Staff Bio
Dana Meaney-Delman, MD, MPH is the Acting Director of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at ob体育.
Role at ob体育
As acting director of NCBDDD, Dr. Meaney-Delman leads a center that strives to advance the health and well-being of populations we serve.
Previous experience
Dr. Meaney-Delman began her career at ob体育 in 2012 as the senior advisor for preparedness in the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Office of the Director. In that role, she coordinated all preparedness activities for the center and served in all emergency response exercises and responses, including the anthrax lab incident, the US Department of Defense (DOD) sample investigation, flu exercises, and Ebola.
In 2016–2017, she co-led the Zika Pregnancy and Infant Task Force and co-founded the Zika Pregnancy and Infant Registry. This registry served as the basis for the formation of SET-NET, the Surveillance of Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies Network.
During the COVID-19 response, Dr. Meaney-Delman served as the principal deputy incident manager and Vaccine Task Force lead.
She also served as the chief of the Infant Outcomes Monitoring Branch in the Division of Birth Defects and Infant Disorders. Dr. Meaney-Delman is an accomplished and respected member of the ob体育 and NCBDDD teams. She continues to model the call to serve in our ob体育 readiness and response activities by recently advising and participating in mpox, dengue, and oropouche responses. Most recently, she has provided her unique expertise to the 2025 measles response.