Faculty

Jim Banaski, MS

Mr. Jim Banaski is a world-wide recognized expert in the field of Public Health Emergency Management and the development of Public Health Preparedness programs. Mr. Banaski retired from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after 28 years of combined federal service, having also served with the Department of Defense, and the US Army. Mr. Banaski has provided technical assistance to countries in Central and South America, the Caribbean, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Currently, Mr. Banaski is a Senior Technical Advisor for Global Health at CRDF Global, providing technical assistance and leadership in international capacity development centered around Public Health Emergency Management. Mr. Banaski previously served as a Consultant to the World Health Organization European Regional Office, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and numerous other businesses that provide capacity development technical assistance.

Mr. Banaski holds a dual Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and Biology from Drury University, and a Master of Science degree in Environmental Management from Webster University. Mr. Banaski also holds the Certified Emergency Manager designation from the International Association of Emergency Managers and the Master Exercise Practitioner certification from the US Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Banaski is the co-author of the textbook, “Essentials of Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Management, Second Edition” published by Jones and Bartlett Learning in 2019. Mr. Banaski has also served as an Adjunct Professor for Drury University, and an Adjunct Instructor for Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, and as a Guest Lecturer for The George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health.

Mike Bray, MD, MPH

Mike Bray, MD, MPH, is the editor-in-chief of the journal Antiviral Research. His career in medicine began with two years as an Army medic in Vietnam, after which he completed premedical studies at the University of Oregon and attended Dartmouth Medical School. He then trained in pathology and worked for several years as a forensic pathologist in Washington, DC. After obtaining an MPH degree from Johns Hopkins, he began research at the National Institutes of Health, in a lab attempting to develop vaccines against dengue virus. In 1995, he transferred to USAMRIID at Fort Detrick, and spent eight years working in the BSL-4 containment laboratory, principally evaluating antivirals and vaccines against Ebola virus. He was also part of the team that tested antivirals against variola virus at the CDC in Atlanta. In 2002, Dr. Bray returned to NIH as a medical officer in NIAID, in a position that allowed time for writing, organization of workshops and teaching. He is author or co-author of some 140 research papers, review articles, and book chapters. He began lecturing in the Georgetown Masters program in 2004. Since retiring from NIH in 2016, he continues with teaching, writing, and his editorial position.   

Richard A. Calderone, PhD

Richard Calderone, PhD, is Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Director of the MS Degree Program in Biomedical Science Policy & Advocacy at The Georgetown University Medical Center. He is an internationally recognized leader in research on the human pathogen Candida albicans, the pathogenesis of invasive candidiasis, and the identification of antifungal drug targets. The research of his lab team is focused primarily on understanding gene functions related to pathogenesis, including signal transduction proteins related to cell wall synthesis, and mitochondrial energetics. Other lab research focuses on the identification of fungal-specific antifungal drug targets. Two proteins that fulfill this requirement are mitochondrial electron transport complex I (ETC1) subunits. Their fungal gene-specificity is associated with fungal-specific functions, such as cell wall mannan polysaccharide synthesis, virulence, and immunological activity.

W. Seth Carus, PhD

Dr. Carus is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of National Security Policy at the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction at the National Defense University. He was on NDU’s faculty from 1997 through 2017, serving from 2003 to 2013 as the Center’s Deputy Director. From 2001 to 2003, Dr. Carus was detailed to the Office of the Vice President at the White House, where he was the Senior Advisor to the Vice President for Biodefense. Before joining NDU, Dr. Carus worked at the Center for Naval Analyses (1994 to 1997), the Policy Planning staff in the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense (1991 to 1994), and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Dr. Carus’ work has focused primarily on issues related to biological and chemical warfare. His current research focuses on the history of chemical and biological warfare. He is author of A Short History of Biological Warfare: From Pre-History to the 21st Century (2017), “The History of Biological Warfare: What We Know and What We Don’t” in Health Security (2015), and Defining “Weapons of Mass Destruction”, Revised and Updated (2012), as well as the working paper Bioterrorism and Biocrimes: The Illicit Use of Biological Agents Since 1900 (2001). He is the co-author of The Future of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Their Nature and Role in 2030 (2014).

Dr. Carus has a Ph.D. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University.

John Casey, PhD

John Casey, Associate Professor at Georgetown University, investigates the molecular biology of viral hepatitis. Current efforts are focused on the molecular biology of hepatitis delta virus (HDV), a unique human pathogen that causes severe liver disease. There are 10 – 15 million people infected with HDV worldwide, and there is currently no therapy. The 1680nt circular HDV RNA genome is the smallest known to infect man and produces just one protein. It is thus not surprising that HDV relies heavily on host functions and that its RNA is replete with unusual functional properties. These properties make investigating this virus particularly interesting and rewarding for both molecular virologists and RNA biologists.

