| Jens H Kuhn | Division of Clinical Research (DCR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
| Nadine Biedenkopf | Institute of Virology, Philipps-University Marburg |
| Steven B Bradfute | University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center |
| Andrew E Firth | University of Cambridge |
| Adolfo Garc??a-Sastre | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| Elke Mühlberger | Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University |
| Gabriele Neumann | Influenza Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Janusz T Paweska | Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service |
| Martin Schwemmle | University Medical Center-University Freiburg |
| Natalie J Thornburg | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |