David Yankey, MS, CPH

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Dieases / Immunization Services Division / Assessment Branch
1600 Clifton Road
MS E-62
Atlanta, GA
USA 30333

Biographical Sketch:
1992 - 1994-- Mathematics & Science Teacher, Adiembra Senior Secondary School, Sekondi, GHANA 1998 - 2000 -- Mathematics & Science Teacher, Archbishop Porter Girls' Senior Secondary School, Takoradi, GHANA 2000 - 2002 -- Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 2001 - 2004 -- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 2002 - 2004 -- Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 2004 - 2008 -- Visiting Instructor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 2005 - 2008 -- Labor Market Specialist II, Georgia Department of Labor, Atlanta, GA 2008 - 2010 -- Statistician (Contractor) from LHI, CDC/CCID/NCIRD/ISD/AB, Atlanta, GA 2010 - Present -- Mathematical Statistician, CDC/OID/NCIRD/ISD/AB, Atlanta, GA Presenter -- "Interactive Geographic Reporting of Influenza Vaccination Coverage for the 2009-10 Season". CDC/ATSDR 2010 GIS Day and Academic Geography and Public Health Showcase, November 17, 2010. Coauthor -- “National, State, and Local Area Vaccination Coverage among Adolescents Aged 13 – 17 Years – United States, 2009”. MMWR August 20, 2010 / Vol. 59/ No. 32. Coauthor -- “Interim Results: State-Specific Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccination Coverage --- United States, October 2009--January 2010”.MMWR April 02, 2010/Vol. 59 / No. 12. Coauthor -- “Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13 – 17 Years – United States, 2008”. MMWR September 18, 2009 / Vol. 58/ No. 36. Coauthor --“Human papillomavirus (HPV) awareness and vaccination initiation among women in the United States, National Immunization Survey-Adult 2007”. PMID: 19100762 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]. Coauthor -- “Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13 – 17 Years – United States, 2007”. MMWR October 10, 2008 / Vol. 57 / No. 40. Poster Lead Author --“Parent-reported ‘main reason’ for non-receipt of recommended adolescent vaccinations: Td/Tdap; MCV4; HPV4 National Immunization Survey-Teen (NIS-Teen), 2007”. At the National Immunization Conference (NIC) 2009, Dallas, TX Poster Coauthor -- “Considering influenza vaccination for everyone 6 months of age and older: What do we know about the remaining 15%?”. At the National Immunization Conference (NIC) 2009, Dallas, TX