Michael F. Cole, BDS, MSc, PhD

Michael Cole, a Professor at Georgetown University, focuses on the mucosal immune system interacts with the commensal microbiota of the oropharynx. The research team pursues longitudinal studies of mother-infant pairs from birth to age two years examining the diversity of streptococci and secretory IgA antibodies in saliva.

William Daddio, PhD

Bill Daddio, PhD, is the retired Chief, U.S. Mint Police. He directed all security and law enforcement programs for U.S. Mints nationwide including the U.S. Bullion Depository at Fort Knox. He provided advice and performed high-value asset security services for other governments and other U.S. Government agencies. In partnership with the Sandia National Laboratory, he conducted studies of chemical and biological agent dispersal in large buildings and developed chemical and biological agent mitigation programs for high-security facilities. During his tenure, the U.S. Mint Police developed into a nationally recognized law enforcement agency, and the organization was awarded the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial’s Distinguished Service Award.  Previously Dr. Daddio was a deputy U.S. Marshal and served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force Security Forces where he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. 

Dr. Daddio has been an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown for over 30 years and teaches courses in the Sociology Department, Security Studies Program, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology.  He has been awarded the Vi-centennial Medal and the Bunn award for faculty excellence.  Dr. Daddio provides advice to foreign governments about controlling transnational crime and corruption and is a senior advisor to a non-profit group created by a Georgetown medical student that provides surgical and medical services in international conflict areas.

Maari Hanson

Since 2012, Ms. Maari Hanson has worked for the CIA providing all-source analysis in the fields of chemical and biological warfare. She previously worked as a contractor conducting public health exercises with local governments and training DoD facilities to prepare for and respond to CBRN attacks. Ms. Hanson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Gustavus Adolphus College and is a graduate of the M.S. Biohazardous Threat Agents & Emerging Infectious Diseases program. Ms. Hanson lives in Springfield, VA with her husband (Jason), two children (Everett and Penelope), and dog (Cerberus).

Monte Hawkins

Monte Hawkins currently serves as the first Director of the National Vetting Center (NVC).  President Trump tasked the establishment of the NVC on February 6th, 2018 when he signed National Security Presidential Memorandum Nine (NSPM-9). 

Prior to this position, Monte served as the Senior Director for the Border and Transportation Security Directorate in the National Security Council (NSC) for both the Obama and Trump administrations where he coordinated policy development in areas such as aviation and maritime security, immigration, screening and watchlisting, biometrics, and information sharing.  He previously served in other roles at the NSC including as the Director for Law Enforcement Policy in the Bush administration in 2008 and the Director for Identity Management and Biometrics Policy in the Obama administration from 2009-2011.  Monte has also served in various positions at the National Counterterrorism Center, CIA’s Counterterrorism Mission Center, FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, and the U.S. Secret Service.  Monte is currently a member of the adjunct faculty at Georgetown University.  He received his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Tulsa and his M.A. in Criminology/Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland-College Park. 

John Jacocks, MD, MTM&H (Col. retired)

Dr. John Jacocks, MD, MTM&H, specialized in family practice/aviation/occupational medicine in some of the most demanding units in the Department of Defense. He served as a corporate level medical executive for Defense Threat Reduction Agency and is experienced with national-level special mission units and the intelligence community.  John taught, wrote, treated, and consulted on medical aspects regarding weapons of mass destruction, including the national response.  Dr. Jacocks served as assistant head of the emergency department of 1000 bed general hospital in Desert Shield/Storm and deployed throughout Central/South America and Southwest Asia with the Special Forces.  John has kept his focus on taking care of people and expanded skills by becoming involved with tropical medicine /infectious diseases, research and testing/evaluation. He also instructs for LSU’s Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education.

He received his BS in engineering from the US Military Academy at West Point, his MD from Tulane University and his MTM&H from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.

Shane B. Kappler, MD, MS, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM

Dr. Shane Kappler is a dual board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician and Critical Care Medicine Physician. He holds dual faculty appointments both as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Georgetown School of Medicine as well as an Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology. He completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at the Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center Emergency Medicine Residency program and completed his subspecialty fellowship training in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Maryland Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program. He now works clinically both as an Intensivist and Emergency Medicine physician within the MedStar Health system where he also serves as the Medical Director for the MedStar Biocontainment Unit (BCU) for High Consequence Pathogens. 

