Dr. Julie Bettinger

Head of Infection Epidemiology, CUPIC

Vaccine Safety Scientist, Vaccine Evaluation Center
Epidemiologist, IMPACT
Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious and Immunological Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia

Dr. Julie Bettinger is a Vaccine Safety Scientist at the Vaccine Evaluation Center, a leading center for applied vaccine research in Canada. Her research interests include vaccine safety and vaccine preventable diseases, as well as attitudes and beliefs around immunization uptake and use. She is also the Epidemiologist for IMPACT (Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive), a national surveillance system for vaccine preventable diseases and vaccine adverse events in 12 pediatric tertiary care centers across Canada.

Laboratory Members

• Keswadee Lapphra (Clincial Fellow
• Kim Marty (Data Director)
• Wenli Zhang (Data Manager)
• Shuyu Fan (Statistician)
• Engy Grove (Research Technician)

Bettinger JA, Scheifele DW, Le Saux N, Halperin SA, Vaudry W, Tsang R. The impact of childhood meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine programs in Canada. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2009; 28(3): 220-224.

Scheifele DW, Bettinger JA, Halperin SA, Law B, Bortolussi R. Ongoing Control of Haemophilus influenzae type B infections in Canadian Children: 2004-2007. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2008; 27(8): 755-757.

Norton SP, Scheifele DW, Bettinger JA, West RM. Influenza vaccination in paediatric nurses: cross-sectional study of coverage, refusal, and factors in acceptance. Vaccine 2008;26:2942–2948

Burgess T, Hirschfeld AF, Tyrrell GJ, Bettinger JA, Turvey SE. Commonly invasive serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae trigger a reduced innate immune response compared with serotypes rarely responsible for invasive infection. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2008: 1-4.

Bettinger JA, Scheifele DW, Halperin SA, Kellner JD. Tyrrell G. Invasive Pneumococcal Infections in Canadian Children, 1998-2003: Implications for Vaccination Programs. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2007: March/April 98(2):111-115.

Bettinger JA, Halperin SA, De Serres G, Scheifele DW, Tam T. The Effect of Changing from Whole-Cell to Acellular Pertussis Vaccine on the Epidemiology of Hospitalized Pertussis in Canada. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2007 Jan; 26(1):31-5

Hirschfeld AF, Bettinger JA, Victor RE, Davidson DJ, Currie AJ, Ansermino JM, Scheifele DW, Orange JS, Turvey SE. Prevalence of toll-like receptor signalling defects in apparently healthy children who developed invasive pneumococcal infection. Clin Immunol 2007;122:271-8.

Bjornson G, Scheifele DW, Bettinger J, Patrick DM, Gustafson L, Daly P, Tyrrell GJ. Effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Greater Vancouver, Canada: 2004-2005. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2007;26(6):540-2.

Bettinger JA, Celentano DD, Curriero FC, Adler NE, Millstein SG, Ellen JE. Does Parental Involvement Predict Incident STDs in Female Adolescents? Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2004: 158:666-670.

Bettinger JA, Adler NE, Curriero FC, Ellen JE. Risk Perceptions, Condom Use and STDs among Adolescent Females according to Social Network Position. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2004:31:(9):575-579.