 Avian
Influenza and SARS, impacts of infectious diseases
Dr. Sonja Olsen
About Dr. Sonja Olsen
Sonja J. Olsen received her PhD in Epidemiology from Columbia University
in New York City. She joined the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta as an Epidemic Intelligence Service
Officer in the Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch. Currently,
she is Chief of the Epidemiology Section of the International Emerging
Infections Program (IEIP) in Thailand. The IEIP was founded in 2001,
as a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) and the Thai Ministry of Public Health. Her responsibilities
include coordinating the program’s infectious disease research
and surveillance activities and supervising Thai and U.S. doctoral
and master-level staff. Among her many awards and honors, Dr. Olsen
has received the SARS Response Award from the Taiwan American Society
and the Nakano Citation from CDC. She has published widely in peer-reviewed
journals and written many book chapters. Dr. Olsen is a reviewer
for several professional journals, including the Journal of Infectious
Diseases and Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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