Colleen S. Kraft, MD

serves as a Professor in the Departments of Pathology and Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at Emory University School of Medicine, directs the Clinical Virology Research Laboratory, and previously served as Associate Chief Medical Officer of Emory University Hospital. As an infectious disease physician, clinical laboratorian, and a healthcare executive, Kraft played a key role during the pandemic in COVID-19 diagnostics, clinical research, and hospital preparedness.