Julie E. Fischer
Senior Associate
Dr. Julie E. Fischer leads the Henry L. Stimson Center’s Global Health Security program. Dr. Fischer is a former Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow (2003-04) and American Association for the Advancement of Science Congressional Fellow (2000-01). As professional staff with the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, she worked on issues related to domestic terrorism preparedness and the consequences of biological, chemical, and radiological exposures during military service. She served as a senior research fellow at the University of Washington/Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, and an independent consultant to a Thai-U.S. collaboration aimed at strengthening Thai capacity to identify and control emerging infections of regional and global significance. Dr. Fischer received a BA from Hollins University and a PhD in microbiology and immunology from Vanderbilt University.
The Global Health Security program explores the growing demands on the world's public health infrastructure, from policies intended to contain transnational disease threats to a new role for international health interventions in defense and diplomacy. This project centers on practical policies and approaches – including norms, administrative structures, and public and private sector partnerships – to strengthen regional and global capabilities for disease detection and prevention.
A link to the Global Health and Security page can be found HERE
Selected Publications
Stewardship or Censorship: Balancing Biosecurity, the Public’s Health, and the Benefits of Scientific Openness (Stimson Center, 2006)
Speaking Data to Power: Science, Technology, and Health Expertise in the National Biological Security Policy Process (Stimson Center, 2004)
Inching Away from Armageddon: Destroying the US Chemical Weapons Stockpile (Stimson Center, 2004)
