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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 223-230

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From page 223...
... Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. His main research areas include technology and business innovation, global supply chain management, health care delivery in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)
From page 224...
... In his previous roles, he worked as strategy leader-supply chain at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; vice president of health care at the William Davidson Institute and faculty at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan; professor of supply chain management at the Zaragoza International Logistics Program; and research affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Transportation and Logistics. He trained as a chemical engineer and obtained his Ph.D.
From page 225...
... Bright served as a member of the Biden administration COVID-19 Advisory Board, providing guidance on pandemic response, including testing, vaccines, therapeutics, and supply chain priorities. He also served as the deputy assistant secretary for preparedness and response and the director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
From page 226...
... as the Sustainable Manufacturing Lead. Nagwa Hasanin, Ph.D., currently serves as senior advisor, health for UNICEF's supply division, where she links programmatic and supply preparedness efforts for a range of disease-epidemiological scenarios and emergencies so that UNICEF is best positioned to respond to emerging health threats with existing supply tools as well as state-of-the-art product innovations by supporting research and development efforts.
From page 227...
... Her research has focused on disease modeling, evaluating intervention strategies, and resource distribution for a variety of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, Guinea worm, malaria, pandemic flu, and polio. She also has extensive experiences in process improvement for health care delivery as well as disaster preparedness, response, recovery.
From page 228...
... In addition, she functioned as project coordinator for BTEC's international influenza vaccine manufacturing program. She has more than 15 years of experience in biomanufacturing, 5 of these focused in the vaccine field, particularly in developing downstream purification processes and optimizing upstream production strategies for vector vaccines at AlphaVax Human Vaccines, Inc.
From page 229...
... Recently, she served as a rural community health volunteer in Peace Corps Benin, where she worked on improving maternal health, vaccination rates, and community outreach at a local clinic in the Borgou Department.
From page 230...
... She has directed and codirected other studies at the National Academies including Clinical Trials During the 2014–2015 Ebola Outbreak, Options for Overseas Placement of U.S. Health Professionals, and Enhancing the Behavioral and Social Science Content of Medical School Curricula, as well as working on the report Emerging Microbial Threats to Health in the 21st Century.


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