Dr. Emily Lobelo

Dr. Emily Eisenberg Lobelo is a Senior Program Officer for Disease Surveillance and Pandemic Preparedness Advocacy at Gates Foundation, where she drives the global policy and advocacy aspects of the foundation strategy to advance global disease surveillance and support pandemic preparedness outcomes. Her work focuses on strengthening global ecosystem around multipathogen surveillance systems to better prepare for and respond to infectious disease threats. Dr. Lobelo brings over 20 years of experience in public policy, including 15 years at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At CDC, she held several leadership roles, including serving as the long-time Associate Director for Policy in both the Influenza Division, and then later as the Center for Preparedness and Response ADP. In these roles, she spearheaded policy initiatives to modernize influenza vaccine policy, expand global influenza surveillance networks, and build emergency response capacity at state and local levels. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she served as lead for CDC’s Policy Unit and as a Deputy Incident Manager for the agency’s response.