is the executive director of the medical education company Medavera, Inc. and has over 25 years of diverse experience with research and development in multiple areas of epidemiology and molecular biology. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and the popular press. Dr. Caldwell recently worked as a consultant to troubleshoot algorithms for qPCR detection of COVID-19 infections which improved the accuracy of the kits filed under the Emergency Use Authorization.