Nancy M. Bennett, M.D., M.S. is Professor of Medicine and of Community and Preventive Medicine, the Director of the Center for Community Health and Associate Vice President at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Bennett has directed numerous studies and community interventions funded by the CDC, NYSDOH and national and regional foundations related to the prevention of communicable and chronic disease.

She is the principal investigator for the Rochester Emerging Infections Program (CDC) and the Director of the Community Engagement core of the NIH funded Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Healthy Living Research Center, also funded by the NIH.

Dr. Bennett is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine and did her residency and Chief Residency at Bellevue Hospital in NYC. During her fellowship in general medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, she earned a Masters Degree in Epidemiology. She was an Assistant Professor of Medicine, a Mellon Fellow in Epidemiology, and taught in the School of Public Health at Columbia University before moving to Rochester. She served for 17 years as the Deputy Director of the Monroe County Department of Public Health, is an author of more than 65 peer reviewed articles, and serves on a variety of local and national advisory boards.

• Muhammad RD, Oza-Frank R, Zell E, Link-Gelles R, Narayan KM, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Lexau C, Bennett NM, Farley MM, Harrison LH, Reingold A, Hadler J, Beall B, Klugman KP, Moore MR. Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease among high-risk adults since the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for children. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Mar; 56(5):e59-67.
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• Powell SE, Hariri S, Steinau M, Bauer HM, Bennett NM, Bloch KC, Niccolai LM, Schafer S, Unger ER, Markowitz LE. Impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on HPV 16/18-related prevalence in precancerous cervical lesions. Vaccine. 2012 Dec 17; 31(1):109-13.
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• Hariri S, Unger ER, Powell SE, Bauer HM, Bennett NM, Bloch KC, Niccolai LM, Schafer S, Steinau M, Markowitz LE. Human papillomavirus genotypes in high-grade cervical lesions in the United States. J Infect Dis. 2012 Dec 15; 206(12):1878-86.
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• Cox CM, D'Mello T, Perez A, Reingold A, Gershman K, Yousey-Hindes K, Arnold KE, Farley MM, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Baumbach J, Hancock EB, Zansky S, Bennett NM, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Finelli L. Increase in rates of hospitalization due to laboratory-confirmed influenza among children and adults during the 2009-10 influenza pandemic. J Infect Dis. 2012 Nov; 206(9):1350-8.
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• Cohen AL, Taylor T, Farley MM, Schaffner W, Lesher LJ, Gershman KA, Bennett NM, Reingold A, Thomas A, Baumbach J, Harrison LH, Petit S, Beall B, Zell E, Moore M. An assessment of the screening method to evaluate vaccine effectiveness: the case of 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the United States. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e41785.
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• Garg S, Chaves SS, Pérez A, D'Mello T, Gershman K, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Arnold KE, Farley MM, Tengelsen L, Ryan P, Sharangpani R, Lynfield R, Morin C, Baumbach J, Hancock EB, Zansky S, Bennett NM, Fowler B, Bradley K, Thomas A, Cooper T, Schaffner W, Boulton R, Finelli L, Fry AM. Reduced influenza antiviral treatment among children and adults hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza infection in the year after the 2009 pandemic. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Aug; 55(3):e18-21.
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• De Serres G, Pilishvili T, Link-Gelles R, Reingold A, Gershman K, Petit S, Farley MM, Harrison LH, Lynfield R, Bennett NM, Baumbach J, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Beall B, Whitney C, Moore M. Use of surveillance data to estimate the effectiveness of the 7-valent conjugate pneumococcal vaccine in children less than 5 years of age over a 9 year period. Vaccine. 2012 Jun 8; 30(27):4067-72.
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• Luckhaupt SE, Sweeney MH, Funk R, Calvert GM, Nowell M, D'Mello T, Reingold A, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Arnold KE, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Baumbach J, Zansky S, Bennett NM, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Jones T. Influenza-associated Hospitalizations by Industry, 2009-10 Influenza Season, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Apr; 18(4):556-62.
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• Hampton LM, Farley MM, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Reingold A, Harrison LH, Lynfield R, Bennett NM, Petit S, Gershman K, Baumbach J, Beall B, Jorgensen J, Glennen A, Zell ER, Moore M. Prevention of Antibiotic-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae With Conjugate Vaccines. J Infect Dis. 2012 Feb; 205(3):401-11.
