Oliver Morgan

Dr. Oliver Morgan is the Head of the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin, Germany – a global initiative to improve the detection of pandemic and epidemic risks through better data, better analytics, and better decisions. Dr. Morgan conceptualized the WHO Pandemic Hub in 2021 and led the start-up team through to its official launch in September of that year. Since then, he has overseen the development of global public health intelligence initiatives, advanced analytic approaches for understanding health risks, and led efforts to strengthen global genomic surveillance systems. From 2016 to 2021, Dr. Morgan served as Director of the Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment Department at WHO Headquarters in Geneva. In this role, he built WHO’s global surveillance, risk assessment, and epidemic early warning systems. He led investigations into public health emergencies worldwide and was responsible for WHO’s reporting under the International Health Regulations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he directed WHO’s global work in surveillance, epidemiology, and analytics. Prior to joining WHO, Dr. Morgan worked at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2007 to 2016. His roles included Ebola Incident Manager in Atlanta and Country Director in Sierra Leone and the Dominican Republic. He conducted numerous field studies and outbreak investigations across the globe. Earlier in his career, Dr. Morgan worked with the UK National Health Service and the Health Protection Agency (2002–2007), and with non-governmental humanitarian organizations (1996–2000).