Dr. Rania Tohme is the Team Lead of the Hepatitis B and Tetanus Team in the Global Immunization Division at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She provides technical expertise in the development and implementation of hepatitis B vaccination strategies to achieve global and regional hepatitis B control and elimination goals. Her team supports countries introduce hepatitis B birth dose vaccine in their national immunization schedule, improve hepatitis B immunization coverage, and implement hepatitis B serosurveys to generate the evidence on the impact of vaccination on hepatitis B disease burden in children and track progress towards the achievement of regional hepatitis B goals. Dr. Tohme is a collaborator on a research study aiming to develop a hepatitis B microneedle vaccine patch. Dr. Tohme serves on the regional verification panels for hepatitis B in the Eastern Mediterranean, European, and South-East Asian Regions and is a technical advisor to the Western Pacific Region Expert Resource Panel on hepatitis B. Dr. Tohme has published over 60 papers and book chapters. Dr. Tohme received her medical doctor and public health degrees from the American University of Beirut.