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• Hariri S, Unger ER, Powell SE, Bauer HM, Bennett NM, Bloch KC, Niccolai LM, Schafer S, Markowitz LE. The HPV vaccine impact monitoring project (HPV-IMPACT): assessing early evidence of vaccination impact on HPV-associated cervical cancer precursor lesions. Cancer Causes Control. 2012 Feb; 23(2):281-8.
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• Doshi S, Kamimoto L, Finelli L, Perez A, Reingold A, Gershman K, Yousey-Hindes K, Arnold K, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Baumbach J, Hancock EB, Bennett NM, Zansky S, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Fry AM. Description of antiviral treatment among adults hospitalized with influenza before and during the 2009 pandemic: United States, 2005-2009. J Infect Dis. 2011 Dec; 204(12):1848-56.
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• Rosen JB, Thomas AR, Lexau CA, Reingold A, Hadler JL, Harrison LH, Bennett NM, Schaffner W, Farley MM, Beall BW, Moore MR. Geographic variation in invasive pneumococcal disease following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Jul 15; 53(2):137-43.
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• Humiston SG, Bennett NM, Long C, Eberly S, Arvelo L, Stankaitis J, Szilagyi PG. Increasing inner-city adult influenza vaccination rates: a randomized controlled trial. Public Health Rep. 2011 Jul-Aug; 126 Suppl 2:39-47.
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• Thigpen MC, Whitney CG, Messonnier NE, Zell ER, Lynfield R, Hadler JL, Harrison LH, Farley MM, Reingold A, Bennett NM, Craig AS, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Lewis MM, Scallan E, Schuchat A. Bacterial meningitis in the United States, 1998-2007. N Engl J Med. 2011 May 26; 364(21):2016-25.
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• Creanga AA, Kamimoto L, Newsome K, D'Mello T, Jamieson DJ, Zotti ME, Arnold KE, Baumbach J, Bennett NM, Farley MM, Gershman K, Kirschke D, Lynfield R, Meek J, Morin C, Reingold A, Ryan P, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Zansky S, Finelli L, Honein MA. Seasonal and 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection during pregnancy: a population-based study of hospitalized cases. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jun; 204(6 Suppl 1):S38-45.
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• Yoo BK, Kasajima M, Phelps CE, Fiscella K, Bennett NM, Szilagyi PG. Influenza vaccine supply and racial/ethnic disparities in vaccination among the elderly. Am J Prev Med. 2011 Jan; 40(1):1-10.
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• Pearson TA, Fogg TT, Bennett N, Kieburtz K, Kitzman H, Moxley R, Puzas E. Building capacity across the spectrum of research translation: centers of excellence within the Rochester Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Clin Transl Sci. 2010 Dec; 3(6):272-4.
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• Dao CN, Kamimoto L, Nowell M, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Arnold KE, Farley M, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Baumbach J, Hancock E, Zansky S, Bennett NM, Thomas A, Vandermeer M, Kirschke DL, Schaffner W, Finelli L. Adult hospitalizations for laboratory-positive influenza during the 2005-2006 through 2007-2008 seasons in the United States. J Infect Dis. 2010 Sep 15; 202(6):881-8.
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• Burton DC, Flannery B, Bennett NM, Farley MM, Gershman K, Harrison LH, Lynfield R, Petit S, Reingold AL, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Plikaytis BD, Rose CE, Whitney CG, Schuchat A. Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in the incidence of bacteremic pneumonia among US adults. Am J Public Health. 2010 Oct; 100(10):1904-11.
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• Dawood FS, Fiore A, Kamimoto L, Nowell M, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Hadler J, Arnold KE, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Baumbach J, Zansky S, Bennett NM, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Kirschke D, Finelli L. Influenza-associated pneumonia in children hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza, 2003-2008. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Jul; 29(7):585-90.
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• Dawood FS, Fiore A, Kamimoto L, Bramley A, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Hadler J, Arnold KE, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Mueller M, Baumbach J, Zansky S, Bennett NM, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Kirschke D, Finelli L. Burden of seasonal influenza hospitalization in children, United States, 2003 to 2008. J Pediatr. 2010 Nov; 157(5):808-14.
