Kevin A. Ault, MD, is President-Elect of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) and is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist. He served on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) when ACIP made multiple recommendations concerning COVID-19 vaccines in adults, adolescents, and children. He was an author of the 2023 adult, adolescent, and pediatric US immunization schedules, which include recommendations for maternal immunization and adult hepatitis B vaccination, and the 2026 respiratory season maternal immunization guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).

Ault has been an investigator in a wide variety of translational and clinical research involving maternal immunization, vaginitis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and human papillomavirus (HPV). Recent research projects include HPV vaccine development and immunology, maternal immunization, and inequities in vaccine uptake. He has served as the NFID representative on the ACIP HPV Vaccine and the RSV Pediatric/Maternal Work Groups. He received a 2025 Immunization Champion Award from ACOG in celebration of his leadership, innovation, collaboration, and perseverance in promoting maternal immunization. He currently serves as Professor and Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA.