Many of the public health topics addressed by the Community Guide are broad in scope and require multidisciplinary solutions. For this reason, it is important that the systematic reviews are conducted by diverse teams. Three teams work on each systematic review:

• Coordination Team – directs all phases of the design, execution, analysis, and communication of the review. This team is made up of individuals with methodological or subject matter experience, and includes the lead scientist for the review as well as at least one member of the Task Force.
• Consultation team – a senior advisory team made up of multidisciplinary experts, advises the coordinating team on all phases of the systematic review.
• Abstraction team – reviews and systematically extracts information from the relevant research literature using standardized Community Guide abstraction forms.

Coordination Team

Task Force Member
Alan R. Hinman, MD, MPH
Task Force on Child Survival and Development
Atlanta, Georgia

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Guide Staff Member
Peter A. Briss, MD, MPH

Epidemiology Program Office
Division of Prevention Research and Analytic Methods
Vilma G. Carande-Kulis, MS, PhD

National Immunization Program

Subject Matter Experts
Lance E. Rodewald, MD
Abigail M. Shefer, MD
Raymond A. Strikas, MD
Roger R. Bernier, PhD
Hussain R. Yusuf, MBBS, MPH
Serigne M. Ndiaye, PhD
Sheree M. Williams, PhD

David Atkins, MD, MPH
Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research
Rockville, MD

Joseph Chin, MD, MS
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Bethesda, MD

Caswell Evans, DDS, MPH
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Teresa Gyorkos, PhD,
Montreal General Hospital and McGill University
Montreal, Canada

George Isham, MD
HealthPartners
Bloomington, MN

Susan Lett, MD, MPH
Massachusetts Department of Health
Boston, MA

Rose Marie Matulionis, MSPH
SafeKids USA
Washington, DC

Lloyd Novick, MD, MPH
Onondaga Health Department
Syracuse, NY

Thomas Saari, MD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

William Schaffner, II, MD
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Susan Scrimshaw, PhD
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL

Sania Amr, MD, MS
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
Baltimore, MD

Jacqueline Gendler, MS
Department of Health and Social Services
Wilmington, DE

Richard Gugleman, MD, MPH
Gugelman, Melville, and Associates
Chapel Hill, NC

Alan Hinman, MD, MPH
Task Force for Child Survival and Development
Atlanta, GA

Thomas Saari, MD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

Sarah Teagle, Dr PH
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Park, NC

Peter Briss, MD, MPH
Nino Khetsuriani, MD, PhD
Dexter (Bo) Kimsey, PhD, MSEH
Serigne Ndiaye, PhD
Abigail Shefer, MD
Raymond Strikas, MD
Benedict Truman, MD, MPH
Sheree Williams, MD
Seymour Williams, PhD
Husain Yusuf, MBBS, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA

Project Editor
Kay Smith-Akin, M.Ed
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention