Dr. Lidia K. Kayembe has been an epidemiologist with the
Global Immunization Division (GID) at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) since 2016. Before joining the GID in 2014, she worked at the CDC in the Division of HIV and Tuberculosis on
expenditure analyses for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
(PEPFAR) in priority countries. Her previous public health experience also
includes work for the Government of Canada. Dr. Kayembe holds a Bachelor of
Science from McGill University, and both an MA and a PhD from Concordia
University and the University of Ottawa, respectively. Her current work focuses
on outbreak preparedness and response, Global Health Security, measles,
vaccine-preventable disease surveillance, and providing technical support to
countries in the regions of the Americas, Europe, the Western Pacific, and
their partners.
Dr. Lidia K. Kayembe has been an epidemiologist with the
Global Immunization Division (GID) at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) since 2016. Before joining the GID in 2014, she worked at the CDC in the Division of HIV and Tuberculosis on
expenditure analyses for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
(PEPFAR) in priority countries. Her previous public health experience also
includes work for the Government of Canada. Dr. Kayembe holds a Bachelor of
Science from McGill University, and both an MA and a PhD from Concordia
University and the University of Ottawa, respectively. Her current work focuses
on outbreak preparedness and response, Global Health Security, measles,
vaccine-preventable disease surveillance, and providing technical support to
countries in the regions of the Americas, Europe, the Western Pacific, and
their partners.