Cathy Gwin
Senior Director, Communications
Yassif will oversee NTI | bio’s work to reduce global catastrophic biological risks, strengthen biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, and build accountability for global health security progress.
NTI | bio, in partnership with the Next Generation for Global Health Security (GHS) Network (NextGen), the iGEM Foundation, SynBio Africa, and the Global Health Security Network (GHSN), are pleased to launch the Sixth Annual Next Generation for Biosecurity Competition.
NTI Co-Chairman and CEO Ernest J. Moniz and Munich Security Conference (MSC) Chairman Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger virtually convened 19 global leaders and experts on February 17, 2022 for a high-level tabletop exercise focused on reducing high-consequence biological threats.
In a new perspective penned for Science and Diplomacy, NTI | bio’s Margaret Hamburg, Jaime Yassif, Hayley Severance and former NTI David A. Hamburg Distinguished Fellow R. Alta Charo highlight the increasing risks of accidental or deliberate misuse of modern bioscience and biotechnology, and propose the establishment of a new organization.
NTI | bio Interim Vice President and Chair of the NTI | bio Advisory Group Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg is the recipient of the 2022 Philip Hauge Abelson Prize for her distinguished career addressing challenges at the intersection of science, medicine and the public.
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