ColeenKCunninghamMD(She/Her)

Pediatric Infectious Disease • Orange, CA

Professor and Chair Pediatrics University of California, Irvine, Senior VP and Pediatrician in Chief, Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)

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Office
1201
W. La Veta Ave.
Orange, CA 92868
Phone+1 714-997-3000

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Education & Training

SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 1988 - 1991
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 1985 - 1989
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2021 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2003 - 2021
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics

Clinical Trials

Study of a New Anti-HIV Drug, T-20, in HIV-Infected Children
Completed
Phase 1
Effectiveness of Two Hepatitis B Vaccines in HIV-negative Youths Start of enrollment: 2004 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
IMPAACT 1077HS: Examining Benefits of HAART Continuation in Postpartum Women Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 4
IMPAACT P1074: Long-Term Outcomes in HIV-Infected Infants, Children, and Adolescents Start of enrollment: 2009 Mar 01
Completed
IMPAACT P1080: Psychiatric and Antiretroviral Medication Concentrations in HIV-infected and Uninfected Children and Adolescents Start of enrollment: 2010 Oct 08
Completed
Evaluating the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Human Parainfluenza Type 3 (HPIV3) Virus Vaccine in Infants and Children Start of enrollment: 2010 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 1
Two Part Study to Evaluate Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Antiviral Activity of Elvitegravir Administered With a PI/r Background Regimen for ARV Treatment-Experienced Pediatric Participants Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 26
Terminated
Phase 2, Phase 3
Safety and Immunogenicity of a Single Dose of the Recombinant Live-Attenuated Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccines RSV ΔNS2/Δ1313/I1314L, RSV 6120/ΔNS2/1030s, RSV 276 or Placebo, Delivered as Nose Drops to RSV-Seronegative Children 6 to 24 Months of Age Start of enrollment: 2019 May 16
Active, not recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2
Evaluating the Safety and Immune Response to a Single Dose of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine in RSV-Seronegative Infants and Children Start of enrollment: 2013 Oct 03
Completed
Phase 1
Safety of Recombinant HIV Vaccines in HIV Infected Young Adults on Stable Therapy
Completed
Phase 1
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Academic Health Centers and Humanitarian Crises: One Health System's Response to Unaccompanied Children at the Border.
Sherin U Devaskar, Coleen K Cunningham, Robin H Steinhorn, Cynthia Haq, Johnese Spisso, William Dunne, Juan Raul Gutierrez, Coleen Kivlahan, Michelle Bholat, Suzanne B...> ;Academic Medicine. 2023 Mar 1
3 citations
Kinetics of pneumococcal antibodies among HIV-exposed, uninfected infants in Botswana.
Emilie A Uffman, Shuk Hang Li, Jui-Lin Chen, Noel Allen, Sefelani Boiditswe, Genevieve G Fouda, Jillian H Hurst, Mohamed Z Patel, Andrew P Steenhoff, Coleen K Cunningh...> ;Vaccine. 2022 Aug 5
7 citations
Evaluation of Recombinant Live-Attenuated Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccines RSV/ΔNS2/Δ1313/I1314L and RSV/276 in RSV-Seronegative Children.
Coleen K Cunningham, Ruth A Karron, Petronella Muresan, Matthew S Kelly, Elizabeth J McFarland, Charlotte Perlowski, Jennifer Libous, Jennifer Oliva, Patrick Jean-Phil...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2022 Dec 13
3 citations
Sauti ya Vijana (SYV; The Voice of Youth): Longitudinal Outcomes of an Individually Randomized Group Treatment Pilot Trial for Young People Living with HIV in Tanzania.
Dorothy E Dow, Karen E O'Donnell, Laura Mkumba, John A Gallis, Elizabeth L Turner, Judith Boshe, Aisa M Shayo, Coleen K Cunningham, Blandina T Mmbaga> ;AIDS and Behavior. 2022 Jun 1
4 citations
