Christi Lane-Barlow MSc is a Canadian Epidemiologist working on health and social research in Laos and Vietnam since 2009. During the pandemic, she worked for the Centers for Disease Control in the US, leading a team of epidemiologists for emergency response. She has extensive experience leading teams in Laos and Vietnam conducting large household and facility-based surveys and mixed methods assessment for UNFPA, and Clinton Health Access Initiative, and has conducted evaluations, baseline, midline and endline surveys for World Bank, Plan International, Care International, Save the Children, World Vision and other agencies working to improve health and nutrition in Laos. Her past roles with WHO involved reviewing hospital documentation in Laos and conducting studies in Vietnam on TB pricing and pharmacovigilance systems. As Country Representative for Burnet Research Institute in Laos, she provided hands-on exposure to the implementation of vaccine outreach programs and the management of childhood immunization.