R. Monina Klevens, D.D.S, MPh

Dr. Klevens joined Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer in 1991 after graduating in 1988 from State University of New York School of Dentistry; in 1989 from Harvard School of Public Health; and 1991 from a Harvard Dental School residency.

Since then, she has worked in surveillance and epidemiology of tobacco use, HIV/AIDS, immunization, hospital infections, and community MRSA. She currently works on measuring burden and characterizing the epidemiology of viral hepatitis in the US.  She has authored or co-authored over 50 articles and has given presentations to varied audiences in the U.S. and abroad.  She is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and member of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.