Catherine Healy

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Catherine Healy is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Microbiology and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine Healy has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Epidemiology, 14 papers in Microbiology and 12 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Catherine Healy's work include Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (14 papers), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (11 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (10 papers). Catherine Healy is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (14 papers), Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (11 papers) and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (10 papers). Catherine Healy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Australia. Catherine Healy's co-authors include Carol J. Baker, Marcia A. Rench, Judith Campbell, Debra L. Palazzi, Elena Zaccaria, Morven S. Edwards, Laurie S. Swaim, Luis A. Castagnini, John Campbell and Kristina G. Hultén and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, PEDIATRICS and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Catherine Healy

36 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Safety and Immunogenicity of Tetanus Diphtheria and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Immunization During Pregnancy in Mothers and Infants

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catherine Healy United States	19	934	639	499	492	359	39	1.6k
Emily Weston United States	16	1.0k 1.1×	684 1.1×	233 0.5×	210 0.4×	731 2.0×	29	1.9k
Maria Theodoridou Greece	22	857 0.9×	262 0.4×	338 0.7×	453 0.9×	137 0.4×	75	1.4k
İnci Yıldırım United States	20	700 0.7×	173 0.3×	480 1.0×	303 0.6×	134 0.4×	93	1.5k
Ajoke Sobanjo-ter Meulen United States	17	784 0.8×	184 0.3×	262 0.5×	110 0.2×	699 1.9×	27	1.3k
Kirsten P. Perrett Australia	24	986 1.1×	655 1.0×	321 0.6×	431 0.9×	120 0.3×	123	2.4k
Natalie McCall United States	9	2.0k 2.1×	905 1.4×	198 0.4×	156 0.3×	408 1.1×	24	2.5k
Ann Lindstrand Sweden	20	733 0.8×	189 0.3×	287 0.6×	447 0.9×	87 0.2×	55	1.2k
Cornelius Remschmidt Germany	25	875 0.9×	75 0.1×	451 0.9×	311 0.6×	102 0.3×	41	1.5k
Nicolás Dauby Belgium	20	499 0.5×	42 0.1×	720 1.4×	376 0.8×	198 0.6×	101	1.6k
Amy Blain United States	16	559 0.6×	531 0.8×	340 0.7×	337 0.7×	62 0.2×	33	1.1k

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Healy, Catherine, C. Buddy Creech, Sharon E. Frey, et al.. (2025). 579. Safety and Immunogenicity of Mpox Vaccination in Adolescents. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 12(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Shegog, Ross, et al.. (2023). Adaptation and Formative Evaluation of Online Decision Support to Implement Evidence-Based Strategies to Increase HPV Vaccination Rates in Pediatric Clinics. Vaccines. 11(7). 1270–1270. 1 indexed citations

Healy, Catherine, Marcia A. Rench, Laurie S. Swaim, et al.. (2020). Kinetics of maternal pertussis-specific antibodies in infants of mothers vaccinated with tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) during pregnancy. Vaccine. 38(37). 5955–5961. 23 indexed citations

Healy, Catherine. (2018). Commentary: New Zealand’s full decriminalisation means police and sex workers collaborate to try to reduce violence. BMJ. 361. k2666–k2666. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Nancy, et al.. (2017). Fighting Frailty in Underserved Communities. Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation. 33(1). 62–67. 1 indexed citations

Healy, Catherine. (2016). Pertussis vaccination in pregnancy. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 12(8). 1972–1981. 28 indexed citations

Oppong, Gertrude O., Glenn J. Rapsinski, Sarah A. Tursi, et al.. (2015). Biofilm-associated bacterial amyloids dampen inflammation in the gut: oral treatment with curli fibres reduces the severity of hapten-induced colitis in mice. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 1(1). 43 indexed citations

Healy, Catherine, et al.. (2015). Third-Trimester Tdap Immunization Elicits Substantial Pertussis Toxin Immunoglobulin G in Neonates. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2(suppl_1). 2 indexed citations

Healy, Catherine, et al.. (2015). Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine uptake during pregnancy in a metropolitan tertiary care center. Vaccine. 33(38). 4983–4987. 27 indexed citations

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Healy, Catherine, Marcia A. Rench, Susan H. Wootton, & Luis A. Castagnini. (2014). Evaluation of the Impact of a Pertussis Cocooning Program on Infant Pertussis Infection. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 34(1). 22–26. 75 indexed citations

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Rench, Marcia A., et al.. (2014). Acceptability of immunization in adult contacts of infants: Possibility of expanding platforms to increase adult vaccine uptake. Vaccine. 32(22). 2540–2545. 24 indexed citations

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Healy, Catherine, et al.. (2013). Pediatric Cervicofacial Actinomycosis: An Unusual Cause of Head and Neck Masses. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 3(2). e15–e19. 7 indexed citations

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Healy, Catherine, Carol J. Baker, Debra L. Palazzi, Judith Campbell, & M S Edwards. (2012). Distinguishing true coagulase-negative Staphylococcus infections from contaminants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Journal of Perinatology. 33(1). 52–58. 44 indexed citations

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Healy, Catherine, Marcia A. Rench, & Carol J. Baker. (2012). Importance of Timing of Maternal Combined Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Immunization and Protection of Young Infants. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 56(4). 539–544. 146 indexed citations

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Healy, Catherine & Carol J. Baker. (2008). Fluconazole Prophylaxis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 28(1). 49–52. 6 indexed citations

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Healy, Catherine. (2006). HIV and the decriminalization of sex work in New Zealand.. PubMed. 11(2-3). 73–4. 2 indexed citations

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Healy, Catherine, Marcia A. Rench, Kathryn M. Edwards, & Carol J. Baker. (2006). Pertussis Serostatus among Neonates Born to Hispanic Women. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 42(10). 1439–1442. 35 indexed citations

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Healy, Catherine, Carol J. Baker, Elena Zaccaria, & Judith Campbell. (2005). Impact of Fluconazole Prophylaxis on Incidence and Outcome of Invasive Candidiasis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The Journal of Pediatrics. 147(2). 166–171. 83 indexed citations

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Healy, Catherine, Kristina G. Hultén, Debra L. Palazzi, John Campbell, & Carol J. Baker. (2004). Emergence of New Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 39(10). 1460–1466. 155 indexed citations

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Healy, Catherine, M. Cafferkey, Andrea L. Conroy, et al.. (2001). Outcome of infants born to hepatitis C infected women. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -). 170(2). 103–106. 15 indexed citations

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