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• Pilishvili T, Zell ER, Farley MM, Schaffner W, Lynfield R, Nyquist AC, Vazquez M, Bennett NM, Reingold A, Thomas A, Jackson D, Schuchat A, Whitney CG. Risk factors for invasive pneumococcal disease in children in the era of conjugate vaccine use. Pediatrics. 2010 Jul; 126(1):e9-17.
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• Maeshiro R, Johnson I, Koo D, Parboosingh J, Carney JK, Gesundheit N, Ho ET, Butler-Jones D, Donovan D, Finkelstein JA, Bennett NM, Shore B, McCurdy SA, Novick LF, Velarde LD, Dent MM, Banchoff A, Cohen L. Medical education for a healthier population: reflections on the Flexner Report from a public health perspective. Acad Med. 2010 Feb; 85(2):211-9.
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• Pilishvili T, Lexau C, Farley MM, Hadler J, Harrison LH, Bennett NM, Reingold A, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Craig AS, Smith PJ, Beall BW, Whitney CG, Moore MR. Sustained reductions in invasive pneumococcal disease in the era of conjugate vaccine. J Infect Dis. 2010 Jan 1; 201(1):32-41.
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• Yoo BK, Kasajima M, Fiscella K, Bennett NM, Phelps CE, Szilagyi PG. Effects of an ongoing epidemic on the annual influenza vaccination rate and vaccination timing among the Medicare elderly: 2000-2005. Am J Public Health. 2009 Oct; 99 Suppl 2:S383-8.
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• Hsu HE, Shutt KA, Moore MR, Beall BW, Bennett NM, Craig AS, Farley MM, Jorgensen JH, Lexau CA, Petit S, Reingold A, Schaffner W, Thomas A, Whitney CG, Harrison LH. Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on pneumococcal meningitis. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jan 15; 360(3):244-56.
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• Carvalho Mda G, Pimenta FC, Gertz RE, Joshi HH, Trujillo AA, Keys LE, Findley J, Moura IS, Park IH, Hollingshead SK, Pilishvili T, Whitney CG, Nahm MH, Beall BW. PCR-based quantitation and clonal diversity of the current prevalent invasive serogroup 6 pneumococcal serotype, 6C, in the United States in 1999 and 2006 to 2007. J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Mar; 47(3):554-9.
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• Fiscella K, Bennett NM, Szilagyi PG. Nomenclature in translational research. JAMA. 2008 May 14; 299(18):2148-9; author reply 2149-50.
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• Moore MR, Gertz RE, Woodbury RL, Barkocy-Gallagher GA, Schaffner W, Lexau C, Gershman K, Reingold A, Farley M, Harrison LH, Hadler JL, Bennett NM, Thomas AR, McGee L, Pilishvili T, Brueggemann AB, Whitney CG, Jorgensen JH, Beall B. Population snapshot of emergent Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A in the United States, 2005. J Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 1; 197(7):1016-27.
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• Thigpen MC, Richards CL, Lynfield R, Barrett NL, Harrison LH, Arnold KE, Reingold A, Bennett NM, Craig AS, Gershman K, Cieslak PR, Lewis P, Greene CM, Beall B, Van Beneden CA. Invasive group A streptococcal infection in older adults in long-term care facilities and the community, United States, 1998-2003. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Dec; 13(12):1852-9.
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• Grijalva CG, Weinberg GA, Bennett NM, Staat MA, Craig AS, Dupont WD, Iwane MK, Postema AS, Schaffner W, Edwards KM, Griffin MR. Estimating the undetected burden of influenza hospitalizations in children. Epidemiol Infect. 2007 Aug; 135(6):951-8.
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• Whitney CG, Pilishvili T, Farley MM, Schaffner W, Craig AS, Lynfield R, Nyquist AC, Gershman KA, Vazquez M, Bennett NM, Reingold A, Thomas A, Glode MP, Zell ER, Jorgensen JH, Beall B, Schuchat A. Effectiveness of seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease: a matched case-control study. Lancet. 2006 Oct 28; 368(9546):1495-502.
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• Kyaw MH, Greene CM, Schaffner W, Ray SM, Shapiro M, Barrett NL, Gershman K, Craig AS, Roberson A, Zell ER, Schuchat A, Bennett NM, Whitney CG. Adults with invasive pneumococcal disease: missed opportunities for vaccination. Am J Prev Med. 2006 Oct; 31(4):286-92.
