Dr Catherine Weil-Olivier is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Paris VII University, France. She has previously worked as head of the Department of General Pediatrics at Louis-Mourier Hospital Paris and as an expert working with the French Drug Agency, supporting the technical group with the development and approval of vaccines, antibiotics and antivirals. Dr Weil-Olivier is a member of the National Committee against influenza and is involved in several working groups on vaccination for vaccine-preventable diseases at the Directorate-General of the French Ministry of Health. She is also a member of several French pediatric groups working in vaccinology and influenza. Dr Weil-Olivier was a member of the French Technical Committee on Vaccination for several years and was previously involved in the coordination of a vaccinology state-of-the-art project with Alcimed and the French Senate. At the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Dr Weil-Olivier has participated as an expert in working groups for influenza immunization, facilitated harmonization of vaccine schedules and has been an expert for the European Vaccination Advisory Group. Dr Weil-Olivier has contributed to over 200 international publications in the pediatric infectious diseases field.