• James Donahue DVM, PhD, MPH

  • Project Scientist II, PHD


    • MCRI - MCRI-Clin Epidem and Pop Hlth
    • 1000 North Oak Ave. ML2 Marshfield, WI 54449

Education

1985 to 1988:
Epidemiology Fellow at FDA and NCI, National Institutes of Health, Washington

Work Experience

2003 to Present:
Epidemiologist, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield
2000 to 2003:
Area Epidemiologist, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Madison
1992 to 2000:
Instructor in Medicine, Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
1988 to 1992:
Project Director, Frequency of Agents Communicated by Transfusion Study and the Hepatitis C After Transfusion Study, The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore
1988 to 1989:
Postdoctoral Position, Cancer Training Grant, National Cancer Institute and the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore
1987 to 1988:
Guest Scientist, Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda
1985 to 1987:
Epidemiology Fellow, USPHS Epidemiology Training Program, Epidemiology and Clinical Toxicology Unit, Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, Washington

Research Interests

Infectious disease epidemiology
Pharmacoepidemiology
Veterinary epidemiology
Study design methodology

Select Publications

  • Donahue JG, Piesman J, Mather TN, Levine J, Campbell JD, Karakshian SJ. (1986 September). Comparative prevalence of Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi in four populations of Ixodes dammini in eastern Massachusetts. Acta Trop. 43(3):263-270.
    PubMed ID: 2430433
  • Donahue JG, Piesman J, Spielman A, Mather TN. (1986 March). Transovarially acquired Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi) in field-collected larval Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae). J Med Entomol. 23(2):219.
    PubMed ID: 3701806
  • Donahue JG, Piesman J, Spielman A. (1987 January). Reservoir competence of white-footed mice for Lyme disease spirochetes. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 36(1):92-96.
    PubMed ID: 3812887
  • Donahue JG, Cohen ND, Nelson KE, Munoz A, Yawn DH, McAllister HA. (1990 December). Transmission of HIV by transfusion of screened blood. N Engl J Med. 323(24):1709.
    PubMed ID: 2233972
  • Donahue JG, Nelson KE, Munoz A, Vlahov D, Rennie LL, Taylor EL,...Farzadegan H. (1991 November). Antibody to hepatitis C virus among cardiac surgery patients, homosexual men, and intravenous drug users in Baltimore, Maryland. Am J Epidemiol. 134(10):1206-1211.
    PubMed ID: 1720924
  • Donahue JG, Cohen ND, Nelson KE, Munoz A, Teague A, Yawn DH,...McAllister H. (1992 October). Transmission of retroviruses from seronegative donors by transfusion during cardiac surgery. A multicenter study of HIV-1 and HTLV-I/II infections. Ann Intern Med. 117(7):554-559.
    PubMed ID: 1524329
  • Donahue JG, Nelson KE, Munoz A, Ness PM, Yawn DH, Brown DE,...Reitz BA. (1992 August). The declining risk of post-transfusion hepatitis C virus infection. N Engl J Med. 327(6):369-373.
    PubMed ID: 1320736
  • Donahue JG, Platt R, Choo PW, Manson JE. (1995 September). The epidemiology of varicella and its complications. J Infect Dis. 172(3):706-712.
    PubMed ID: 7658062
  • Donahue JG, Platt R, Choo PW, Manson JE. (1995 August). The incidence of herpes zoster. Arch Intern Med. 155(15):1605-1609.
    PubMed ID: 7618983
  • Donahue JG, Platt R, Choo PW, Galil K, Walker AM, Spiegelman D. (1997 June). Risk factors for postherpetic neuralgia. Arch Intern Med. 157(11):1217-1224.
    PubMed ID: 9183233
  • Donahue JG, Platt R, Choo PW, Galil K. (1997 June). The sequelae of herpes zoster. Arch Intern Med. 157(11):1209-1213.
    PubMed ID: 9183232
  • Donahue JG, Platt R, Livingston JM, Weiss ST, Greineder DK, Goetsch MA. (1997 March). Inhaled steroids and the risk of hospitalization for asthma. JAMA. 277(11):887-891.
    PubMed ID: 9062326
  • Donahue JG, Platt R, Choo PW. (1997 October). Ibuprofen and skin and soft tissue superinfections in children with varicella. Ann Epidemiol. 7(7):440-445.
    PubMed ID: 9349910
  • Donahue JG, Platt R, Livingston JM, Weiss ST, Greineder DK, Goetsch MA. (1997). Assessment of asthma using automated and full-text medical records. J Asthma. 34(4):273-281.
    PubMed ID: 9250251