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• Bennett NM, Casey M, Cleveland T, Hackett N, Soto M, Adams N. 2004-2005 influenza vaccine shortage: Vaccine redistribution model. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2006 Jul-Aug; 12(4):335-9.
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• Greene CM, Kyaw MH, Ray SM, Schaffner W, Lynfield R, Barrett NL, Long C, Gershman K, Pilishvili T, Roberson A, Zell ER, Whitney CG, Bennett NM. Preventability of invasive pneumococcal disease and assessment of current polysaccharide vaccine recommendations for adults: United States, 2001-2003. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Jul 15; 43(2):141-50.
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• Kyaw MH, Lynfield R, Schaffner W, Craig AS, Hadler J, Reingold A, Thomas AR, Harrison LH, Bennett NM, Farley MM, Facklam RR, Jorgensen JH, Besser J, Zell ER, Schuchat A, Whitney CG. Effect of introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae. N Engl J Med. 2006 Apr 6; 354(14):1455-63.
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• Andrus NC, Bennett NM. Developing an interdisciplinary, community-based education program for health professions students: the Rochester experience. Acad Med. 2006 Apr; 81(4):326-31.
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• Fontanesi J, Hill L, Olson R, Bennett NM, Kopald D. Mass vaccination clinics versus appointments. J Med Pract Manage. 2006 Mar-Apr; 21(5):288-94.
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• Lexau CA, Lynfield R, Danila R, Pilishvili T, Facklam R, Farley MM, Harrison LH, Schaffner W, Reingold A, Bennett NM, Hadler J, Cieslak PR, Whitney CG. Changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease among older adults in the era of pediatric pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. JAMA. 2005 Oct 26; 294(16):2043-51.
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• Fisher CG, Kacica MA, Bennett NM. Risk factors for cartilage infections of the ear. Am J Prev Med. 2005 Oct; 29(3):204-9.
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• Fishbein DB, Fontanesi J, Kopald D, Stevenson J, Bennett NM, Stryker DW, Long C, Coleman MS, Shefer AM. Why do not patients receive influenza vaccine in December and January? Vaccine. 2006 Feb 6; 24(6):798-802.
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• Szilagyi PG, Shone LP, Barth R, Kouides RW, Long C, Humiston SG, Jennings J, Bennett NM. Physician practices and attitudes regarding adult immunizations. Prev Med. 2005 Feb; 40(2):152-61.
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• Coleman MS, Fontanesi J, Meltzer MI, Shefer A, Fishbein DB, Bennett NM, Stryker D. Estimating medical practice expenses from administering adult influenza vaccinations. Vaccine. 2005 Jan 4; 23(7):915-23.
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• Flannery B, Schrag S, Bennett NM, Lynfield R, Harrison LH, Reingold A, Cieslak PR, Hadler J, Farley MM, Facklam RR, Zell ER, Whitney CG. Impact of childhood vaccination on racial disparities in invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections. JAMA. 2004 May 12; 291(18):2197-203.
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• Fontanesi J, Shefer AM, Fishbein DB, Bennett NM, De Guire M, Kopald D, Holcomb K, Stryker DW, Coleman MS. Operational conditions affecting the vaccination of older adults. Am J Prev Med. 2004 May; 26(4):265-70.
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• Whitney CG, Farley MM, Hadler J, Harrison LH, Bennett NM, Lynfield R, Reingold A, Cieslak PR, Pilishvili T, Jackson D, Facklam RR, Jorgensen JH, Schuchat A. Decline in invasive pneumococcal disease after the introduction of protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccine. N Engl J Med. 2003 May 1; 348(18):1737-46.
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• McCormick AW, Whitney CG, Farley MM, Lynfield R, Harrison LH, Bennett NM, Schaffner W, Reingold A, Hadler J, Cieslak P, Samore MH, Lipsitch M. Geographic diversity and temporal trends of antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in the United States. Nat Med. 2003 Apr; 9(4):424-30.
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• Mukamel DB, Gold HT, Bennett NM. Cost utility of public clinics to increase pneumococcal vaccines in the elderly. Am J Prev Med. 2001 Jul; 21(1):29-34.
