Joseph L Mathew
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India
Biography
Joseph L Mathew works at the Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. He has contributed extensively to evidence-based policy-making for several vaccines in the Indian context, especially hepatitis B, Hib, IPV, MMR, PCV, influenza, varicella, acellular pertussis, HPV, rotavirus and typhoid conjugate vaccines. He is one of the first to identify the rapid waning of maternal measles antibodies in infancy, creating a pool of susceptible infants/children. He has nearly 200 peer-reviewed publications to his credit and delivered numerous presentations related to vaccinology in national and international meetings.