Public health policies have changed dramatically over the three decades that Dr. Mullooly, Senior Investigator in biostatistics, has worked at the CHR. When he joined CHR, his areas of research, infectious disease epidemiology and vaccinations, focused on vaccine effectiveness and vaccination policy issues that promoted their widespread use. His research demonstrated for the first time that influenza vaccination programs for the elderly, especially the high-risk elderly, actually improved health for Kaiser Permanente members and produced a cost saving. It was an important contribution to Medicare's policy decision to cover the elderly for flu vaccinations.

Some of his past work attempted to evaluate the costs, in terms of illness and medical treatment and other factors such as lost days of productivity at work, of possible side effects of various vaccines. He examined the potential side effects of certain vaccines, which have to be factored into the cost-benefit ratio of any vaccine. Now, Dr. Mullooly still contributes as an investigator on studies of well-established childhood vaccines, adult immunizations, and cancer epidemiology. He is studying the varicella vaccine (for chicken pox), using mathematical models to predict the effects on herpes zoster (painful shingles) over the next 20 years. Dr. Mullooly received his PhD in mathematical statistics from Catholic University of America.

Current Studies:

	Molecular Epidemiology of Fatal Prostate Cancer
	Post-licensure Safety Surveillance Study of Routine Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Adsorbed—ADACEL
	Vaccine Safety Datalink: Comprehensive Linked Data Collection of Medical Events and Immunization—VSD Adult
	Vaccine Safety Datalink: Comprehensive Linked Data Collection of Medical Events and Immunization—VSD Youth

Recently Completed Studies:

	Alcohol Consumption and Health Care Utilization
	Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Two Treatment Protocols in Eradicating Heliobacter Pylori—HPYLORI
	Doctor-Patient Communication and Medical Malpractice
	HMO Treatment of Depression Co-morbid with Substance Abuse—SODAS
	Hyperglycemia in Pregnancy: Risk Factors and Outcomes to Mother and Child in a Multi-Ethnic Population—Gestational Diabetes
	Implementing Tobacco Control in Dental Practice —TRAC DENTAL
	OHSU/KPNW Family Care Study
	The Community Resource Connection: A Collaborative Model for Chronic Care

E-mail: John.Mullooly@kpchr.org