Anne Rimoin is a globally recognized infectious disease epidemiologist whose pioneering work on emerging pathogens and global health security has had wide-ranging impact across science, policy, and public communication. She is Professor of Epidemiology and Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and David Geffen School of Medicine. She directs UCLA’s Center for Global and Immigrant Health and founded the UCLA-DRC Research and Training Program. For more than two decades, Rimoin has built international research collaborations, designed early warning and surveillance systems, and produced high-impact science that has shaped how institutions prepare for and respond to pandemics. Her work has built capacity, advanced field surveillance, supported outbreak response for emerging pathogens, and guided field evaluations of countermeasures in complex settings. Her expertise has informed global policy through service on the WHO International Health Regulations Emergency Committee for Mpox, the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Smallpox and Mpox Immunization, and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Smallpox and Mpox. She also serves on the UCLA Global Advisors Council, Consortium of Universities for Global Health Board, and UCLA Technology Development Group Board. A trusted science communicator, Rimoin is frequently featured in leading print, broadcast, and digital media, profiled in documentaries, and partnered on high-profile public health campaigns. Her contributions have been recognized with honors including the UCLA FSPH Alumni Hall of Fame and SER Distinguished Researcher Award (2025), Maple Center Visionary Award (2024), Johns Hopkins Global Achievement Award (2022), and Middlebury College Alumni Achievement Award (2017). She holds a BA from Middlebury, MPH from UCLA, and PhD from Johns Hopkins, and began her career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Benin.