Stephanie Schauer, Ph.D., is the Director of the State of Wisconsin Immunization Program. Stephanie received her Ph.D. in Microbiology/Immunology from Boston University and first worked for the Massachusetts Immunization Program. She subsequently joined the Wisconsin Immunization Program to move back to the Midwest. Additionally, she has co-led the Executive Steering Committee of the Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR) Consortium since 2019. Her interests include ensuring a modern IIS, using data to inform the programmatic direction, and a love of puns often shared with staff.

Dr. Ajay Sethi, MHS is Professor of Population Health Sciences and Faculty Director of the Master of Public Health Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He studies the epidemiology of infectious diseases and works on addressing public health misinformation. Dr. Ajay Sethi’s research interests lie broadly in the study of infectious diseases. His studies aim to identify modifiable behavioral and structural factors associated with transmission and morbidity and mortality if infection is established. He works in the areas of HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, healthcare-associated infections, the microbiome, and addressing public health misinformation. In 2021, Dr. Sethi received a Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award.