Anita Shet, MD, PhD is a pediatrician and a public health specialist and Director of Child Health at the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She also directs the Johns Hopkins Maternal and Child Health India center that focuses on addressing health issues among women, infants and children, and strengthening public health capacity in India. Her interests span maternal and child nutrition, social determinants of health, sustainable interventions for orphans and vulnerable children, childhood immunization and vaccine-preventable infections. Her research and practice areas include addressing global pandemic-related disruptions of routine childhood vaccination and essential health services, and advocacy efforts to expand vaccine access globally, especially newer vaccines such as the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV).