Nahid Bhadelia — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founding Director of the Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research (CEID) and Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON).
Served as Senior Policy Advisor for Global COVID-19 Response for the White House COVID-19 Response Team (2022-2023).
Coordinated interagency programs for global COVID-19 vaccine donations and was policy lead for Project NextGen, a $5 billion HHS program.
Medical Director of the Special Pathogens Unit (SPU) at Boston Medical Center (2011-2021).
Associate Professor at the Boston University School of Medicine.
Member of the WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on Universal Health and Preparedness Review and the PAHO Strategic Advisory Group on Pandemic & Epidemic Threats.
Holds a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Tufts University School of Medicine and a Master's in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Biography

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia is an American infectious diseases physician, researcher, and policy advisor. She is the founding director of the Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research (CEID) and the Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON). She also holds a position as an Associate Professor at the Boston University School of Medicine.

From 2022 to 2023, Dr.