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Beth Cameron Joins NTI
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Relevant as background on key biosecurity policy figures and institutional capacity-building; NTI's biosecurity work intersects with AI safety concerns around dual-use biotechnology and global catastrophic biological risks.
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NTI announced the appointment of Dr. Beth Cameron as Senior Director for Global Biological Policy and Programs in March 2017. Cameron, formerly Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense on the White House NSC, will oversee development of the Global Health Security Index and work on national security risks from emerging biotechnologies. The appointment highlights NTI's expanding focus on biosecurity threats alongside its traditional nuclear nonproliferation mission.
Key Points
- •Dr. Beth Cameron appointed Senior Director for Global Biological Policy and Programs at NTI in 2017.
- •Cameron previously led Global Health Security and Biodefense on the White House National Security Council staff.
- •She will oversee the Global Health Security Index, developed in partnership with Open Philanthropy Project, Robertson Foundation, and Johns Hopkins.
- •Her mandate includes addressing national security risks from emerging biotechnologies and dual-use research.
- •Cameron brings experience from DoD Cooperative Threat Reduction and State Department Global Threat Reduction programs.
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Beth Cameron, PhD
Dr. Elizabeth
(Beth) Cameron has been named senior director for global biological policy and
programs at the Nuclear Threat Initiative , NTI Co-Chairman and CEO
Sam Nunn announced today.
“Since our
founding, NTI has been committed to addressing biological threats,” said Nunn.
“We are very pleased that Beth will be joining NTI to oversee this important
work. She has outstanding credentials
and has the experience, leadership and drive to expand and advance NTI’s work
in this arena.”
Among other
duties, Dr. Cameron will oversee the development of a Global Health Security
Index, as well as work related to national security risks associated with
emerging biotechnologies. The Index was announced by NTI earlier this month
in partnership with the Open Philanthropy Project, the Robertson Foundation and
the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
Dr. Cameron most
recently served as the Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense
on the White House National Security Council staff, where she was instrumental
in developing, launching, and implementing the Global Health Security Agenda. In this role, she reported to the National
Security Advisor and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and
Counterterrorism in addressing homeland and national security issues surrounding
biosecurity and biosafety, biodefense, emerging infectious disease threats, biological
select agents and toxins, dual ‐ use research, and
bioterrorism.
From 2010 ‐ 2013,
Dr. Cameron served at the U.S. Department of Defense as office director for
Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) and senior advisor for the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs. In
this role, she oversaw implementation of the geographic expansion of the Nunn ‐ Lugar
CTR program.
From 2003 ‐ 2010,
Cameron oversaw expansion of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Threat
Reduction programs and supported the expansion and extension of the Global
Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, a
multilateral framework to improve global chemical, biological, radiological and
nuclear security.
About the Nuclear Threat Initiative
The
Nuclear Threat Initiative works to protect our lives, environment, and quality
of life now and for future generations. We work to prevent catastrophic attacks
with weapons of mass destruction and disruption (WMDD)—nuclear, biological,
radiological, chemical, and cyber.
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