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American College of Emergency Physicians

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is an American professional association based in Irving, Texas.

History

ACEP participated in the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project during the declared COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

In the first quarter of 2021, ACEP received an $8,000 grant from Pfizer for a “Vaccine Confidence PSA.”[2] On March 19, 2021, ACEP published a joint statement in support of COVID-19 vaccines alongside the American College of Medical Toxicology and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine.[3]

Organization

ACEP is partnered with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID).[4]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Amesh Adalja Fellow[5] Clade X, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Johns Hopkins Center for Global Health, Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Allegheny County Medical Reserve Corps

  1. About The Project. (2020). COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project. https://covidvaccineproject.org/about-the-project/ ↩︎

  2. US Medical, Scientific, Patient and Civic Organization Funding Report: Q1-Q2 2021. (2021, September 27). Pfizer. https://web.archive.org/web/20230503211316/https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23787007/pfizer-2021-report.pdf ↩︎

  3. ACMT/AAEM/ACEP Joint Statement in Support of COVID-19 Vaccines. (2021, March 19). American College of Emergency Physicians. https://web.archive.org/web/20230511164641/https://www.acep.org/siteassets/sites/acep/media/covid-19-main/joint-letter-supporting-covid-19-vaccines.pdf ↩︎

  4. NFID Partner Organizations. (2022, January 6). National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. https://web.archive.org/web/20220716065253/https://www.nfid.org/partners/ ↩︎

  5. Amesh Adalja. Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://centerforhealthsecurity.org/who-we-are/our-people/amesh-adalja-md-fidsa ↩︎