Dr. Shaw’ research interests focus on vaccine acceptance and efficacy with recent publications including a longitudinal population analysis of sudden infant death syndrome, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and vaccines. Dr. Shaw has also examined the epidemiology and severity of S. aureus infection among healthy children. Dr. Shaw has pursued research topics such as establishing the role of S. aureus virulence factors among seriously ill children and the importance of S. aureus colonization among children with cystic fibrosis.