Dr. Rebecca Katz is Visiting Professor and a Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University. She holds joint appointments in Georgetown University Medical Center and the School of Foreign Service. She teaches courses on global health diplomacy, global health security, and emerging infectious diseases in the Science, Technology and International Affairs, Security Studies, and Global Infectious Disease Programs. She has authored over 120 peer reviewed manuscripts, and seven books in addition to numerous op eds, blogs, white papers and book chapters. 

From 2004 to 2019, Dr. Katz was a consultant to the Department of State, working on issues related to the Biological Weapons Convention, pandemic influenza and disease surveillance. She returned to the Department of State from January 2021 until December 2024 as a senior advisor on the global COVID-19 response and global health security. Dr. Katz received her undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College, an M.P.H. from Yale University, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.