  • Donahue JG, Andrade SE, Platt R, Gurwitz JH, Cain EM, DeFor TA, Goodman MF. (1998 November). Lamotrigine and severe skin eruptions. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 7(6):415-417.
    PubMed ID: 15073972
  • Donahue JG, Platt R, Greineder DK, Connor-Lacke L, Canning CF. (1999 April). Utilization and cost of immunotherapy for allergic asthma and rhinitis. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 82(4):339-347.
    PubMed ID: 10227332
  • Donahue JG, Platt R, Fuhlbrigge AL, Finkelstein JA, Fagan J, Livingston JM,...Weiss KB. (2000 December). Asthma pharmacotherapy and utilization by children in 3 managed care organizations. The Pediatric Asthma Care Patient Outcomes Research Team. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 106(6):1108-1114.
    PubMed ID: 11112894
  • Donahue JG, Andrade SE, Chan KA, Platt R, Boles M, Buist DA,...Goodman MF. (2000 June). Inhibitors of hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase and risk of fracture among older women. LANCET. 355(9222):2185-2188.
    PubMed ID: 10881890
  • Donahue JG, Platt R, Finkelstein JA, Barton MB, Algatt-Bergstrom P, Markson LE. (2000 June). Comparing asthma care for Medicaid and non-Medicaid children in a health maintenance organization. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 154(6):563-8.
    PubMed ID: 10850502
  • Donahue JG, Chan KA, Platt R, Kaye KS, Sands K, Fishman P. (2001 January). Preoperative drug dispensing as predictor of surgical site infection. Emerg Infect Dis. 7(1):57-65.
    PubMed ID: 11266295
  • Donahue JG, Carey VJ, Andrade SE, Chan KA, Platt R, Beck A,...Gurwitz JH. (2002 April). Gastric and duodenal safety of daily alendronate. Arch Intern Med. 162(8):936-942.
    PubMed ID: 11966346
  • Donahue JG, Andrade SE, Chan KA, Platt R, Beck A, Boles M,...Goodman MF. (2002 March). Validation of diagnoses of peptic ulcers and bleeding from administrative databases: a multi-health maintenance organization study. J Clin Epidemiol. 55(3):310-313.
    PubMed ID: 11864803
  • Donahue JG, Seahorn JL, Carey VJ, Cohen ND, Harrison LR. (2003 May). Descriptive epidemiology of late-term abortions associated with the mare reproductive loss syndrome in central Kentucky. J Vet Diagn Invest. 15(3):295-297.
    PubMed ID: 12735356
  • Donahue JG, Seahorn JL, Slovis NM, Reimer JM, Carey VJ, Cohen ND. (2003 September). Case-control study of factors associated with fibrinous pericarditis among horses in central Kentucky during spring 2001. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 223(6):832-838.
    PubMed ID: 14507101
  • Donahue JG, Andrade SE, Chan KA, Watson DJ, Platt R. (2003 June). Liver function testing on HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. Pharmacoepidemiol and Drug Saf. 12(4):307-313.
    PubMed ID: 12812011
  • Donahue JG, Seahorn JL, Carey VJ, Cohen ND, Harrison LR, Donahoe JK, Williams DM. (2003 January). Case-control study of late-term abortions associated with mare reproductive loss syndrome in central Kentucky. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 222(2):199-209.
    PubMed ID: 12555984
  • Donahue JG, Brown SE, Seahorn JL, Carey VJ, Cohen ND, Piercy D,...Riddle TW. (2003 January). Case-control study of early-term abortions (early fetal losses) associated with mare reproductive loss syndrome in central Kentucky. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 222(2):210-217.
    PubMed ID: 12555985
  • Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Coleman LA. (2007 December). Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccination. N Engl J Med. 357(26):2728; author reply 2730-1.
    PubMed ID: 18160695
  • Donahue JG, Mullooly JP, Baggs J, Eriksen E, VSD Data Quality Working Group, DeStefano F. (2008). Predictive value of ICD-9-CM codes used in vaccine safety research. Methods Inf Med. 47(4):328-35.
    PubMed ID: 18690366
  • Greenlee RT, Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Shay DK, Bright RA,...Rahman M [including Vandermause MF.] (2008 January). Adamantane-resistant influenza infection during the 2004-05 season. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 14(1):173-176.
    PubMed ID: 18258102
  • Meece JK, Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Coleman LA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...Vandermause MF [including Irving SA.] (2008 April). Interim within-season estimate of the effectiveness of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine--Marshfield, Wisconsin, 2007-08 influenza season. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 57(15):393-8.
