Johns Hopkins UniversityEst. 1876
America’s First Research University
Georgia Lagoudas
Adjunct Lecturer
About
Dr. Georgia Lagoudas is a Senior Fellow and faculty at the Brown University School of Public Health’s Pandemic Center in DC. She leads the Clean Indoor Air Initiative, working to advance policy to reduce airborne disease spread and make healthy indoor air accessible to all. She recently served as Senior Advisor for Biotechnology and Bioeconomy at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. During her time at the White House, she coordinated a variety of initiatives, including drafting and implementation of an Executive Order on Advancing the American Bioeconomy, as well as launching a White House Initiative to improve indoor air quality. She coordinated the federal government’s effort to advance clean indoor air to reduce disease transmission during the COVID pandemic.
Prior to the White House, Georgia was a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Department of State in the Office of Biological Policy Staff, helping to coordinate U.S. involvement in the Biological Weapons Convention and leading efforts in biosecurity and biosafety policy. Georgia also served as a AAAS Congressional Science Policy Fellow in the U.S. Senate and worked on climate policy, air pollution, bioeconomy, and the COVID-19 response in Senator Markey’s office. She led the writing and introduction of three bills in the Senate, one of which become law through the CHIPS and Science Act (The Bioeconomy Research & Development Act). Georgia received her Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from MIT and her B.S. in Bioengineering from Rice University.
Prior to the White House, Georgia was a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Department of State in the Office of Biological Policy Staff, helping to coordinate U.S. involvement in the Biological Weapons Convention and leading efforts in biosecurity and biosafety policy. Georgia also served as a AAAS Congressional Science Policy Fellow in the U.S. Senate and worked on climate policy, air pollution, bioeconomy, and the COVID-19 response in Senator Markey’s office. She led the writing and introduction of three bills in the Senate, one of which become law through the CHIPS and Science Act (The Bioeconomy Research & Development Act). Georgia received her Ph.D. in Biological Engineering from MIT and her B.S. in Bioengineering from Rice University.