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Belfer Center Director's Lunch with Kendall Hoyt

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The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Lunch with Kendall Hoyt, Assistant Professor, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth on “Building a Better Public Private Partnership for Biosecurity: Lessons from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations,” in the Belfer Center Library (L369).

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

about

Kendall Hoyt is an Assistant Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth where she studies U.S. biodefense policy, global health policy, and biomedical R&D strategy. She is also a lecturer at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College where she teaches courses on technology and biosecurity. She is the author of Long Shot: Vaccines for National Defense, Harvard University Press, 2012. She currently serves as an advisor to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). CEPI develops vaccines for diseases that have epidemic potential, such as Lassa, Nipah, and MERS.

Hoyt received her Ph.D. in the History and Social Study of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2002 and was a Fellow in the International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government from 2002-2004. Prior to obtaining her degree, she worked in the International Security and International Affairs division of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Washington DC office of McKinsey and Company, and the Center for the Management of Innovation and Technology at the National University of Singapore.