Elaine Scallan is a Senior Epidemiologist with the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her main areas of focus are determining the burden of foodborne diseases and attributing foodborne illness to specific foods. Prior to arriving at CDC, Elaine worked with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. She has a PhD in Epidemiology from the Department of Public Health Medicine and Epidemiology, University College Dublin, Ireland.