Senior Director @NTI_WMD | bio. Working on #Globalhealthsecurity & #GHSIndex. Proud Appalachian. Montani Semper Liberi. Words = mine.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2019
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Very proud of this piece and the team behind it 🙌🏻 And important direct comparison of COVID-19 excess mortality rates across countries accounting for under-reporting and age structure confirms that ⬆️ levels of preparedness were associated with ⬇️ excess COVID-19 mortality.
Preparedness matters. Pre-pandemic investments in capacity saved lives during the COVID-19 pandemic new study shows. ⬇️ bit.ly/44BY45H
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This important work was led by @brown_sph’s Jorge Ledesma and @nti_wmd’s @isaac_chr with help from Scott F Dowell, @da_blazes, @gabbyessix, @KBudeski, @JBell_DC, and me
"Efforts to prepare for and respond to pandemics before they occur are effective in reducing mortality during global health emergencies." @jennifernuzzo
📣 New Research ➡️ gh.bmj.com/content/8/7/e0122…
Super cool new job working in biodefense governance! Check it out, apply, and come work with me!
USAJOBS - Job Announcement usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetai…
What a wonderful addition to an amazing team! Congrats to @wilmotjames and the @pandemiccenter 👏
I am very excited that my dear colleague and friend, @wilmotjames, renowned global health and biosecurity expert will be joining our @pandemiccenter and @Brown_SPH faculty. If you've had the privilege of working w/ Wilmot you know how extraordinary he is.
Important opportunity for leadership to advance permanent membership of @_AfricanUnion to the #G20
Ahead of the #USAfricaSummit — Dec. 13-15 — 40+ organizations (including NTI) are calling on U.S. and African leaders 🌍 to elevate and sustain pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response #PPR as a top cooperation and investment priority. 👇🏽 ‼️
bit.ly/3HyV0Pg
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The#NDAA released by Congress includes provisions to improve global health security as a national security priority. It instructs the President to focus on pandemic prevention, preparedness & response, prioritizing USG investment based on data & metrics, including the #GHSIndex.
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How can we prepare for the next pandemic? For those attending the BWC RevCon, join NTI bio for a side event the morning of December 7 on the need to create a Joint Assessment Mechanism (JAM) to rapidly assess biological events of unknown origin bit.ly/3OXQV8Z
👇Yes.
“It doesn’t matter how many meetings Russia tries to call on this subject. And it doesn’t matter how hard it ratchets up its propaganda machine. We must not divert UN resources toward a baseless investigation” news.un.org/en/story/2022/10…
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No one will confuse a dirty bomb with a tactical nuclear weapon. No one.
An important piece from @laurnorman @WSJ
on.wsj.com/3gLUJx9
All the more reason to fund @WhiteHouse Nat #Biodefense Strategy 👉 "We need to treat #pandemicpreparedness as a permanent priority, as we do our national defense, which is allocated hundreds of billions in annual funding even in times of peace."
"At the outset of every outbreak, a small window exists when response means the difference between containment & catastrophe. As the crisis wanes a similar window exists when there’s enough will ... to push for better preparation for other pandemics." tinyurl.com/e4tr2e4f
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Today the White House released it's 2022 National Biodefense Strategy outlining an ambitious set of objectives to guard against future pandemics & biothreats.
Check out NTI | Bio's thoughts on this new strategy in our latest statement ⬇️ bit.ly/3TwLAGI
Love seeing my colleague on the main stage @ABSAOffice describing the great work of @NTI_WMD #IBBIS! 🙌 Way to go @aparupasengupta!
What a great day at the ABSA Int. Annual Conference today! Presented on IBBIS, which was extremely well received! The icing on the cake was the pleasure and honor of presenting at the all womens panel! Yay gender equality in global biosecurity!! #biosecurity @NTI_WMD
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At the G7 Global Partnership working group meeting today, @JaimeYassif briefed @GPWMDOfficial on the #GHSIndex, the first comprehensive assessment of health security capacities in 195 countries around the world.
Check it out to learn more 👉 ghsindex.org/
With all the bad right now, do something good. #BloodDonation is really needed (where my O’s at!). You can help 🙌🏻 It’s that time again @JenniferNuzzo!
How can you help? ➡️ Right now, blood donors are critically needed, especially those w/ Type O blood, to help replenish the blood supply impacted by #HurricaneIan.
If you live in an unaffected area, please make an appointment to give.
The thing I🧡love most about #IBBIS is the future-centric thinking: it can expand over time to include a funders’ compact for robust #biosecurity practices; work w publishers to strengthen manuscript reviews; & advise gov on ways to strengthen biosecurity within their borders 🙌
The International Biosecurity & Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS) is launching soon to reduce emerging biological risks. Why is IBBIS needed? What will IBBIS do? Who supports it?
Find out on the new IBBIS announcement site! 👉 bit.ly/3EAeLET
🚨Amazing paid internship alert!🚨 Applications for @NTI_WMD's Spring internship are being accepted through Oct 21📅! Wanna work with #NTIbio on amazing #biosecurity initiatives like the #GHSIndex? Apply now!
nti.org/job-listing/nti-inte…
Wonderful to see Piers take on this important role!
NTI is pleased to announce Dr. Piers Millett as the founding Executive Director of IBBIS, a new international biosecurity organization that will strengthen biosecurity norms & develop innovative tools to uphold them. bit.ly/3M7gSBN
"The national security community has long understood the importance of “forward defense,” especially in the age of global terrorism. It’s time that national and global leaders do as well in this age of global public health emergencies of international concern."
2) Build global capacity - Domestic progress is important, but pandemics are global. We need a "forward defense" (see our #monkeypox statement). Away games matters, too. Global health security is key (10/12)
bit.ly/3UQxode
👉“This is the new normal,” @JenniferNuzzo “It’s like the levees are built for the one-in-a-100-years crisis, but then the floods keep happening every three years.”
Time to double (quadruple?) down on strengthening #pandemicprepardness - using the #GHSIndex can shed (more) light
“The United States was supposed to be the very best at managing outbreaks…But all of that assumed that leaders would move quickly and decisively when faced with a new pathogen." Yes, @apoorva_nyc @NYTimes.
And, also… a thread #GHSIndex (1/12)
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