Ammon WMA Bio 6 9 2021
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DR ANDREA AMMON, MD, MPH
Dr Andrea Ammon, MD, MPH, is Director of the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC).
Previously, Dr Ammon was ECDC’s Acting Director from 1 May 2015. She joined ECDC as the
Head of the Surveillance Unit in 2005. The unit was responsible for developing The European
Surveillance System (TESSy), implementing a long-term surveillance strategy for the European
Union (EU), evaluating the Dedicated Surveillance Networks (DSN), performing step-by-step
transfer of DSN activities to ECDC, revising the EU case definitions and producing an Annual
Epidemiological Report on infectious diseases in the EU. From April 2011 to April 2015, Andrea
Ammon was Deputy to the Director and Head of Unit for Resource Management and
Coordination.
Prior to joining the ECDC, Dr Ammon served in several roles at the Robert Koch-Institute, in
Berlin, Germany, most recently as Head of Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology. In
this capacity, she maintained and further developed the German national surveillance system;
coordinated the national outbreak response team for current and emerging infections;
coordinated emergency planning for influenza; directed the national Field Epidemiology
Training Programme; coordinated epidemiological research programmes in infectious diseases
and provided scientific advice for government Ministries, Members of Parliament, and the
public.