Ruth Lynfield, MD

State Epidemiologist
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Ruth Lynfield, MD is the State Epidemiologist and the Medical Director of the Minnesota Department of Health. She is the co-principal investigator of the Minnesota Emerging Infections Program. She has conducted infectious disease investigations and responses to outbreaks; she has also developed surveillance systems, and conducted public health research, evaluation and planning. Her research focuses on emerging infections, antimicrobial resistance and prevention of infectious diseases. Dr. Lynfield is Vice President of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and has chaired the CDC Board of Scientific Counselors, Office of the Deputy Director for Infectious Diseases. She has served on the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, and the National Vaccine Advisory Committee. She is also an associate editor for Red Book (Report of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Infectious Disease). Dr. Lynfield is Adjunct Professor of Medicine, and of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• 86 - Antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections among persons with or without a prior positive test for SARS-CoV-2 in 10 U.S. sites, 2020

  Thursday, October 20, 2022
  10:30 AM – 10:45 AM US ET

• 87 - Confronting Emerging Zoonotic Viruses With Pandemic Potential

  Thursday, October 20, 2022
  3:15 PM – 4:30 PM US ET

• 120 - The Surge in Opioid Overdose Deaths: A Role for the Infectious Disease Physician

  Friday, October 21, 2022
  10:30 AM – 11:45 AM US ET

• 261 - Updates on Adult Immunizations

  Saturday, October 22, 2022
  1:45 PM – 3:00 PM US ET