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
About Us
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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Contact
- Humzah Khan
- Research Associate, Global Health Policy Center
- HKhan@csis.org
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Paige Montfort
- Media Relations Manager, External Relations
- 202.775.3173
- pmontfort@csis.org
Featured Projects
Featured Analysis

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Battling Biological Threats: Complacency, Progress, or Both?
The elevation of health security within recent national security policies and bipartisan legislative action proves that it remains possible to bridge divides and make measurable progress to prepare the United States for inevitable future biological threats.
Commentary by Thomas Cullison and J. Stephen Morrison — January 20, 2023

Building the CDC the Country Needs
Report by J. Stephen Morrison and Tom Inglesby — January 12, 2023

Can Pandemic Preparedness and HIV Programming Be Mutually Reinforcing?
Commentary by Alicia Carbaugh and Katherine E. Bliss — December 16, 2022

Transforming Health Crises with Pandemic Therapies
Report by Katherine E. Bliss and J. Stephen Morrison — November 9, 2022

The Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Initiative: An Interim Assessment and Policy Recommendations
Report by Jeffrey Sturchio , Mackenzie Burke , and Maclane Speer — October 21, 2022
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Yana Panfilova: “We Are so Young, but a Lot of People Have This Belief That We Can Change Our Country”
Podcast Episode by Jeffrey Sturchio and J. Stephen Morrison — May 26, 2022

Fireside Chat with Rep. Tom Cole: Securing America’s Health Security
Event by Congressman Tom Cole (R-OK) , Julie Gerberding , and Susan Brooks — May 25, 2022
Dr. Deborah Birx: "We Prepared for the Wrong Kind of Pandemic"
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — May 24, 2022

International Norms under Pressure: State Compliance with International Humanitarian & Human Rights Law
Event by John J. Hamre , J. Stephen Morrison , Marti Flacks , Cordula Droege , Oona Hathaway , and Chanaka Wickremasinghe — May 20, 2022
North Korea: A Covid-19 Disaster Unlike Any Other
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison , H. Andrew Schwartz , and Victor Cha — May 20, 2022

International Norms Under Pressure: State Compliance with International Humanitarian & Human Rights Law
Transcript — May 20, 2022
Yana Panfilova: “We Are so Young, but a Lot of People Have This Belief That We Can Change Our Country”
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison — May 19, 2022

Reflections on the Second Global Covid-19 Summit
Event by J. Stephen Morrison , Julie Gerberding , Susan Brooks , Raj Panjabi , and Elizabeth Cameron — May 18, 2022
Douglas Mercado: “Doing good ain’t easy"
Podcast Episode by Katherine E. Bliss — May 17, 2022

Yasmeen Abutaleb: "No One has Succeeded in Predicting What is Going to Happen."
Podcast Episode by J. Stephen Morrison and H. Andrew Schwartz — May 11, 2022