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• Eckhert NL, Bennett NM, Grande D, Dandoy S. Teaching prevention through electives. Acad Med. 2000 Jul; 75(7 Suppl):S85-9.
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• Wyatt JD, Barker WH, Bennett NM, Hanlon CA. Human rabies postexposure prophylaxis during a raccoon rabies epizootic in New York, 1993 and 1994. Emerg Infect Dis. 1999 May-Jun; 5(3):415-23.
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• Barker WH, Bennett NM, LaForce FM, Waltz EC, Weiner LB. "McFlu". The Monroe County, New York, Medicare vaccine demonstration. Am J Prev Med. 1999 Apr; 16(3 Suppl):118-27.
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• Kouides RW, Bennett NM, Lewis B, Cappuccio JD, Barker WH, LaForce FM. Performance-based physician reimbursement and influenza immunization rates in the elderly. The Primary-Care Physicians of Monroe County. Am J Prev Med. 1998 Feb; 14(2):89-95.
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• Dracup K, Alonzo AA, Atkins JM, Bennett NM, Braslow A, Clark LT, Eisenberg M, Ferdinand KC, Frye R, Green L, Hill MN, Kennedy JW, Kline-Rogers E, Moser DK, Ornato JP, Pitt B, Scott JD, Selker HP, Silva SJ, Thies W, Weaver WD, Wenger NK, White SK. The physician's role in minimizing prehospital delay in patients at high risk for acute myocardial infarction: recommendations from the National Heart Attack Alert Program. Working Group on Educational Strategies To Prevent Prehospital Delay in Patients at High Risk for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Ann Intern Med. 1997 Apr 15; 126(8):645-51.
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• Weltman AC, Bennett NM, Ackman DA, Misage JH, Campana JJ, Fine LS, Doniger AS, Balzano GJ, Birkhead GS. An outbreak of hepatitis A associated with a bakery, New York, 1994: the 1968 "West Branch, Michigan' outbreak repeated. Epidemiol Infect. 1996 Oct; 117(2):333-41.
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• Pick N, McDonald A, Bennett N, Litsche M, Dietsche L, Legerwood R, Spurgas R, LaForce FM. Pulmonary aspiration in a long-term care setting: clinical and laboratory observations and an analysis of risk factors. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996 Jul; 44(7):763-8.
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• Bennett NM, Lewis B, Doniger AS, Bell K, Kouides R, LaForce FM, Barker W. A coordinated, communitywide program in Monroe County, New York, to increase influenza immunization rates in the elderly. Arch Intern Med. 1994 Aug 8; 154(15):1741-5.
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• Kouides RW, Lewis B, Bennett NM, Bell KM, Barker WH, Black ER, Cappuccio JD, Raubertas RF, LaForce FM. A performance-based incentive program for influenza immunization in the elderly. Am J Prev Med. 1993 Jul-Aug; 9(4):250-5.
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• Bennett NM, Buffington J, LaForce FM. Pneumococcal bacteremia in Monroe County, New York. Am J Public Health. 1992 Nov; 82(11):1513-6.
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• Bennett NM, Nickerson KG. Women in academic medicine: perceived obstacles to advancement. J Am Med Womens Assoc. 1992 Jul-Aug; 47(4):115-8.
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• Quill TE, Bennett NM. The effects of a hospital policy and state legislation on resuscitation orders for geriatric patients. Arch Intern Med. 1992 Mar; 152(3):569-72.
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• Nickerson KG, Bennett NM, Estes D, Shea S. The status of women at one academic medical center. Breaking through the glass ceiling. JAMA. 1990 Oct 10; 264(14):1813-7.
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• Bennett NM, Nickerson KG. Women, families, and academic medicine. N Y State J Med. 1990 Jun; 90(6):284-5.
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• Bennett NM, Shea S. Hypertensive emergency: case criteria, sociodemographic profile, and previous care of 100 cases. Am J Public Health. 1988 Jun; 78(6):636-40.
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• Mandelblatt JS, Adler RS, Bennett NM, Fein OT, Hoffman S, Mattimore TJ. Divisions of general medicine: ambulatory care activities and responses to cost containment. J Gen Intern Med. 1987 Nov-Dec; 2(6):388-93.
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