Expertise
“Awesome presentation on pandemic planning for businesses! This content alone made the travel and time spent well worth the effort. Sunday, my Company restricted travel as I was en route to the Conference. I’m so happy I made it, as there is tremendous value in receiving this information. Well done! Thank you.”
Lisa M. Koonin, DrPH, MN, MPH
Dr. Lisa Koonin founded Health Preparedness Partners, LLC after her 30+ year career with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). During that time, she led the development of national preparedness plans and policies, conducted large-format exercises, and consulted with businesses, state and local governments, healthcare facilities, non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, and ministries of health around the world, to improve emergency preparedness.
Dr. Koonin served as a leader in multiple national and international health emergency responses while at CDC, including:
2016 Zika response
2014 - 2015 Ebola response
2013 H7N9 avian influenza outbreak in China
2009 - 2010 H1N1 influenza pandemic
2005 Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma
2005 Marburg virus outbreak in Africa
In early 2020, CDC engaged Dr. Koonin as a Senior Advisor to provide expert advice during the launch of the CDC Emergency Operations Center for the COVID-19 pandemic.
As the originator of private sector pandemic and emergency response programs at CDC, Dr. Koonin has extensive experience working with businesses and non-governmental organizations. She combines her clinical, scientific, and emergency preparedness/response experience to assist clients in building actionable preparedness and response plans to mitigate the impact of infectious disease threats.
Dr. Koonin is a frequent lecturer at national and international conferences on pandemic and infectious disease preparedness and response, and has published more than 95 peer-reviewed scientific publications on an array of public health and preparedness topics. She currently serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Adjunct Professor at Indiana University’s Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health.
Dr. Koonin has experience as a family nurse practitioner and epidemiologist. She earned a Master of Nursing and a Master of Public Health from Emory University and a doctorate in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.