Protected: Rebecca Katz

Dr. Rebecca Katz is a professor and director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security and holds joint appointments in Georgetown University Medical Center and the School of Foreign Service. Prior to coming to Georgetown in 2016, she spent 10 years at The George Washington University as faculty in the Milken Institute School of Public Health. Since 2007, much of her work has been on the domestic and global implementation of the International Health Regulations as well as global governance of public health emergencies. She has authored over 100 peer reviewed manuscripts, and five books, in addition to numerous op eds, blogs, white papers, and book chapters.

From 2004 to 2019, Dr. Katz was a consultant to the Department of State, working on issues related to the Biological Weapons Convention, pandemic influenza, and disease surveillance. In 2020, she was asked to join the Biden team, working on COVID-19 safety and response policy for the campaign and then transition team. She returned to the Department of State in January 2021 until August 2022, as a senior advisor on the global COVID-19 response and global health security, as well as negotiations around international agreements for global health security and pandemic preparedness. Dr. Katz received her undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College, an MPH from Yale University, and a PhD from Princeton University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.