Dr Mark Muscat is a public health specialist with long experience working in the field of epidemiology and surveillance of communicable diseases. During eight years of work at the Statens Serum Institut of Denmark. Dr Muscat co-ordinated the vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) network EUVAC.NET and issued regular surveillance reports. Created the format for and moderated the updating of national vaccination schedules of all 32 EUVAC.NET-participating countries. Moderated the EUVAC.NET forum for VPD outreak reporting and was the scientific and logistic organizer of the network’s annual meetings. He also collaborated with various gatekeepers in scientific publications on measles and rubella. He also worked for one year in the Department of Antibiotic Resistance and Hygiene and contributed to publications on antibiotic usage and the DANMAP report 2003. He was part of the team working in the Vaccine-preventable Diseases and Immunisation Unit for 2 years especially in the field of measles and rubella elimination.