Spokesperson
Rebecca Alvania, PhD, MA, MPH
Rebecca Alvania, PhD, MA, MPH, is executive director and chief executive officer of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). Alvania provides leadership and direction…
Patricia N. Whitley-Williams, MD
NFID Past President Patricia N. Whitley-Williams, MD, will receive the 2025 John P. Utz Leadership Award in recognition of her outstanding leadership demonstrated through long-standing…
Sean T. O’Leary, MD, MPH
Sean T. O’Leary, MD, MPH, is a professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases at the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital…
Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD
Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, is medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). In addition to serving as NFID chief medical spokesperson,…
Flor M. Muñoz, MD, MSc
Flor M. Muñoz, MD, MSc, is an associate professor of pediatrics, infectious diseases, and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas…
William Schaffner, MD
William Schaffner, MD, is past medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) and formerly served as NFID liaison to the Advisory Committee…
Marla Dalton, PE, CAE
Marla Dalton, PE, CAE is the former chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) and co-host of Infectious IDeas, a…
Sara E. Cosgrove, MD, MS
Sara E. Cosgrove, MD, MS, is a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and…
Patricia N. Whitley-Williams, MD
Patricia N. Whitley-Williams, MD, is former senior associate dean of inclusion and diversity, professor of pediatrics, and chief of the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and…
Ruth Lynfield, MD
Ruth Lynfield, MD, is state epidemiologist and medical director at the Minnesota Department of Health and co-principal investigator of the Minnesota Emerging Infections Program. She…