Dr. Kappler also serves as faculty in the Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases program within the Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences where he teaches a graduate course on Medical Preparedness, Response, and Capacity to biothreats. He has lectured nationally and internationally on topics of bioterrorism, pandemics, preparedness, and disaster medicine. He has served as a Department of Homeland Security Scholar, was a medical manager for a FEMA USAR team, has consulted for the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, and has lectured to FEMA on topics related to biological Pandemics. He previously held a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School where he worked clinically as well as serving as the Director of Disaster Preparedness for the Department of Emergency Medicine at CHA in Boston, MA. He continues to teach as core Faculty for the BIDMC Harvard Disaster Medicine Fellowship Program where he directs the fellowship concentration in bioterrorism and CBRNE. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Notre Dame, his Medical Doctorate from Georgetown University School of Medicine, his Master of Science degree in Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases from Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and his Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Health Care Management from Johns Hopkins University. He lives in Alexandria, VA.

Joshua Kurjan

Mr. Kurjan brings to Georgetown University a unique blend of applied professional expertise preventing and mitigating intended acts of violence using biological materials or impacting the bioeconomy. This expertise is drawn from experience as a designated marksman with an Israeli Defense Forces infantry unit and on contract to the United States Government in Afghanistan, extensive corporate executive protection work, and provision of international security, nonproliferation, and biological security subject matter expertise and analysis for U.S. government clients. Mr. Kurjan strives to impart upon his students a threat-centric approach to securing biological materials, information, infrastructure, and industry from bad actors with intent and ability to cause harm, with a focus on identifying, assessing, and managing behavioral threats. Mr. Kurjan is an active member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP), American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) International, and the American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) where he served as a member of Biosecurity Credential Task Force 2.0 efforts. Mr. Kurjan received his B.A. in Sociology from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel) in 2001.

Henry S. Parker, PhD

Dr. Henry S. (“Hank”) Parker, PhD, is an adjunct associate professor who, since 2009, has taught a course on agroterrorism and food defense in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. He is also a writer and lecturer on a variety of scientific and natural history topics, with a goal of encouraging non-scientists to better appreciate and understand science. His debut novel, CONTAINMENT (a bioterror thriller), was published by Simon & Schuster (Touchstone imprint) in January 2017.

Hank holds a Ph.D. in biological oceanography and was formerly a research manager and Acting Director of Homeland Security for the Agricultural Research Service of USDA; a university professor of marine sciences; a U.S. Naval officer and deep-sea salvage diver; a seaweed farmer in the southern Philippines; and co-leader of an expedition that discovered and recovered remains of a 17^th century Spanish Manila galleon. He lives in Vermont with his wife, Sue.

Neal A. Pollard, JD

Neal A. Pollard, JD, is Chief Information Security Officer for UBS AG, where he serves as the global head of cyber and information security for the world’s largest private bank.  He is also Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, Columbia University, and Fordham Law School.  Prior to his current position, he was a partner at Ernst & Young in New York City, leading their cyber threat management services primarily for financial institutions in New York City.  He also served as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.  Prior to his consulting career, he was a senior intelligence officer in the U.S. counterterrorism community, serving operational and managerial assignments focused on the nuclear and biological terrorist target for the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.  He is a board director of the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, non-resident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council, and member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he was an International Affairs Fellow.  He was also Vice President of Hicks & Associates, and Board Director and General Counsel of the Terrorism Research Center, a corporation he founded in 1996.  He holds a B.Sc. in mathematics from Oklahoma University, an M.Litt. from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, and a J.D. from Georgetown University.  He is a member of the Virginia State Bar.

Paula Scalingi, PhD

Dr. Scalingi has 27 years of experience in government, the private and non-profit sectors, and academe as an expert, manager, and educator in all-hazards regional and community security and resilience with focus on infrastructure interdependencies-associated risk and capacity-building.  For more than two decades she has worked with thousands of private and public sector stakeholders across the U.S. and internationally to establish public-private partnerships, conduct exercises and workshops, produce collaborative action strategies, and develop tools and resources.  She currently serves as Executive Director of the Institute for Innovating Security and Resilience (12SR), a public benefit organization that advances actions to address challenges posed by technological, climate, and societal change that can adversely impact interdependent critical infrastructures and the health and economic viability of the communities they serve.  She also is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown University teaching community resilience.

