The Immunization Initiative of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (MCAAP) is dedicated to fully immunizing Massachusetts children and adolescents against vaccine preventable diseases. This is accomplished through advocacy, collaboration, education, and communication of best practices for optimizing vaccine uptake.
WHO WE ARE
The Immunization Initiative works with MCAAP members and other stakeholders to identify and achieve goals related to improving vaccine access and delivery, awareness and policy. Its membership includes MCAAP members and community partners, such as pediatric healthcare and public health professionals, community leaders, non-profit organizations, vaccine manufacturers, and others who are interested in improving Massachusetts childhood immunization rates.
The MCAAP Immunization Initiative meets two to three times per year. Its membership includes physicians and nurses, MDPH Immunization Program officials, and representatives from organizations interested in improving immunization practices and immunization rates in communities across Massachusetts.
MANAGING TEAM AND STAFF
Immunization Initiative Medical Director
Lloyd D. Fisher, MD, FAAP
Immunization Initiative Committee
David Norton, MD, FAAP, Chair
Everett Lamm, MD, FAAP, Co-Chair
Immunization Initiative Program Manager
Cynthia McReynolds, MBA
cmcreynolds@mcaap.org
Your participation is welcome and membership in the Immunization Initiative is free! To join, please contact Cynthia McReynolds, Program Manager, MCAAP Immunization Initiative (cmcreynolds@mcaap.org; 781.895.9850).
What’s New at the Immunization Initiative
Upcoming Events and Meetings
Please check back! Updated information will be posted soon.
Immunization Resources
- MCAAP Immunization Initiative Update – June 2025
- Measles Resources
- Advisories
- AAP
- Think Measles Handout.
- Fact Checked: The Measles Vaccine is Safe and Effective.
- Measles Patient Care webpage.
- Measles Toolkit.
- The Use of Vitamin A in the Management of Measles 5-minute webinar. Redbook Online Webinar (3/10/25).
- Identifying Measles in the Pediatric Setting 5-minute webinar. Redbook Online Webinar (4/1/24).
- CDC
- Be Ready for Measles Toolkit.
- Measles Cases and Outbreaks webpage.
- Clinical Overview of Measles webpage.
- Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Measles in Healthcare Settings.
- Plan for Travel webpage.
- MDPH
- Measles webpage. [Includes additional resources in multiple languages: Chinese (simplified), Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese.]
- Measles webpage. [Includes additional resources in multiple languages: Chinese (simplified), Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese.]
- 2025 Immunization Schedules
- Please check the “Notes” section of the immunization schedule the May 2025 change in COVID-19 vaccines recommendations for healthy children and pregnant persons.
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Vaccine Recommendations
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) – Immunization
- American Academy of Pediatrics Immunizations webpage
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccines website
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health Immunization Division website
- Immunize.org website
- Massachusetts Vaccine Confidence Project (MVCP) website
Upcoming Educational Activities and Events
2025 Vaccine Education Webinar Series
Please check back! Information about upcoming 2025 Vaccine Education Webinar Series webinars will be posted as it becomes available. Scroll down for recordings from recent webinars.
Click here for information about the 2025 Vaccine Education Webinar Series.
Recent Meetings and Webinars
Please note: Unless indicated, CME/CEU credit is not available for completing a webinar recording.
May and June 2025
MDPH Immunization Updates webinars
Click here to access webinar presentations and recordings.
2025 Vaccine Education Webinar Series
Click here for information about the 2025 Vaccine Education Webinar Series.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Measles Update: Spring 2025
Presenters: Angela Fowler, MD, MPH, Associate Medical Director for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Massachusetts Department of Public Health; John Snyder, MD, FAAP, Pediatrician, Amherst Pediatrics; Nancy Harrington, BS, Epidemiologist, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Webinar recording
Dr. Fowler’s presentation
Dr. Snyder’s presentation
Webinar resource list
Webinar attendee questions & answers
Additional Resources:
Asks the Experts: Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (Immunize.org)
Be Ready for Measles Toolkit (CDC)
Thursday, March 13, 2025
2025 Pertussis Update
Presenters:
Angela Fowler, MD, MPH, Associate Medical Director for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Christine Nguyen, MPH, Epidemiologist I, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Webinar recording
Webinar presentation
Thursday, March 6, 2025
2025 Immunization Schedules Update
Presenter: Angela Fowler, MD, MPH, Associate Medical Director for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Webinar recording
Webinar presentation
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Immunization in Immigrant Communities: Challenges & Best Practices
Presenters:
Fiona Danaher, MD, MPH, Director, MGH Center for Immigrant Health; Chair, MGH Immigrant Health Coalition
Priya Sarin Gupta, MD, MPH, Medical Director for Clinical Community Programs, Mass General Brigham; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Vandana Madhavan, MD, MPH, Clinical Director of Pediatric Infectious Disease and a rimary care pediatrician, Mass General for Children
Webinar recording
Webinar presentation
July 2024
Please note: expires July 2025
MDPH/MCAAP/MMS HPV Webinar (CME)
Increasing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Uptake in Massachusetts
Presenters: Lloyd Fisher, MD, FAAP, and Sherri Zorn, MD, FAAP. CME-CEU credit is available for completing the webinar. Click here to access the webinar.
MDPH/MCAAP/MMS HPV Webinar (CME)
Increasing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Uptake in Massachusetts
Presenters: Lloyd Fisher, MD, FAAP, and Sherri Zorn, MD, FAAP. CME-CEU credit is available for completing the webinar. Click here to access the webinar.
