Global Health Policy Center

CSIS’ Global Health Policy Center (GHPC) is the leading research institution focused on building bipartisan awareness and shaping policy debate about global health and its importance to U.S. national security

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Since 2008, the GHPC has played a key role in shaping successful U.S. global health efforts. In 2020 we were ranked one of the top global health policy think tanks in the world by the Global Go To Think Tank Index.

The Global Health Policy Center's goal is to generate independent, forward-thinking and multifaceted analyses that reach a bipartisan audience and shape U.S. policy approaches on global health. We do this by undertaking policy-relevant research and bringing together diverse stakeholders—U.S. policy makers from across the aisle, global health experts, and global health and foreign policy practitioners—to discuss critical issues and develop recommendations regarding U.S. global health leadership, policies, and programs. To do this, we capitalize on our expertise in health security, infectious disease, and women’s and family health, as well as the expertise of the broader CSIS expert community on regional politics, national security, and development challenges, to examine the geopolitical issues affecting current and future global health activities.
 
Our influential, high-level working groups such as the Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security, the Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security, and the Task Force on Women’s and Family Health have delivered important insights and recommendations to key decisionmakers in the U.S. Congress, the executive agencies, and non-governmental organizations.

 

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CDC Director’s Nomination Is an Opportunity to Reconstitute the CDC

With the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to be director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a window has opened to repair the agency, reconstitute it to meet new realities, and regain essential bipartisan trust and confidence among the American people.

Commentary by CSIS Scholars — May 19, 2026

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CDC Director’s Nomination Is an Opportunity to Reconstitute the CDC

With the nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to be director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a window has opened to repair the agency, reconstitute it to meet new realities, and regain essential bipartisan trust and confidence among the American people.

Commentary by CSIS Scholars — May 19, 2026

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CDC Director’s Nomination Is an Opportunity to Reconstitute the CDC

An audio version of “⁠CDC Director’s Nomination Is an Opportunity to Reconstitute the CDC⁠,” a new Commentary by CSIS’s J. Stephen Morrison, Paul Friedrichs, Michaela Simoneau, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Cameron, Stewart Simonson, and Mitchell Wolfe with Jerome Adams and Georges C. Benjamin. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and Michaela Simoneau — May 19, 2026

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Dr. Eli Cahan: “Human beings are wired for stories.”

Dr. Eli Cahan explains how he evolved into both a neonatologist and an accomplished, intrepid journalist, inspired by the likes of Atul Gawande and shaped by experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — May 4, 2026

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