Staff Bio
Dylan George, Ph.D., is the Director for the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics (CFA) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CFA is building world class data and analytics capabilities to guide interventions in public health emergencies and pandemics.
Previous experience
Before joining CDC, Dr. George was a vice president at Ginkgo Bioworks, where he helped develop improved real-time infectious disease monitoring capabilities and analytics for pandemic response.
Prior to Ginkgo, Dr. George was a vice president at In-Q-Tel (IQT), where he vetted life science and healthcare deals, and developed science and technical strategies to strengthen capacity within the U.S. to counter biological threats from infectious disease.
Dr. George served as senior policy advisor for biological threat defense for Dr. John Holdren, assistant to the president for science and technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
Among other responsibilities at OSTP, Dr. George provided technical expertise and interagency coordination supporting the response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Areas of expertise
From 2013–2014, Dr. George worked in the Department of Health and Human Services within the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, where he led a team that developed analytical approaches to assess risks from emerging infectious diseases and other mass casualty events.
He worked within the Department of Defense from 2009-2013 on anticipating and assessing infectious disease risks that would affect mission readiness and force health protection.
While at the National Science Foundation within the divisions of Biological Infrastructure and Environmental Biology, Dr. George supported the National Ecological Observatory Network and the Ecology of Infectious Diseases program.