Barbara Rath, MD, PHD

About

Barbara A. Rath, MD PhD is a pediatrics and infectious disease specialist with 20+ years experience in clinical trials, quality improvement and global health innovation in the US, Latin America and Europe. Dr. Rath is honorary professor at the University of Nottingham School of Medicine - WHO Collaborating Centre for Pandemic Influenza and board member with the International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. Dr. Rath received her medical school education in Germany, the United States and Spain, and her doctoral degrees from the University of Basel, Switzerland and the University of Besançon, France. In addition to a post-doctoral fellowship at the Stanford Center for AIDS Research, she has received pediatric residency and infectious disease subspecialty training at Duke and Tulane Universities, USA. Recent research focused on defining a precision medicine approach to helping patients with acute respiratory infections. In collaboration with public health agencies she developed innovative real-time monitoring systems for influenza-like illness and the immuno-safety of vaccines and antivirals. Dr. Rath is co-founder and chair of the Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative, an international think tank and non-profit-organization focused on new avenues for the treatment, communication and prevention of infectious diseases.