Full Name
Dr Annette Regan
Hospital/Organisation/Company
Kaiser Permanente
Speaker Bio
Dr. Annette Regan is a pediatric and perinatal infectious disease epidemiologist whose work centers on maternal, infant, and child health, with a particular focus on monitoring vaccine safety, effectiveness, and uptake. She is a Research Investigator and epidemiologist in the Division of Epidemiologic Research at Kaiser Permanente Southern California and an adjunct Associate Professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Dr. Regan has previously served in key public health roles at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health in Western Australia, where she developed novel vaccine safety surveillance systems for pregnant women. Her research has informed global immunization policy, including major studies on influenza, pertussis, and COVID‑19 vaccination during pregnancy, and she continues to collaborate with agencies such as the CDC, WHO, and PAHO.

Dr. Regan holds a Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology from Emory University and a Masters and PhD in Infectious Diseases from the University of Western Australia. She is a current member of the Vaccine Safety Datalink team at Kaiser Permanente Southern California and a member of the Maternal Immunisation Working Group of the Global Vaccine Data Network. She receives research funding from the National Institutes of Health to evaluate the health effects of COVID-19 and RSV vaccination during pregnancy and the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory virus infections among young children.
Annette Regan