At a glance
- HICPAC roster (committee members, participants, and their affiliations) for 2024. New HICPAC members have been approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and have been added to the official roster as of August 2024. HICPAC welcomes its new members: Katherine (Kate) Ellingson PhD; Lela Luper, BSN, RN; and Lisa Baum, MA.
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
Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Term: 12/19/2023-12/31/2024
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 School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
Term: 12/18/23-6/30/2026
Katherine (Kate) Ellingson, PhD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
College of Public Health, University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Term: 6/5/2024-6/30/2027
Lela Luper, BSN, RN
Infection Preventionist
Chickasaw Nation Department of Health
Ada, OK
Term: 2/1/2024-6/30/2027
Lisa Baum, MA
Lead Occupational Health & Safety Representative
New York State Nurses Association
New York, NY
Term: 5/2/2024-6/30/2027
Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD
Chief of Infection Control
Mass General Brigham Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases
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
Spartanburg, SC
Term: 12/18/23-6/30/2026
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: 1/20/23-12/31/2024
Colleen Kraft, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Term: 5/4/2021-12/31/2024
Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI
Associate Professor
Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Senior Epidemiologist
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Term: 1/20/23-12/31/2024
Sharon Wright, MD, MPH
Chief Infection Prevention Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health
Cambridge, MA
Term: 5/4/2021-12/31/2024
Ex-Officio Members
Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Scott Cooper
Division Director
Division of Continuing and Acute Care Providers
Baltimore, Maryland
Indian Health Service (IHS)
Shavonna White, DNP, RN
Deputy Director
Division of Nursing Services
Rockville, MD
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Alison Han, MD
Staff Clinician
NIH Clinical Center
Bethesda, MD
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Leyi Lin, MD
Medical Officer
Division of Healthcare-Associated Infections, Center for Qaulity Improvement and Patient Safety
Rockville, MD
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
LCDR Scott Steffen, PhD
Senior Program Management Officer
Silver Spring, MD
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Kristen Dillon, MDC
Chief Medical Officer
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy
Rockville, 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 (AAKP)
Falls Church, VA
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
Mark Russi, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
Director, Occupational Health, Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
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)
Justin Smyer, MD, MPH
Director, Clinical EpidemiologyW
Wexner Medical Center
Arlington, VA
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Kristen Ehresmann (Moyer), RN, MPH
Director, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
Erin Epson, MD
Medical Director & Chief
Healthcare-Associated Infections Program
Center for Health Care Quality
California Department of Public Health
Richmond, CA
DNV GL
Ronnell Myburgh, RN, MBA
Manager, Program Development and Certifications
Lead Surveyor
Milford, OH
Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)
Anurag Malani, MD
Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Ann Arbor, MI
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Benjamin Schwartz, MD
Infection Preventionist
Spokane Reginal Health District
Spokane, WA
Patient Safety Action Network (PSAN)
Lisa McGiffert
Patient Safety Activist
Austin, TX
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)
Vacant
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
Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH
Research Investigator/Associate Professor of Medicine/Chief of Medicine
University of Michigan Medical and VA Ann Arbour Healthcare System
Ann Arbor, MI
Surgical Infection Society (SIS)
Robert Sawyer, MD
Chief, Division of Acute Care Surgery and Outcomes Research
Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Charlottesville, VA
The Joint Commission (TJC)
Tiffany Wiksten
Associate director, Standards Interpretation Group
Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation and Improvement
Oakbrook Terrace, IL