Michaela Simoneau

Associate Fellow, Global Health Policy Center
Michaela Simoneau

Michaela Simoneau is an associate fellow for global health security with the Global Health Policy Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She manages the secretariat of the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security and formerly managed the secretariat of the CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security, both groups of senior experts charged with generating bipartisan recommendations to strengthen U.S. and global pandemic preparedness and response policy. This work has included reviews of U.S. agency health security capabilities, multilateral financing, the health needs of vulnerable populations living in the midst of conflict, and the risks and opportunities of emerging biotechnology. In prior roles at CSIS she coordinated projects on vaccine confidence and misinformation, routine immunization, and polio eradication. Ms. Simoneau is a member of the 2023 class of the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity (ELBI) fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. Before joining CSIS, she supported research concerning antimicrobial stewardship, the rights of migrants and refugees, and maternal and child health in Coimbatore, India. She holds a BS in biology and international studies from Boston College, where she completed a thesis on the Rohingya refugee crisis.

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Bird Flu Spillover Increases the Risk of Dangerous Human Variants

Bird flu now infects over 40 different mammalian species increasing opportunities for the virus to mutate and become more transmissible or lethal in humans. As the virus becomes endemic in wild animal populations,a broader, long-term, multidimensional approach is required.

Analysis by Michaela Simoneau, Sophia Hirshfield, and Maclane Speer — March 25, 2025

The Truth of the Matter

Don’t Brush Off Bird Flu

Michaela Simoneau, associate fellow at CSIS, joins the podcast to discuss the U.S. bird flu outbreak, pandemic warning signs, and tools to contain the virus.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Michaela Simoneau — January 30, 2025

CSIS the truth of the matter

The United States Needs to Step Up Its Response to Bird Flu

The United States continues to fall short in managing the threat of bird flu. Although the risk of widespread H5N1 human-to-human transmission currently appears low, enhanced response measures are needed to protect the health and national security of the United States.

Digital Report by Michaela Simoneau, Sophia Hirshfield, and Maclane Speer — December 19, 2024

Charting 2024 through Data

CSIS experts offer insights on some of the most important issue areas shaping the world in 2024.

Digital Report by Jaehyun Han, Brian Hart, and Heather Williams, Kelsey Hartigan, Lachlan MacKenzie, Reja Younis, Otto Svendsen, Sissy Martinez, Zane Swanson, Anita Kirschenbaum, David Michel, Henry Ziemer, Michaela Simoneau — March 19, 2024

Eight Commonsense Actions on Biosafety and Biosecurity

The CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security’s Working Group on R&D Innovation advocates eight commonsense actions to strengthen U.S. and global biosafety and biosecurity and promote a safer, more secure, and more innovative global bioeconomy. 

Brief by J. Stephen Morrison and Michaela Simoneau — November 21, 2023

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“Drugs Are Not Microchips”: Audio Brief with Michaela Simoneau

A short, spoken-word summary from CSIS’s Michaela Simoneau on her commentary with Steve Morrison in Health Affairs, Drugs Are Not Microchips: Whither Industrial Policy In The Life Sciences?

Podcast Episode by Michaela Simoneau — August 24, 2023

Audio Briefs
The Truth of the Matter

The Worst is Over—Now What?

In this crossover episode with CSIS's The CommonHealth podcast, Andrew talks with Michaela Simoneau and co-host J. Stephen Morrison on their newly published analysis of the post-Covid moment, “The Worst is Over—Now What?” 

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz, J. Stephen Morrison, and Michaela Simoneau — August 18, 2023

CSIS the truth of the matter
The CommonHealth

Morrison & Simoneau, ‘The Worst is Over—Now What?’

In this episode of The CommonHealth, Andrew Schwartz engages Michaela Simoneau and co-host J. Stephen Morrison on their newly published analysis of the post-Covid moment, “The Worst is Over—Now What?”

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz, J. Stephen Morrison, and Michaela Simoneau — August 17, 2023

The CommonHealth