At a glance
HICPAC roster (committee members, participants, and their affiliations) for 2024.
Designated Federal Officer
Alexander J. Kallen, MD, MPH
Chief
Prevention and Response Branch
National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Co-Chair
Michael Lin, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Term: 12/19/2023-6/30/2024
Members
HICPAC members are infection control experts recommended by CDC and appointed by the Secretary of DHHS.
Laura Evans, MD, MSc
Pulmonary Critical Care Physician Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Care and Sleep Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
12/18/23-6/30/26
Anthony Harris, MD, MPH
Professor
Division Head, Health Care Outcomes Research
University of Maryland
School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Term: 12/18/23-6/30/26
Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD
Chief of Infection Control, Mass General Brigham
Associate Chief, Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2026
Connie Steed MSN, RN
Infection Prevention Consultant
Former Corporate Director
Prisma Health
Term: 12/18/23-6/30/26
David Jay Weber, MD MPH
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology
UNC School of Medicine and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Associate Chief Medical Officer, UNC Medical Center Medical Director,
Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2024
Colleen Kraft, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Term: 5/4/2021-6/30/2024
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI
Associate Professor
Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Senior Epidemiologist
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Term: 1/20/23-6/30/2024
Sharon Wright, MD, MPH
Chief Infection Prevention Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Cambridge, MA
Term: 5/4/2021-6/30/2024
Ex-Officio Members
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Vacant
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Vacant
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Vacant
Indian Health Service (IHS)
Jonathan Merrell, RN, BNS, MBA
Deputy Director
Office of the Director
Quality Health Care Services
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
David Henderson, MD
Deputy Director for Clinical Care
Associate Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Quality Improvement
Bethesda, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
LCDR Scott Steffen, PhD
Senior Program Management Officer
Silver Spring, MD
Liaison Representatives
HICPAC liaisons represent health-related associations, consumer groups, public organizations, and partners.
American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
Paul Conway
Chair, Policy and Global Affairs
American Association of Kidney Patients
Tampa, FL
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Yale University
Medical Director, Wellness and Employee Population Health
Yale-New Haven Health System
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
Elizabeth Wick, MD
Association for the Health Care Environment
Chicago,IL
American Nurses Association (ANA)
Vacant
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Kristina Bryant, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Karen DeKay, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC
Perioperative Practice Specialist
Denver, CO
Association of Professionals of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
Vacant
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Vacant
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Ashley Fell, MPH
Epidemiologist Senior/HAI Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
DNV GL
Ronnell Myburgh, RN, MBA
Manager, Program Development and Certifications
Lead Surveyor
Milford, OH Nashville, TN
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Lilian Abbo, MD, MBA
Associate Chief Medical Officer for Infectious Diseases Jackson Health System
Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Benjamin Schwartz, MD
Director, Division of Epidemiology and Population Health
Fairfax County Health Department
Fairfax, VA
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS)
Karen Ravin, MD
Division Chief of Infectious Diseases
Nemours Children’s Health
Wilmington, DE
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Natalie Bruce
Associate Director, Infection Prevention and Surveillance Division, Infectious Prevention and Control Branch
Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
Christa Schorr, DNP, MSN
Clinical Nurse Scientist
Cooper University Hospital
Cooper Research Institute
Camden, NJ
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Hilary Babcock, MD, MPH
Medical Director of Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases)
Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals
Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director, Hospital Epidemiology
VA Connecticut Healthcare
West Haven, CT
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Chief of Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
George Dock Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Senior Associate Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medical Engineering Chair
Department of Surgery
Western Michigan University
Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MI
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Vacant