom JA, Tate JE, Sahni LC, Hull JA, Gentsch JR, Parashar UD, Baker CJ "Detection of rotavirus antigenemia in routinely obtained serum specimens to augment surveillance and vaccine effectiveness evaluations.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2010 Sep;29(9):836-9. Pubmed PMID: 20526226
- Boom JA, Tate JE, Sahni LC, Rench MA, Quaye O, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Patel MM, Baker CJ, Parashar UD "Sustained protection from pentavalent rotavirus vaccination during the second year of life at a large, urban United States pediatric hospital.." Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J.. 2010 Dec;29(12):1133-5. Pubmed PMID: 20634776
- Boom JA, Sahni LC, Payne DC, Gautam R, Lyde F, Mijatovic-Rustempasic S, Bowen MD, Tate JE, Rench MA, Gentsch JR, Parashar UD, Baker CJ "Symptomatic infection and detection of vaccine and vaccine-reassortant rotavirus strains in 5 children: a case series.." J. Infect. Dis.. 2012 Oct;206(8):1275-9. Pubmed PMID: 22872730
- Cunningham RM, Boom JA "Telling stories of vaccine-preventable diseases: why it works.." S D Med. 2013;21-6. Pubmed PMID: 23444587
- Payne DC, Boom JA, Staat MA, Edwards KM, Szilagyi PG, Klein EJ, Selvarangan R, Azimi PH, Harrison C, Moffatt M, Johnston SH, Sahni LC, Baker CJ, Rench MA, Donauer S, McNeal M, Chappell J, Weinberg GA, Tasslimi A, Tate JE, Wikswo M, Curns AT, Sulemana I, M "Effectiveness of Pentavalent and Monovalent Rotavirus Vaccines in Concurrent Use Among US Children <5 Years of Age, 2009-2011.." Clin. Infect. Dis.. 2013 Jul;57(1):13-20. Pubmed PMID: 23487388
- 18. Cunningham RM, Sahni LC, Kerr GB, King LL, Bunker NA, Boom JA "The Texas Children’s Hospital Immunization Forecaster: Conceptualization to Implementation." Am J Public Health. 2014;
- 2. Boom JA, Hughes, C, Brown, T., Rutstein, R "Tuberculosis skin test interpretation: policy versus reality." Ambulatory Child Health. 2000;6:3-10.
- 3. Boom JA. Feigin, RD "The use of intravenous immunoglobulin in the prevention and treatment of neonatal sepsis." Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 1992;7(2):167-175.
- Sahni LC, Boom JA "Commentary on “Vaccines for preventing rotavirus diarrhoea: vaccines in use." Evid.-Based Child Health. 2011;6:757-758.
Funding
- Enhanced Surveillance for New Vaccine Preventable Disease Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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