Dr. Scalingi’s areas of focus include disaster recovery, economic resilience, healthcare delivery systems resilience, community health resilience with special focus on at-risk individuals, critical lifelines (energy, water/waste-water and transportation) resilience, dam and levee resilience, supply chains and the manufacturing sector; infrastructure interdependencies, information-sharing and situational awareness, extreme weather event resilience, regional cyber resilience and regional risk assessment and mitigation.  An area of special focus in the last several years has been on health and safety, economic, environmental, and societal impacts of catastrophic wildfires and developing a comprehensive model multi-community wildfire resilience action strategy.  Other areas of focus have included development of a model approach for cross-sector stakeholder-managed risk assessment and reduction initiatives centering on emerging “Smart” Cities and extreme weather events.  Among her larger projects have been leading a team of utilities, local agencies, and research institutions to develop a U.S. DHS-sponsored Regional Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (RCISR) Toolbox of capabilities for regional risk management and cross-sector information sharing; a community health resilience guide and online action planning toolset for the U.S DHS Office of Health Affairs; and a multi-year Regional Health Resilience Initiative for the California Department of Public Health to build local community capabilities to address largescale toxic air industrial and large-scale wildfire emissions. A foundational element of the latter initiative was the establishment of a San Francisco Bay Area Community Health Resilience Forum that brought together “whole community” stakeholders across the region to share views and identify gaps and solutions on pressing disaster health-related challenges. She partnered with UC Berkeley for a California Energy Commission project to examine vulnerabilities of California’s transportation fuel sector to extreme wildfire and flood events.  

Previously, Dr. Scalingi was Executive Director of the Bay Area Center for Regional Disaster Resilience (BACRDR), a non-profit enabling cross-sector and discipline actions to improve all-hazards disaster resilience. From 2006 to 2011 she was Director of the Center for Regional Disaster Resilience for the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, a consortium of 10 U.S. states and Canadian provinces and territories. Dr. Scalingi’s earlier positions include serving as Director of U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Director of the Decision and Information Sciences Division at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and as Director of ANL’s Infrastructure Assurance Center. For ANL she was technical liaison to the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, overseeing vulnerability studies on water systems, emergency services, electric power, oil and gas; and legal/regulatory issues, and producing an initial national critical infrastructure security R&D strategy.

Previously, Dr. Scalingi for eight years was Executive Director of the Bay Area Center for Regional Disaster Resilience, a non-profit she founded with the mission of empowering and enabling cross-sector and discipline collaborative planning and action to improve all-hazards disaster resilience, conducting multi-stakeholder exercises and other educational events, and managing projects to develop community and regional resilience capacities.  From 2006 to 2011 she served as Director of the Center for Regional Disaster Resilience for the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER), a consortium of 10 U.S. states and Canadian provinces and territories. Her work focused on raising cross-sector awareness of interdependencies-related all-hazards impacts and resilience needs and developing risk reduction plans.  Among her major activities was project lead for PNWER in an innovative Dams Sector Exercise Series (DSES) program created in collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop an integrated regional resilience strategy for major flood events.  The DSES 2009 and 2010 projects focused on two regions in Washington State, the Tri-Cities area/broader Columbia River basin and the Howard Hanson Dam/Green River Valley. Dr. Scalingi’s Federal Government experience includes: Director, U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Director of the Decision and Information Sciences Division at Argonne National Laboratory and of ANL’s Infrastructure Assurance Center, where she was technical liaison to the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, overseeing studies on water supply, emergency services, electric power, oil and gas; legal/regulatory issues, and R&D strategy. She also served in the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency on the Strategic Arms Control Treaty Delegation and as Director of Public Information; on the staff of the U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and as an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency.  

Dr. Scalingi has served on the Boards of Directors for national IT and defense associations, local disaster assistance non-profits, and for The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP), a national association representing the engineering disciplines.  She developed the 2006 and 2011 versions of TISP’s Regional Disaster Resilience Guide, receiving the association’s 2010 and 2013 Volunteer of the Year Awards, the latter for providing expert advice to assist in the development of the 2013 National Infrastructure Protection Plan.  She currently serves as chair for the Regional Consortium Coordinating Council (RC3), a key element of the national-level Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council (CIPAC), and as lead for the CIPAC’s Resilience Investment Planning and Development Working Group (RIPDWG) Futures Task Group.  She also is a member of California’s Southern Region Mutual Aid Regional Advisory Committee among other local, regional, and national resilience and security collaborative groups.  She has authored numerous articles, guides, and other publications on infrastructure security and resilience issues, most recently Securing Smart Cities in an Era of Change in Security Technology Executive (July/August, 2019) and Creating Wildfire Resilient Communities in The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies (Nov. 2020). 

