Carl Newman

Dr. Carl Newman is an accomplished program manager and health security leader.  He has extensive experience leading global multi-sectoral teams developing creative and impactful solutions to strengthen One Health applications and systems. Dr. Newman is currently the Deputy Director of the Office of Supply Chain Resilience (OSCR) within the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Office of Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation (OST), where works across the Center, interagency, and medical device industry to strengthen public health supply chains and prevent shortages of critical medical devices. Prior to joining the FDA, Dr. Newman was the Chief of the Science Division for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP), where he led strategic planning, execution, resourcing, and administration for scientific and technical programs activities in over 30 countries across the Former Soviet Union, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Dr. Newman was also detailed to the HHS/FEMA COVID-19 Testing & Diagnostics Working Group, where he helped lead a US interagency team to improve the quality, reliability, and efficiency of available testing resource.  He led coordination of technical assistance to 64 US states, jurisdictions, and territories; as well as, efforts that expanded COVID-19 testing to 142 rural and underserved communities in 33 states, ensured availability of testing reagents and supplies for Operation Warp Speed, and improved testing methodologies. Dr. Newman previously served as a Program Manager and Interagency Liaison for the DoD Chemical and Biological Defense Science & Technology Program, and as a Subject Matter Expert to the Department of Homeland Security chemical and biological detection programs.  He was a National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. where his research focused on the use of novel microfluidic systems for detecting foodborne toxins. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and holds a Doctorate in Analytical Chemistry and a Master of Science in Forensic Chemistry from Michigan State University; as well as, Bachelor of Science degrees in Anthropology and Biochemistry from Florida State University.