Dr. Syra Madad is an internationally recognized public health leader and epidemiologist in infectious disease and special pathogens preparedness and response. Her work focuses on the prevention, preparedness, response and recovery from infectious disease outbreaks with an emphasis on healthcare and public health biopreparedness and biosecurity. She’s responded to multiple infectious disease outbreaks as an infectious disease epidemiologist including Ebola, measles, Zika and COVID-19. She serves as the Senior Director of the System-wide Special Pathogens Program at NYC Health + Hospitals and Health and Co-Principal Investigator at the Institute for Diseases and Disaster Management. 

Dr. Madad is a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs where she regularly publishes on the latest public health guidance, epidemiological concepts and scientific literature to help the public understand complex topics using infographics and simplified science communication. She's also Core Faculty in the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center and adjunct faculty at the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research at Boston University. She currently serves as a member of the federal National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity.

Dr. Madad is prominently featured in the Emmy-nominated Netflix docuseries, Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak, and the Discovery Channel documentary, The Vaccine: Conquering COVID.

Twitter: @syramadad