The U.S. president has signed an executive order calling for significant changes to the country’s childhood vaccination schedule, including offering separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines instead of the combined MMR vaccine and reducing the number of routinely recommended childhood vaccines from 18 to 11.

McGill University experts are available to discuss the science behind childhood vaccination schedules and potential implications for vaccine confidence and public health in the United States and beyond.

Prativa Baral is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global and Public Health and Deputy Director of the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab.

prativa.baral [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

Jesse Papenburg, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, infectious disease specialist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and Chair of the Quebec Immunization Committee.

jesse.papenburg [at] mcgill.ca (English and French)

Brian Ward, MD, is a Full Professor in the Department of Medicine and Co-Director of the Vaccine Study Centre at the McGill University Health Centre.

brian.ward [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)