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 Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX. She also chairs the institutional review board at Baylor College of Medicine. She is a physician-scientist with research activities focusing on the evaluation of vaccine safety and efficacy in special populations including pregnant women, children, and people with compromised immune systems, as well as the epidemiology and treatment of respiratory pathogens such as RSV, influenza, SARS-CoV2, and pertussis. She is a member of the NFID Board of Directors and serves on the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration.

Muñoz actively participates in various national and international committees and research networks including the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) Immunization Expert Group, the American Academy of Pediatricians Section of Infectious Diseases, the Infectious Diseases Society of America as liaison to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the Committee for Research of the European Society of Infectious Diseases (ESPID), the Latin American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SLIPE) and of Vaccinology (SLV), the CDC National Vaccine Surveillance Network (NVSN), the Global Vaccine Data Network (GVDN) project, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)-Safety Platform for Emergency vACcines (SPEAC)-Brighton Collaboration project. She contributes to projects supported by private and public organizations, including the World Health Organization, to address infectious disease prevention to improve the health of women and children worldwide.