Syra Madad
Syra Madad, D.H.Sc., M.Sc., MCP is nationally recognized leader in public health and special pathogen preparedness and response. She is Senior Director, System-wide Special Pathogens Program at New York City Health + Hospitals, the nation’s largest municipal healthcare delivery system overseeing special pathogen preparedness and response efforts across 11 acute care hospitals in addition to post-acute/long-term care facilities and ambulatory care sites. She is Co-Principal Investigator and founding member of NYC Health + Hospitals Center for Global Healthcare Preparedness to Special Pathogens. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Graduate Biotechnology/BioDefense Program at the University of Maryland and Core Faculty/Team Lead in the National Ebola Training and Education Center’s (NETEC) Special Pathogens Exercise Resource Team. In addition, Madad is a Fellow in the Emerging Leaders in Biosecurity at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Health Security. Previously, Senior Research Fellow in the Behavioral Informatics & Technological Enterprise Studies at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Madad has a number of peerreviewed articles and has been a guest speaker at numerous scientific and medical conferences/workshops/webinars around the world. She was recently quoted in the Wall Street Journal on pandemic preparedness along with other national public health figures. She serves on over five editorial boards and advising committees and councils, nationally and internationally.
Biography current as of June 10, 2019