Dr. Cynthia G. Whitney
Chief
Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Cynthia G. Whitney is the chief of the Respiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases at the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Whitney has directed the pneumococcal epidemiology research program for the Respiratory Diseases Branch and has published extensively on pneumococcal disease epidemiology, drug resistance and vaccines. She has expertise in managing respiratory outbreaks. Dr. Whitney obtained her medical degree at the University of Minnesota and is boarded in both Internal Medicine and Preventive Medicine. She is a clinical associate professor with Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, a member of the U.S. Public Health Service commissioned corps, a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Pneumonia Guidelines Committee, and has been a leader or active participant in multiple boards and committees related to vaccine evaluation.
World Pneumonia Day
PACE supports World Pneumonia Day and is working with partners across the globe to fight a disease that kills a child every 15 seconds. Learn more about how you can get involved.
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Convened by the Sabin Vaccine Institute in 2006, the PACE is a working group of the world's leading experts in infectious diseases and vaccines. The group's 18 members represent more than a dozen countries.
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