Rebecca F. Grais’ work focuses on prevention of infectious diseases, tropical diseases and emerging infections in low resource settings, particularly low and middle income countries among populations with little to no access to care. She has also focused on population- based studies of the effectiveness of public health interventions and efficacy trials of novel vaccines and therapeutic agents. An additional aspect of her work concerns professional development, mentoring, and management training for populations underrepresented in research. The goal is to advance their individual careers while contributing to responsive innovations in health care. Dr Grais completed the majority of her training at John Hopkins University before obtaining her accreditation to supervise research from the Faculty of Medicine at the Université Paris-Saclay in 2013. At Epicentre, she was the head of the Epidemiology unit before becoming the Director of Research from 2015 to 2022.