Dr. Youngmee Jee is Special Representative for Health Diplomacy, Korea Foundation and a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University. Dr Youngmee Jee has broad experience in collaborating with WHO and international public health partners. Currently, she is a member of the WHO International Health Regulation Emergency Committee on COVID-19 and of the WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Blueprint on Research and Development Preparedness for Epidemics. She is currently an Advisor to the Global Center for Infectious Diseases, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Long-Term Expert Advisor of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology. From 2014 to 2019, she served as Director-General of the Center for Infectious Disease Research of the Korea Centers for Disease Control. Before this appointment, Dr Jee worked for the Expanded Programme on Immunization in the WHO Western Pacific Region as a Scientist and Regional Coordinator during 2007-2014. She received her M.D. from Seoul National University Medical School (1986), a Diploma in Medical Microbiology (1988) and her Ph.D. in Virology from the University of London (1997).