Lyn Finelli is an American epidemiologist and infectious disease researcher, who helped lead the U.S. response to the 2009 H1N1 epidemic and contributed to research and public health communication about the COVID-19 pandemic. In 1990 Finelli was granted a doctorate in infectious disease epidemiology from Columbia University.[1] She worked as chief of influenza surveillance and outbreak response at the Center for Disease Control.[2] She led the CDC's response to the 2009 H1N1 outbreak and oversaw 200 employees.[3] She was widely quoted in news coverage about the epidemic.[4][5][6][7] Finelli now serves as executive director of new vaccine development at Merck Research Laboratories.[8][9] In late March 2020, Finelli co-authored a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine defining the epidemiology of COVID-19 and calling for further studies.[10] Throughout her career, she has written over 100 scientific papers, book chapters, and articles on a variety of public health related topics, including RSV, sexual health, pneumonia, and hepatitis c.[11]

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  1. ↑ "Lyn Finelli | Longdom Publishing SL | 111934". www.longdom.org. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  2. ↑ Sapatkin, Don (2012-12-19). "Cough-and-cold season arrives suddenly, hits hard". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  3. ↑ "Lyn Finelli, Chief of Surveillance and Outbreak Response, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases". isirv.org. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  4. ↑ "Novel H3N2 swine flu viruses infected 2 children, CDC says | CIDRAP". www.cidrap.umn.edu. 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  5. ↑ "1 Million Americans May Have H1N1 Flu - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  6. ↑ Allday, Erin (2014-01-29). "H1N1 flu strain has returned with a vengeance". SFGATE. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  7. ↑ Sun, Lena H. (2023-05-17). "Second wave of flu blows in with spring; Northeast states hardest hit by influenza B". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  8. ↑ Burling, Stacey (2021-04-08). "Merck study finds survival rates among hospitalized COVID-19 patients rose after early months". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  9. ↑ "COVID hospital death rates fall, but impact still high | CIDRAP". www.cidrap.umn.edu. 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  10. ↑ Lipsitch, Marc; Swerdlow, David L.; Finelli, Lyn (2020-03-26). "Defining the Epidemiology of Covid-19 — Studies Needed". New England Journal of Medicine. 382 (13): 1194–1196. doi:10.1056/NEJMp2002125. ISSN 0028-4793.
  11. ↑ "Lyn Finelli, Chief of Surveillance and Outbreak Response, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases". isirv.org. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
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