| Cheryl Cohen | University of the Witwatersrand, Centre for Respiratory Disease and Meningitis at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa School of Public Health |
| James E Crowe | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Philippe Lemey | Clinical and Epidemiological Virology, Rega Institute |
| Octavio Ramilo | Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus |
| Daniel M Weinberger | Yale School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University |