State Epidemiologist
Minnesota Department of Health
Ruth Lynfield, MD is the State Epidemiologist and the Medical Director of the Minnesota Department of Health. She is the co-principal investigator of the Minnesota Emerging Infections Program. She has conducted infectious disease investigations and responses to outbreaks; she has also developed surveillance systems, and conducted public health research, evaluation and planning. Her research focuses on emerging infections, antimicrobial resistance and prevention of infectious diseases. Dr. Lynfield chairs the CDC Board of Scientific Counselors- Office of Infectious Diseases, and the CDC Acute Flaccid Myelitis Task Force. She has served on the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, and the National Vaccine Advisory Committee. She is also an associate editor for Red Book (Report of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Infectious Disease). Dr. Lynfield is Adjunct Professor of Medicine, and of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota.
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Thursday, October 22, 2020
12:30pm – 1:45pm EDT
Thursday, October 22, 2020
6:20pm – 6:30pm EDT
Friday, October 23, 2020
11:30am – 12:45pm EDT
Friday, October 23, 2020
4:15pm – 5:30pm EDT