{{Short description|Brazilian-American physician and public health administrator}} {{Infobox academic | name = Luciana Borio | image = File:Luciana_Borio_official_portrait.jpg | birth_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[George Washington University]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]]) |discipline=[[Medicine]]<br>[[Public health]]|sub_discipline=[[Infectious diseases]]<br>[[Biodefense]]<br>[[Health security]]}}
'''Luciana Borio''' is a [[Brazilian-American]] infectious disease physician, public health expert, and venture capitalist. She is a Senior Fellow for Global Health at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cfr.org/expert/luciana-l-borio|title=Luciana L. Borio|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations|accessdate=2025-08-26}}</ref> and a Venture Partner at [[Arch Venture Partners]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archventure.com/team/luciana-borio-m-d/|title=Luciana Borio, M.D.|publisher=Arch Venture Partners|accessdate=2025-08-26}}</ref> From 2019 to 2021, Borio was a vice president at [[In-Q-Tel]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/act-now-to-prevent-an-american-epidemic-11580255335|title=Act now to prevent an American epidemic|first1=Luciana|last1=Borio|first2=Scott|last2=Gottlieb|date=January 28, 2020|accessdate=2020-01-30|work=Wall Street Journal}}</ref> She previously served as director for Medical and Biodefense Preparedness at the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/key-u-s-government-agency-positions-and-officials-in-global-health-policy-related-areas/ |title=Key Global Health Positions and Officials in the U.S. Government |publisher=Kaiser Family Foundation |accessdate=2018-07-28}}</ref> acting chief scientist of the [[Food and Drug Administration|U.S. Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Testimony/ucm489176.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322025837/http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Testimony/ucm489176.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |title=Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Testimony before U.S. House of Representatives |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration |accessdate=2018-07-28}}</ref> assistant commissioner for counterterrorism policy of the FDA, and director of FDA's Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-06 |title=Meet Luciana Borio, M.D., Acting Chief Scientist |url=http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/ucm286183.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329222232/http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/ucm286183.htm |archive-date=2016-03-29 |website=[[Food and Drug Administration]]}}</ref> She is known for her work advancing clinical trials,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSjjS7M5jts |title=Luciana Borio: FDA's Role in Increasing Clinical Trial Diversity |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration |accessdate=2018-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBRK2lEXaOg&t=866s |title=You may hold the cure for the next epidemic |date=22 December 2015 |publisher=TEDxUSU |accessdate=2018-07-28}}</ref> the development of medical countermeasures for health emergencies,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9ha3xHlUpg&t=2s |title=Borio interview |date=19 September 2012 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security |accessdate=2018-07-28}}</ref> and the responses to domestic and international public health emergencies.<ref>September 17, 2014, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing entitled “Global Efforts to Fight Ebola”; October 16, 2014, U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing entitled “Examining The U.S. Public Health Response to the Ebola Outbreak;” November 19, 2014, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health hearing entitled “Examining Medical Product Development in the Wake of the Ebola Epidemic;” February 26, 2015, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing entitled “Medical and Public Health Preparedness and Response: Are We Ready for Future Threats?” March 02, 2016, US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing entitled “Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Zika Virus.”</ref>
== Early life and education == Borio obtained her MD in 1996 from [[George Washington University]]. She completed her residency in 1999 in [[internal medicine]] at the [[Weill Cornell Medical Center]] and subsequently completed a combined fellowship in [[infectious disease]]s at [[Johns Hopkins University]] and [[critical care medicine]] at the [[National Institutes of Health]]. Borio serves as an adjunct assistant professor of medicine at [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webmd.com/luciana-borio |title=Luciana Borio, MD |publisher=WebMD |accessdate=2013-10-04}}</ref>
== Career == Borio is an infectious disease physician.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gamboa|first=Suzanne|date=November 9, 2020|title=Two Latino physicians and disease experts are part of Biden's Covid-19 task force|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/two-latino-physicians-disease-experts-are-part-biden-s-covid-n1247165|access-date=2020-11-10|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref> Prior to joining FDA's [[Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research]] in 2008, Borio was senior associate at the [[UPMC Center for Health Security]] and assistant professor of medicine at the [[University of Pittsburgh]] (2003–2008). Borio served at the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] as an advisor on biodefense programs (2001 to 2008), where she implemented and managed mathematical modeling projects to assess the health effects of bioterrorism on civilians and to inform medical countermeasures procurement activities for the Office of Preparedness and Response.<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-07-12 |title=Dr. Luciana Borio: Faces Behind MCMi |url=https://www.fda.gov/EmergencyPreparedness/MedicalCountermeasures/ucm327479.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004220452/http://www.fda.gov/EmergencyPreparedness/MedicalCountermeasures/ucm327479.htm |archive-date=2013-10-04 |accessdate=2013-10-04 |website=[[Food and Drug Administration]]}}</ref> Before leaving her role as assistant commissioner of FDA, she approved a partnership in infectious disease research with the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/non-profit-and-other-mous/mou-225-17-019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001200503/https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/non-profit-and-other-mous/mou-225-17-019|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2019|title = Mou 225-17-019|journal = FDA|date = 3 November 2018}}</ref>
In 2020, Borio was appointed by the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] to serve on its Independent Task Force on Improving Pandemic Preparedness, co-chaired by [[Sylvia Mathews Burwell]] and [[Frances Townsend]].<ref>[https://www.cfr.org/report/pandemic-preparedness-lessons-COVID-19/ Independent Task Force Report No. 78 – Improving Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons From COVID-19] [[Council on Foreign Relations]], October 2020.</ref>
In 2020, she was an honoree of the [[Great Immigrants Award]] named by [[Carnegie Corporation of New York]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luciana Borio |url=https://www.carnegie.org/awards/honoree/luciana-borio/ |access-date=June 26, 2024 |website=Carnegie Corporation of New York}}</ref>
From November 9, 2020, to January 20, 2021, Borio served as one of the 13 members of the [[COVID-19 Advisory Board]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/biden-coronavirus-advisers-experts-rick-bright/index.html|title=Biden transition team announces coronavirus advisers, including whistleblower Rick Bright|last=Mucha|first=Sarah|date=November 9, 2020|work=CNN|accessdate=9 November 2020}}</ref>
In 2021, she was elected to the [[National Academy of Medicine]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members|url=https://nam.edu/news-and-insights/national-academy-of-medicine-elects-100-new-members-3/ |access-date=August 28, 2025 |website=National Academy of Medicine}}</ref>
== Other activities == * Codagenix, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board<ref>[https://www.cfr.org/expert/luciana-l-borio Luciana Borio, Senior Fellow for Global Health] [[Council on Foreign Relations]], October 2020.</ref> * [[Goldman Sachs]], Consultant<ref>[https://www.cfr.org/expert/luciana-l-borio Luciana Borio, Senior Fellow for Global Health] [[Council on Foreign Relations]], October 2020.</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category}} {{wikiquote}} *{{C-SPAN|77552}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005010428/http://www.upmchealthsecurity.org/website/resources/multimedia/2012_behind_the_scenes/01_borio.html Luciana Borio Outlines the Evolving Role of the FDA in Developing Medical Countermeasures] upmchealthsecurity.org
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