Center for Health Security announces fellows accepted to Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity class of 2018
Center News
February 06, 2018 – The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security has accepted a diverse group of 28 professionals and scholars into the 2018 class of the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity Fellowship (ELBI) program.
This class comprises fellows from 10 US states, Canada, and the United Kingdom, and was chosen from more than 120 applicants through a rigorous selection process. Throughout the year new fellows will attend three multi-day workshops and additional in-person networking opportunities. They’ll also have access to other engagement activities and some of the top minds in domestic and global health security.
“Each year, widespread interest in the ELBI program yields a phenomenal cohort of individuals eager to grow their knowledge and share their experiences with others in the biosecurity field,” said Tom Inglesby, MD, director of the Center. “I’m excited to continue that tradition in 2018, and I want to congratulate the new fellows and welcome them to the thriving ELBI community.”
Now in its sixth year, the highly competitive, part-time ELBI fellowship program inspires and connects the next generation of leaders and innovators in the biosecurity community. The program is an opportunity for talented career professionals to deepen their expertise, expand their network, and build their leadership skills through a series of sponsored events coordinated by the Center. This fellowship boasts more than 100 alumni who represent government, defense, private industry, science, law, public health, medicine, global health, journalism, the social sciences, and academia.
The 2018 ELBI Fellows are:
Warren Acuncius
US Agency for International Development
Evan Appleton
Harvard Medical School
Hattie Chung
Harvard University & The Broad Institute
Lina Faller
Ginkgo Bioworks
Michelle Holko
Booz Allen Hamilton
Gabriel Innes
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Christopher Isaac
University of Lethbridge
Kirsten Kulcsar
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Joseph Lewnard
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Yong-Bee Lim
George Mason University
Natalie Ma
Clearview Healthcare Partners
Lucia Mullen
World Health Organization
Tiffany Nguyen
US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Lauren Oldfield
J. Craig Venter Institute
Keith Pardee
University of Toronto
Jenish Patel
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
Edward Perello
Desktop Genetics
Aaron Resnick
Northwest Healthcare Response Network
Michelle Rozo
AAAS Congressional Fellow
Lauren Sauer
Johns Hopkins University
Jordan Schermerhorn
Pratt Pouch Consulting & Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Andrew Snyder-Beattie
University of Oxford
Carl Soffler
US Army Medical Materiel Development Activity
Gregory Sunshine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alexander Titus
IQT Labs
Neil Vora
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Matt Walsh
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Benjamin Winer
Princeton University
Center staffers Matthew Watson, Matthew Shearer, MPH, Crystal Watson, DrPH, MPH, and Alison Pack manage the ELBI fellowship program.
About the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security:
The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security works to protect people from epidemics and disasters and build resilient communities through innovative scholarship, engagement, and research that strengthens the organizations, systems, policies, and programs essential to preventing and responding to public health crises. The Center is part of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is located in Baltimore, MD.