Dr. Jason Rao is a recognized thought leader of global health security policy and programs; he is the creator of the U.S. Department of State’s Biosecurity Engagement Program and former senior policy advisor in the White House, Office of Science and Technology Policy. Dr. Rao is currently the director of International Affairs at the American Society for Microbiology and editor-in-chief of Cultures magazine. He teaches course on Global Health Security and Diplomacy at Cornell, Georgetown, and George Washington Universities and the Editor of the textbook Global Health Security and Diplomacy (in press).