Draft:Ofer Levy

Ofer Levy
Ofer Levy
Personal details
Born	New York City, United States
Spouse	Sharon Levy
Scientific career
Education	Yale University (BS); New York University (MD, PhD); Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Pediatric residency and fellowship);
Known for	Precision vaccinology; Host–pathogen interactions in early life; Age-specific vaccines; Novel adjuvants;
Fields	Immunology; Pediatrics; Vaccinology; Infectious diseases;
Institutions	Harvard Medical School; Boston Children's Hospital; Precision Vaccines Program; Broad Institute;
Doctoral advisor	Peter Elsbach &; Jerrold Weiss;

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Instructions · What links here · Ofer Levy (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 2 months ago by UtsaBhaduri (talk: D · +) · Last edited 9 days ago by Significa liberdade

Submission declined on 12 December 2025 by JSFarman (talk).

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Declined by JSFarman 7 months ago. Last edited by Significa liberdade 9 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

This draft has been resubmitted and is currently awaiting re-review.

Comment: IMO he will meet notability but please revisit the sourcing; most of the citations used are not independent of Ofer Levy. Also, give Writing Better Articles a read for guidance on structure and formatting. JSFarman (talk) 21:33, 12 December 2025 (UTC)

Ofer Levy is an American physician-scientist and pediatrician. He is Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children's Hospital.^[1]^[2]^[3] His research focuses on precision vaccinology, an approach that seeks to develop age-specific vaccine components rather than a one-size-fits-all immunization strategy.^[4]^[5] He served as a voting member of the Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC).^[6]^[7]

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^ Levy, Ofer. "Ofer Levy | Speaker | TED". Archived from the original on 17 May 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
^ "Ofer Levy". Boston Children's Research Hospital. Archived from the original on 12 September 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
^ Levy, Ofer (22 April 2025). "Vaccinology: Getting our modernization act together". Journal of Experimental Medicine. 222 (5) e20240961. doi:10.1084/jem.20240961. PMC 12013515. PMID 40261250.
^ Belli, Brita (20 March 2019). "Interest in newborn health, ignited at Yale, leads to major discovery". Yale University. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
^ Nanishi, Etsuro; Dowling, David J.; Levy, Ofer (2020). "Toward precision adjuvants: optimizing science and safety". Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 32 (1): 125–138. doi:10.1097/MOP.0000000000000868. PMC 6970548. PMID 31904601.
^ Jewett, Christina; Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (May 2025). "Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 September 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
^ ""Safety Comes First": FDA Vaccine Advisory Panel's Dr. Ofer Levy on Rigorous Process Around Vaccine Approval for Kids".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)^{[dead link]}

[1] Levy, Ofer. "Ofer Levy | Speaker | TED". Archived from the original on 17 May 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.

[2] "Ofer Levy". Boston Children's Research Hospital. Archived from the original on 12 September 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2026.

[3] Levy, Ofer (22 April 2025). "Vaccinology: Getting our modernization act together". Journal of Experimental Medicine. 222 (5) e20240961. doi:10.1084/jem.20240961. PMC 12013515. PMID 40261250.

[4] Belli, Brita (20 March 2019). "Interest in newborn health, ignited at Yale, leads to major discovery". Yale University. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.

[5] Nanishi, Etsuro; Dowling, David J.; Levy, Ofer (2020). "Toward precision adjuvants: optimizing science and safety". Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 32 (1): 125–138. doi:10.1097/MOP.0000000000000868. PMC 6970548. PMID 31904601.

[6] Jewett, Christina; Stolberg, Sheryl Gay (May 2025). "Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 September 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2026.

[7] ""Safety Comes First": FDA Vaccine Advisory Panel's Dr. Ofer Levy on Rigorous Process Around Vaccine Approval for Kids".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)^{[dead link]}

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