Maureen Miller, PhD, is a Columbia University trained infectious disease epidemiologist and medical anthropologist targeting systems level change. She has focused primarily on the structural drivers of infectious disease transmission. The integration of multiple scientific methodologies has been a hallmark of her career.

Dr. Miller is the lead designer of the Pandemic Threats Early Warning System developed to disrupt zoonotic disease outbreaks in real time at their source. Proof of concept of the warning system’s ability to measure novel zoonotic disease spillover in community settings was established in a small study in Yunnan, China. While a full-time professor at Columbia University, she established a successful community-academic research partnership in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Published findings document strong social and structural components underlying transmission of a range of infectious diseases. In a decade long collaboration with pathologist Franklin Lowy, MD, she developed methods to integrate microbiology, epidemiology and social network analysis to understand the transmission dynamics of S. aureus.

Dr. Maureen Miller is internationally recognized for her contributions to infectious disease research and policy. She is broadly focused on health disparities, with subject matter expertise in social determinants of health, population health, surveillance and health systems strengthening. She is the author of more than 60 peer reviewed articles and opinion essays, and has held leadership roles on grants totaling more than $160 million.