Adjunct Associate Professor
Emory University
Fiona Havers, MD, MHS, FIDSA, is an infectious diseases physician with an expertise in respiratory diseases, disease surveillance, and vaccine policy. Dr. Havers is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Emory School of Medicine was a staff physician at the Atlanta VA Medical Center from 2016 through 2026. She was a medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2012 until 2025.
Dr. Havers focused on the epidemiology, prevention, treatment and vaccine policy for respiratory pathogens, including influenza, RSV, SARS-CoV-2, and pertussis. She has extensive experience working and with international, state and local health partners to improve surveillance for existing and novel pathogens. She also contributed to multiple public health emergency responses, including outbreaks of novel avian influenza A(H7N9) in China, Ebola in Liberia, and Zika virus in the US, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Havers earned a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Washington. She completed training in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins University. She also obtained a Master’s of Health Science in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and completed the Epidemic Intelligence Service training in the Influenza Division at CDC. Dr. Havers is board certified to practice internal medicine and infectious diseases and is a Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).