Andrea Benin

Andrea Benin, MD serves as Associate Professor Adjunct of Biostatistics (Health Informatics) at Yale School of Public Health while holding a full-time position as Chief of the Surveillance Branch within the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Her work bridges academic public health and national surveillance systems, focusing on healthcare-associated infections and vaccine-preventable diseases.

Dr. Benin's research interests span healthcare quality, medical informatics, patient safety, and infectious disease epidemiology. She has particular expertise in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), which tracks healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial use, and resistance across U.S. healthcare facilities. Her work integrates clinical medicine with data science to improve healthcare quality metrics and infection prevention strategies.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals consistent focus on vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel and nursing home residents, bloodstream infection surveillance in hemodialysis facilities, and digital quality measures for patient safety. Her research demonstrates strong methodological rigor in public health surveillance and epidemiological analysis, with publications appearing in leading journals including Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology and MMWR.

Dr. Benin's scientific contributions center on improving surveillance systems for healthcare quality and infection prevention. Her work on NHSN digital quality measures represents innovation in automated surveillance, while her analyses of vaccination coverage trends provide critical evidence for public health policy decisions regarding healthcare worker immunization and protection of vulnerable populations.

Her academic appointments and CDC leadership position demonstrate significant expertise in translating public health data into actionable insights for healthcare quality improvement. Dr. Benin's dual roles exemplify the integration of academic research with practical public health implementation at the national level.