Anne W. Rimoin
Dr. Anne W. Rimoin is an internationally recognized expert on emerging infections, global health, surveillance systems, and vaccination, and has been engaged in pandemic preparedness and response for more than two decades. She is a Professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) and Infectious Disease Division of the David Geffen School of Medicine. She is the UCLA FSPH Director of the Center for Global and Immigrant Health and the founding Director of the UCLA-DRC Health Research and Training Program. Dr. Rimoin has been a strong advocate for capacity building in low resource settings and conducting disease surveillance in complex emergencies.
Dr. Rimoin’s pioneering research in emerging diseases includes the identification of new pathogens in humans and epidemiologic studies of Ebolavirus, human Monkeypox and other emerging infections. She is currently leading a series of research studies on COVID-19 locally and globally, including the COVID-19 asymptomatic infection and immunity study in Los Angeles health workers and first responders and a study of vaccine hesitancy in essential and frontline workers.
Dr. Rimoin has published more than 80 research articles and book chapters. Her expertise has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, WIRED, Discover, Scientific American, Popular Science, Forbes, National Geographic, Nature and Science. She also appears frequently on television and radio discussing major issues surrounding disease emergence and has recently been a leading voice on the COVID-19 pandemic in local, national, and international news media outlets including regular appearances on ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, CNN International, Fox News, Fox Business News, KCBS, KNBC, KTLA, KTTV, MSNBC, NBC and Spectrum News.
Dr. Rimoin earned her BA at Middlebury College, MPH at UCLA and PhD at Johns Hopkins University. She started her career in global public health in as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Benin, West Africa. She has been recently recognized for her achievements in the fields of Epidemiology and Global Health as a Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the Alumni Achievement Award from Middlebury College and the Global Achievement Award from the Johns Hopkins University.