Matt Sharkey, PhD

Dr. Matt Sharkey is an adjunct faculty member and teaches Microbiology 741 (Policy & Pandemic Management) and 803 (Biosafety, Biosecurity, and Biodefense). He received a BS in Molecular Biology and a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, both from Purdue University. His published works include eight peer-reviewed research and review articles and a U.S. patent. For more than nine years he was either a researcher or biosafety officer in BSL-3 high-containment laboratories, including two years in a SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV laboratory and two years supporting the Laboratory Response Network. He also spent ten years supporting the DoD by assessing international dual-use research of concern networks and evaluating the safety and security of high-containment laboratories in the developing world. He has received fellowships for postdoctoral work from Ionis Pharmaceutical and the National Research Council, the latter of which supported his work at the US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID).

Currently, Dr. Sharkey works as a Biologist in the Office of Strategy, Policy, Planning, and Requirements in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) of HHS. He coordinates interagency policy development related to biodefense, biological safety and security, and emerging biothreats, working closely with the National Security Council and the Office of Science and Technology Policy to ensure that U.S. biosafety and biodefense policies are robust. He leads or supports several interagency policy efforts, including the Potentially Pandemic Pathogen Care and Oversight HHS funding review mechanism, the HHS Biosafety and Biosecurity Coordinating Council, the National Biodefense Strategy, the review and revision of the HHS Screening Framework Guidance for Providers of Synthetic Double-Stranded DNA, and the development of implementation frameworks for the National Strategy for Planetary Protection. Previously, he supported the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise (PHEMCE) developing R&D and procurement requirements for medical countermeasures against CBW and also led the development of the backward contamination objective of the National Strategy for Planetary Protection and its implementation frameworks.  As a citizen of Frederick, MD, he also advises Frederick leadership on issues and concerns surrounding safety practices at the high containment laboratories operating at Ft. Detrick. 

Claire Standley, PhD

Claire Standley is an Associate Research Professor with the Georgetown Center for Global Health Science and Security. She also maintains an affiliation with the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health in Germany. Her research focuses on multisectoral approaches for health systems strengthening for infectious disease prevention and control, with an emphasis on public health emergency preparedness and response. Prior to joining Georgetown University, Dr. Standley was a Senior Research Scientist at The George Washington University, and also served as a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the US Department of State, where she worked on international biosecurity issues. Dr. Standley completed her postdoctoral training at Princeton University, and received her PhD in Genetics, with an emphasis on biomedical parasitology, from the University of Nottingham (joint program with the Natural History Museum, London). She received her MSc and BA degrees from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, respectively.

David Stiefel

David Stiefel is concurrently a National Security Policy Analyst with the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Homeland Security (OHS) and a graduate student at the University of Virginia in the doctoral program for Foreign Affairs; majoring in International Relations. David earned his BS in Geology & Environmental Sciences, Media Arts & Design, and Jazz Studies from James Madison University (’07). David then worked as an Environmental Consultant for two years in Charlottesville, VA. David left that job to own and tour full time in a band, which he did for the next five years. After charting on Billboard with his band, David pursued a MS from Georgetown University in Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infections Disease (’15). Upon graduation, David began working in Lorton, VA as a Defense Contractor for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) – focusing on Counter-Weapons of Mass Destruction Systems/Technology and supporting the Autonomy Community of Interest. While at DTRA, David became a finalist for the Presidential Management Fellowship. David began working for USDA as a Presidential Management Fellow, first at the Natural Resources Conservation Service and subsequently for the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination. With USDA, David is currently a National Security Policy Analyst with a portfolio including Agroterrorism, Bio-defense/security, Critical Infrastructure, Global Health, BWC, etc. For his PhD, David is interested in the intersection of food and security; specifically, how food can be used (including during peace time) as coercive power.

Taylor Winkleman-Cagle, DVM, MPH

Dr. Winkleman-Cagle is an adjunct in the Department of Microbiology. She is a clinically-trained veterinarian and policy analyst with eight years of experience with the Global Health Security Agenda. She completed a AAAS congressional fellowship in the office of Senator Edward J. Markey in 2016-2017, focusing on global health, foreign relations, military and veterans affairs, human rights, wildlife trafficking, and space policy. Prior to her fellowship year, she completed research with Gryphon Scientific, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the mEpiLab at Massey University in New Zealand. She is a founding member and the immediate past Coordinator of the Next Generation Global Health Security Network. In 2021, she completed a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship with the WHO. She currently works as a consultant for the WHO, focusing on Biorisk Mitigation. Dr. Winkleman teaches Survey of International Policy, Shaping National Science Policy, and is the course director for Public Policy for Scientists and co-course director for the Capstone class. She co-teaches Science & Technology in Global Health and Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases.