Mary Healy, MD

Mary Healy, MD, is an associate professor of pediatrics, in the Section of Infectious Diseases, at Baylor College of Medicine. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Healy has been involved in clinical research for over two decades. Her research interests focus on preventing infections through immunization for all age groups, with a special interest in maternal immunization, particularly in evaluating immunization strategies to prevent severe pertussis in infants. She has also served as a co-investigator for the Baylor VTEU and has been intimately involved with IDCRC/VTEU projects where Baylor serves as a clinical site, including as national co-chair of Stage 2 (adolescent) Mpox clinical trial. She also is an active researcher in strategies to improve vaccination uptake. She serves as a member of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (COID or “Red Book Committee”) for the American Academy of Pediatrics.