Epidemiologist
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
Ryan Gierke is an epidemiologist with the Respiratory Diseases Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He earned his BS in Microbiology and MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Minnesota. He has over 12 years of experience in infectious disease surveillance, working at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Foodborne Diseases Unit, the Georgia Emerging Infections Program, and the CDC's Active Bacterial Core Surveillance system.