The CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security

The CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security convenes an esteemed group of members of Congress, senior leaders, and subject matter experts to advance concrete, pragmatic policy options to strengthen the health security of the United States and the world. Its work covers how the United States can best position itself on a range of issues including emerging outbreaks, the risks and opportunities of biotechnology innovation, the legacy of U.S. investments in global immunizations and the fight against infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, and global health diplomacy that advances U.S. national interests amid intensifying geopolitical competition. Through rigorous scholarship and a commitment to bipartisanship, the group works to define a new vision for sustained U.S. leadership, with integrated programming, strong accountability measures, and enhanced partnerships and alliances across sectors and around the world. Building on the record of prior CSIS initiatives, the alliance delivers recommendations on global health security policy and programs to key decisionmakers in the U.S. Congress, the executive branch, and nongovernmental organizations to guide debates over institutional reform.

Launched in spring, 2023, the effort is cochaired by Senator Richard Burr, principal policy advisor and chair of the Health Policy Strategic Consulting Practice at DLA Piper and former senator from North Carolina, and Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, CEO of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The alliance includes over 60 members who are opinion leaders in the life sciences, public health, security, foreign policy, industry, and philanthropy; and a senior advisory group, including experts who formerly served in the Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations. J. Stephen Morrison, PhD, senior vice president and founder/director of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, sets the alliance’s strategic direction and directs its work on pandemic preparedness and response. Katherine E. Bliss, PhD, senior fellow and director of immunizations and health systems resilience with the Global Health Policy Center, directs its work on HIV and routine immunizations. Michaela Simoneau, fellow, leads the alliance’s secretariat.

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Meet our co-chairs, members, and senior advisers of the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security.

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Photo: Liz Lynch

The Alliance is made possible by the generous support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Katherine E. Bliss

Katherine E. Bliss

Director and Senior Fellow, Immunizations and Health Systems Resilience, Global Health Policy Center
Priya Chainani

Priya Chainani

Program Coordinator and Research Assistant, Global Health Policy Center
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Caitlin Noe

Program Coordinator, Global Health Policy Center

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The CommonHealth

Using Drones to Expand Healthcare Delivery

This episode of The CommonHealth features a live discussion with Zipline’s CEO Caitlin Burton reflecting on Zipline’s work to expand its delivery network, the evolution of its partnership with African partner governments and the U.S. State Department, and what the company has learned about the potential for emerging technologies to increase health access and outcomes.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — September 23, 2026

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Monisha Ashok, Director of Health Investments, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC): DFC's "strategy refresh" elevates health as a priority.

Monisha Ashok, Director of Health Investments, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation lays out how health now figures in DFC's strategy following the late 2025 Congressional reauthorization that increased its investment cap by more than threefold to $205 billion with much greater flexibilities, including equity investments and engagement in high-income countries. 

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — September 22, 2026

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