Ms. Angela Vasa is the Director of Emergency Preparedness and Special Pathogen Programs at Nebraska Medicine. Her nursing background includes over two decades of clinical experience with specialized expertise in the areas of geriatrics, trauma critical care, solid organ transplant, and high consequence infectious diseases. She joined the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit team in 2009 and continues to be an active clinical member while serving as the program director. Ms. Vasa provided direct patient care for the patients with Ebola Virus Disease admitted to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit in 2014-2015, the first individuals admitted to the National Quarantine Unit with SARS-CoV-2 in 2020 and coordinated regional response efforts for Lassa fever in 2024.