Frequent Development of Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies in Early Life in a Large Cohort of Children With Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
Amanda Lucier, Youyi Fong, Shuk Hang Li, Maria Dennis, Joshua Eudailey, Ashley Nelson, Kevin Saunders, Coleen K Cunningham, Elizabeth McFarland, Ross McKinney, M Antho...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2022 May 16
9 citations
Non-diphtheriae Corynebacterium species are associated with decreased risk of pneumococcal colonization during infancy.
Matthew S. Kelly, Catherine H. Plunkett, Yahe Yu, Jhoanna N. Aquino, Sweta M. Patel, Jillian H. Hurst, Rebecca R Young, Marek Smieja, Andrew P. Steenhoff, Tonya Arscot...> ;The ISME Journal. 2021 Sep 11
21 citations
Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of a Long-Acting Broadly Neutralizing HIV-1 Monoclonal Antibody VRC01LS in HIV-1-Exposed Newborn Infants.
Elizabeth J. McFarland, Coleen K. Cunningham, Petronella Muresan, Edmund V. Capparelli, Charlotte Perlowski, Patricia Morgan, Betsy Smith, Rohan Hazra, Lynette Purdue,...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2021 May 2
Tar Heel Footprints in Health Care: A periodic feature that recognizes individuals whose efforts-often unsung-enhance the health of North Carolinians.
Coleen K. Cunningham> ;North Carolina Medical Journal. 2021 Mar 1
26 citations
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine testing and trials in the pediatric population: biologic, ethical, research, and implementation challenges.
Dan M. Cooper, Behnoush Afghani, Carrie L. Byington, Coleen K. Cunningham, Sidney H. Golub, Kim D. Lu, Shlomit Radom-Aizik, Lainie Friedman Ross, Jasjit Singh, William...> ;Pediatric Research. 2021 Feb 24
5 citations
Model Informed Development of VRC01 in Newborn Infants Using a Population Pharmacokinetics Approach.
Jerry Li, Mina Nikanjam, Coleen K. Cunningham, Elizabeth J. McFarland, Emily E. Coates, Katherine V. Houser, Bob C. Lin, Adrian B. McDermott, Britta Flach, Lucio Gama,...> ;Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 2021 Jan 1
3 citations
Transcriptional and Immunologic Correlates of Response to Pandemic Influenza Vaccine in Aviremic, HIV-Infected Children
Lesley R. de Armas, Varghese K. George, Abdelali Filali-Mouhim, Courtney Steel, Anita Parmigiani, Coleen K. Cunningham, Adriana Weinberg, Lydie Trautmann, Rafick Pierr...> ;Frontiers in Immunology. 2021 Mar 25
21 citations
A Pediatric Infectious Diseases Perspective of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Children.
Andi L. Shane, Alice I Sato, Carol M. Kao, Felice C. Adler-Shohet, Surabhi B Vora, Jeffery J. Auletta, Sharon Nachman, Vanessa Raabe, Kengo Inagaki, Ibukunoluwa C. Aki...> ;Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2020 Nov 10
32 citations
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infections Among Children in the Biospecimens from Respiratory Virus-Exposed Kids (BRAVE Kids) Study.
Jillian H. Hurst, Sarah M Heston, Hailey N Chambers, Hannah M Cunningham, Meghan Price, Lilianna Suarez, Carter G Crew, Shree Bose, Jhoanna N. Aquino, Stuart Carr, S. ...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021 Nov 2
28 citations
A group-based mental health intervention for young people living with HIV in Tanzania: results of a pilot individually randomized group treatment trial
Dorothy E. Dow, Blandina T. Mmbaga, John A. Gallis, Elizabeth L. Turner, Monica Gandhi, Coleen K. Cunningham, Karen E. O’Donnell> ;BMC Public Health. 2020 Sep 4
27 citations
Live-attenuated Vaccines Prevent Respiratory Syncytial Virus-associated Illness in Young Children.
Ruth A. Karron, Jessica E. Atwell, Elizabeth J. McFarland, Coleen K. Cunningham, Petronella Muresan, Charlotte Perlowski, Jennifer Libous, Stephen A. Spector, Ram Yoge...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021 Mar 1
32 citations
SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Children in the Biospecimens from Respiratory Virus-Exposed Kids (BRAVE Kids) Study
