Grace Lee

Grace Lee, the outgoing chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determine its vaccine recommendations, has had an unusually long and eventful stint on the panel. Over the course of her seven years on ACIP (far more than the typical three- to four-year term), Lee chaired around 20 special meetings tied to the Covid-19 and the mpox outbreaks, and last year oversaw key votes on issues such as updated Covid boosters and an RSV shot for infants. Between RSV shots, flu vaccines, and Covid vaccines, Lee sounded optimistic about the progress the U.S. is making when she spoke with The Atlantic in December: “We have three opportunities to prevent three different viral infections.”