Caitlin Rivers

Dr. Caitlin Rivers is an epidemiologist and director of the Center for Outbreak Response Innovation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. With a focus on public health preparedness and infectious disease surveillance, Dr. Rivers has been an influential voice in understanding and managing outbreaks. She has emphasized the importance of timely data and communication in public health responses, particularly in the context of respiratory virus seasons. Recently, she was in the news discussing the critical gap in national respiratory virus surveillance caused by the federal government shutdown.