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, associate 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.

Photo: Liz Lynch

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

Senior Fellow and Director, Immunizations and Health Systems Resilience, Global Health Policy Center
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Maclane Speer

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Priya Chainani

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Caitlin Noe

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The CommonHealth

Joe Grogan: “The societal divisions that Covid opened were terrifying.”

Joe Grogan, former senior official of the George W. Bush and the first Trump administrations, operates an active consultancy, hosts a podcast, writes commentaries for USC Schaeffer Center, and is an active member of the CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — July 11, 2025

The CommonHealth

A New Era in Health Security

The CSIS Bipartisan Alliance for Global Health Security presses the administration and Congress to strengthen health security investments to ensure Americans remain protected, U.S. innovation remains competitive, and U.S. programs become more efficient and sustainable.

Brief by J. Stephen Morrison, Michaela Simoneau, Katherine E. Bliss, Enoh T. Ebong, and Elizabeth "Beth" Cameron, Paul Friedrichs, Stephanie Psaki, Stewart Simonson, Thomas Cullison, Nikolaj Gilbert, Heidi J. Larson, Raj Panjabi, Carolyn Reynolds, Leonard Rubenstein, Jeffrey Sturchio — July 11, 2025

Takeaways from Gavi Replenishment | The CommonHealth Live!

In the thirteenth episode of The CommonHealth Live!, Katherine E. Bliss and J. Stephen Morrison discuss outcomes of the Health and Prosperity through Immunization Global Summit, hosted in Brussels by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the European Union and the Gates Foundation.

Event — July 1, 2025

The CommonHealth

Takeaways from Gavi Replenishment | The CommonHealth Live!

In this episode of The CommonHealth Live!, Katherine E. Bliss and J. Stephen Morrison discuss the outcomes of the Health and Prosperity through Immunization Global Summit, co-hosted in Brussels by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the European Union and the Gates Foundation.

Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and Katherine E. Bliss — July 1, 2025

The CommonHealth

Summit on Resilient U.S. Medical Supply Chains

This summit, in partnership with Cencora, will examine the current state of U.S. generic medicine supply chains and discuss solutions to advance market resilience and stability.

Event — June 16, 2025

Summit on Resilient U.S. Medical Supply Chains

This summit, in partnership with Cencora, examined the current state of U.S. generic medicine supply chains and discuss solutions to advance market resilience and stability.

Transcript — June 16, 2025