This Commission meeting, Biodefense in Crisis: Danger and Opportunity, will be held on July 22, 2025. As a new Administration begins to develop its policy priorities and realigns federal offices and programs, the government must maintain and strengthen federal capabilities to address the biological threat. The focus of this meeting will be to provide the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense with a better understanding of (1) core requirements for effective national biodefense; (2) Administration biodefense priorities; (3) impacts of department and agency realignment; and (4) strategies for addressing future biological threats. More information will be provided as the event date approaches.

Speakers

• Michael Place, MD (Major General, US Army – Retired) – Former Chief of Staff, Office of the Surgeon General, US Army Command, US Army
• Erica Pan, MD, MPH – Director and State Public Health Officer, California Department of Public Health
• Alex Hamberg, VMD, PhD – State Veterinarian, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
• Clint Osborn – Director, District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
• Lori Tremmel Freeman, MBA – Chief Executive Officer, National Association of County and City Health Officials
• Tina Tan, MD, FIDSA, FPIDS, FAAP – President, Infectious Disease Society of America
• Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH – Dean, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• Richard J. Hatchett, MD – Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
• Matthew Hepburn, MD – Executive Vice President, Research and Development, Panther Life Sciences
• Leonard J. Marcus, PhD – Co-Director, National Preparedness Leadership Initiative, Harvard University
• Taylor Sexton, MPH – Executive Director, Medical Countermeasures Coalition
• David Stiefel, MA – Director, Global Biological Policy and Programs, Nuclear Threat Initiative
• Joe Buccina, MA, MS– Policy and Research Director, National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
• Patricia R. Bright, DVM – Former Senior Science Advisor, One Health/Global Health Security, US Geological Survey

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