Jillian H. Hurst, Sarah M Heston, Hailey N Chambers, Hannah M Cunningham, Meghan Price, Liliana Suarez, Carter G Crew, Shree Bose, Jhoanna N. Aquino, Stuart Carr, S. M...> ;Medrxiv. 2020 Sep 1
Raltegravir-associated Drug-Reaction With Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms Syndrome in a Pediatric Patient Without Characteristic Human Leukocyte Antigen B*57:01 or ...
Jacob T. Kilgore, Bradford Becken, Coleen K. Cunningham, Amelia B. Thompson> ;Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2021 Apr 3
29 citations
Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of the Broadly Neutralizing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 Monoclonal Antibody VRC01 in HIV-Exposed Newborn Infants.
Coleen K. Cunningham, Elizabeth J. McFarland, R Leavitt Morrison, Edmund V. Capparelli, Jeffrey T. Safrit, Lynne M. Mofenson, Bonnie J. Mathieson, Megan Valentine, Cha...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Jul 23
6 citations
Placental Transfer of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Antibody Among HIV-Exposed, Uninfected Infants.
Sweta M. Patel, Sabelle Jallow, Sefelani Boiditswe, Shabir A. Madhi, Kristen A. Feemster, Andrew P. Steenhoff, Tonya Arscott-Mills, Charles Muthoga, Gbolahan Ajibola, ...> ;Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 2020 Jul 13
8 citations
Effect of Haemophilus influenzae type b and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on childhood pneumonia hospitalizations and deaths in Botswana.
Morgan Congdon, Hwanhee Hong, Rebecca R Young, Coleen K. Cunningham, Leslie A. Enane, Tonya Arscott-Mills, Francis M Banda, Mamiki Chise, Keneilwe Motlhatlhedi, Kriste...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2021 Jul 15
20 citations
Live-Attenuated Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine With M2-2 Deletion and With Small Hydrophobic Noncoding Region Is Highly Immunogenic in Children
Elizabeth J. McFarland, Ruth A. Karron, Petronella Muresan, Coleen K. Cunningham, Charlotte Perlowski, Jennifer Libous, Jennifer Oliva, Patrick Jean-Philippe, Jack Moy...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Jun 11
21 citations
Live Respiratory Syncytial Virus Attenuated by M2-2 Deletion and Stabilized Temperature Sensitivity Mutation 1030s Is a Promising Vaccine Candidate in Children.
Elizabeth J. McFarland, Ruth A. Karron, Petronella Muresan, Coleen K. Cunningham, Jennifer Libous, Charlotte Perlowski, Bhagvanji Thumar, Devasena Gnanashanmugam, Jack...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Feb 3
4 citations
The prevalence and clinical characteristics of pertussis-associated pneumonia among infants in Botswana.
Bahaa Abu-Raya, David M. Goldfarb, Marek Smieja, Kathy Luinstra, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Andrew P. Steenhoff, Kristen A. Feemster, Tonya Arscott-Mills, Coleen K. C...> ;BMC Pediatrics. 2019 Nov 16
14 citations
Challenges and facilitators of transition from adolescent to adult HIV care among young adults living with HIV in Moshi, Tanzania.
Rita V Masese, Julia V Ramos, Leonia L Rugalabamu, Severa Luhanga, Aisa M Shayo, Kearsley A. Stewart, Coleen K. Cunningham, Dorothy E. Dow> ;Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2019 Oct 1
17 citations
Cultivating Research Skills During Clinical Training to Promote Pediatric-Scientist Development.
Jillian H. Hurst, Katherine J. Barrett, Matthew S. Kelly, Betty B. Staples, Kathleen A. McGann, Coleen K. Cunningham, Ann M. Reed, Rasheed Gbadegesin, Sallie R. Permar> ;Pediatrics. 2019 Aug 1
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Journal Articles

Development and Application of a Multiplex Assay for the Simultaneous Measurement of Antibody Responses Elicited by Common Childhood Vaccines
Elizabeth J McFarland, Coleen K Cunningham, William Borkowsky, Sallie R Permar, ScienceDirect

Press Mentions

RSV Vaccine Trials Show Critical Protection in Newborn's First MonthsApril 18th, 2023
Pfizer RSV Vaccine Trials Show Protection for Infants and Older AdultsApril 7th, 2023
Cold Medicine Shortage Plagues SoCal Amid RSV, Flu and COVID SurgeDecember 5th, 2022
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