    PubMed ID: 18418344
  • Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Ellis-Coyle TL, Shay DK, Irving SA. (2009 November). Evaluation of self-reported and registry-based influenza vaccination status in a Wisconsin cohort. VACCINE. 27(47):6546-9.
    PubMed ID: 19729083
  • Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Naleway AL, Glanz JM, Vaccine Safety Datalink Team. (2009 December). Risk of immune hemolytic anemia in children following immunization. VACCINE. 27(52):7394-7.
    PubMed ID: 19766577
  • Donahue JG, Naleway AL, Jacobsen SJ, Zhao S, Hambidge SJ, Zangwill KM,...Jackson LA. (2009 October). Compliance with multiple-dose vaccine schedules among older children, adolescents, and adults: results from a vaccine safety datalink study. Am J Public Health. 99(Suppl 2):S389-97.
    PubMed ID: 19797753
  • Greenlee RT, Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Shay DK, Balish A,...Marshfield Influenza Study Group. Effectiveness of inactivated influenza vaccines varied substantially with antigenic match from the 2004-2005 season to the 2006-2007 season. [published online ahead of print 2009 January]. J Infect Dis. 199(2):159-67.
    PubMed ID: 19086915
  • Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Berger NR, Belongia EA, Naleway AL, Mccauley JS,...Klein NP. (2009 February). Varicella vaccination and ischemic stroke in children: is there an association? PEDIATRICS. 123(2):e228-34.
    PubMed ID: 19171574
  • Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Berger NR, Belongia EA, Mccauley JS, Gargiullo PM, Jumaan AO. (2010 June). Herpes Zoster and Exposure to the Varicella Zoster Virus in an Era of Varicella Vaccination. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 100(6):1116-22.
    PubMed ID: 20075320
  • Meece JK, Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Coleman LA, Shay DK,...Vandermause MF [including Irving SA.] (2011 July). Influenza vaccine effectiveness in Wisconsin during the 2007-08 season: Comparison of interim and final results. VACCINE. 29(38):6558-63.
    PubMed ID: 21767593
  • Donahue JG, Naleway AL, Jacobsen SJ, Baggs J, Weintraub E, Baxter R,...Wagner N. (2011 July). Monitoring vaccine safety using the Vaccine Safety Datalink: Utilizing immunization registries for pandemic influenza. VACCINE. 29(31):4891-6.
    PubMed ID: 21596088
  • Kempf DL, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Coleman LA, Bender J, McGraw PJ,...Vandermause MF. (2011 September). Prospective Study of Avian Influenza Infection in Backyard Poultry Flocks and Flock Handlers in Wisconsin. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 11(9):1293-7.
    PubMed ID: 21612537
  • Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Belongia EA, Shay DK, Patel DC, Irving SA, Vandermause MF. (2012 January). Comparison of clinical features and outcomes of medically attended influenza A and influenza B in a defined population over four seasons: 2004-2005 through 2007-2008. Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 6(1):37-43.
    PubMed ID: 21668663
  • Donahue JG, Naleway AL, Jacobsen SJ, Marcy SM, Nordin J, Vaccine Safety Datalink Team,...Qian L. (2013 February). Safety of a Tetanus-Diphtheria-Acellular Pertussis Vaccine When Used Off-Label in an Elderly Population. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 56(3):315-321.
    PubMed ID: 23196953
  • Kieke BA, Donahue JG, Mascola MA, Belongia EA, Naleway AL, Glanz J,...Irving SA. (2013 January). Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine and Spontaneous Abortion. OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY. 121(1):159-165.
    PubMed ID: 23262941
  • Donahue JG, Naleway AL, Hambidge SJ, Marcy SM, Weintraub E, Baxter R,...Madziwa L. (2013 February). Vaccination Site and Risk of Local Reactions in Children 1 Through 6 Years of Age. PEDIATRICS. 131(2):283-9.
    PubMed ID: 23319538
  • Donahue JG, Naleway AL, Jacobsen SJ, Greene SK, Weintraub ES, Daley MF,...Lugg M. (2013 February). Secular trends in diagnostic code density in electronic healthcare data from health care systems in the Vaccine Safety Datalink Project. VACCINE. 31(7):1080-5.
    PubMed ID: 23267842