Dr. Eileen Dunne is a microbiologist and epidemiologist whose research focuses on pneumococcal vaccines, respiratory infections, and public health. She completed a PhD in Microbiology at Boston University in 2009 and then spent nearly 10 years as a postdoc and senior research officer at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia. She returned to the United States in 2019 for a two-year assignment as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2021, she started a new position with Pfizer as a senior director on the Global Respiratory Vaccines team. She holds honorary appointments at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Department of Paediatrics (Royal Children’s Hospital), University of Melbourne.