Maria Sundaram PhD, MSPH

Education

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2014 to 2018:

PhD, Environmental Health-Infectious Diseases, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

2009 to 2011:

MSPH, International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

2004 to 2009:

BS, Neuroscience and German, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Work Experience

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2021 to 2021:

Associate Research Scientist, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, WI

2020 to 2021:

Postdoctoral Fellow, ICES and University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, ON

2018 to 2020:

Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA

2011 to 2014:

Research Epidemiologist, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, Marshfield, WI

2011 to 2011:

Consultant, The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health at WHO, Geneva, SUI

Statement

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Dr. Sundaram is an infectious disease epidemiologist and Associate Research Scientist in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health at the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute. Her research focuses on topics of respiratory pathogen transmission in communities, vaccine effectiveness, maternal and child health, and vaccine promotion and policy. Her work primarily focuses on respiratory viral pathogens, including influenza, respiratory syncytial virus, and SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Sundaram also serves as a COVID-19 expert for a weekly radio program on the BBC World Service.

Research Interests

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Vaccinology and vaccine epidemiology, including safety, effectiveness, and policy

Vaccine-preventable respiratory pathogens, including influenza, RSV, SARS-CoV-2, Neisseria meningitidis, and Bordetella pertussis

Bioethical considerations of vaccination programs and vaccine confidence

Infectious diseases in the perinatal period and maternal immunization

Health equity and local/global vaccine equity

Professional Societies

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2014 to Present:

Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health