Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialbioradar.bsky.social @bioradar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026David Relman of Stanford and Kevin Esvelt of MIT are joining BioRadar as Co-Chairs of our Scientific Advisory Board to help us tackle that problem. Read more: bioradarusa.com/news/bioradar-names… 001
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialbioradar.bsky.social @bioradar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Building a biotech company and working on biodefense policy are usually separate careers. Ambika Bumb, PhD, has done both, and she's BioRadar's new Chief Business Officer. She founded Bikanta and held senior roles with White House PCAST and the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense. 011
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialbioradar.bsky.social @bioradar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Heading to ConV2X in New York? BioRadar Co-Founder and President @nikkiromanik.bsky.social will be there Oct. 29 to talk biosecurity, public health preparedness and what it takes to be ready for the next biological threat. Request a BioRadar briefing with Nikki: bioradarusa.com/briefing 002
nikkiromanik.bsky.social @nikkiromanik.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Very excited to have David Relman and Kevin Esvelt leading @bioradar.bsky.social science! Thank you gentleman! 000
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialbioradar.bsky.social @bioradar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Fierce Healthcare looks at BioRadar’s new collaboration with Business Group on Health. @ashishkjha.bsky.social and @nikkiromanik.bsky.social: www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/bus… 001
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialbioradar.bsky.social @bioradar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026To advance #workforce readiness for threats, Business Group on Health has partnered with BioRadar. businessgrouphealth.org 011
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialbioradar.bsky.social @bioradar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026BioRadar is headed to #VA2026. We’ve been selected as a Venture Atlanta Showcase Company, an opportunity to make the case for continuous biological intelligence and earlier warning. Going? Connect with our co-founder @nikkiromanik.bsky.social and come talk with us. bioradarusa.com/briefing 001
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialbioradar.bsky.social @bioradar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026@ashishkjha.bsky.social and @nikkiromanik.bsky.social in Crain's: New York's cooling-tower rules work when the city is watching. The gap is what happens when it isn't. Continuous wastewater monitoring closes it. crainsnewyork.comOp-ed: New York can’t fight Legionella with inspections aloneA prevention strategy needs to work even when no investigation is underway. 001
nikkiromanik.bsky.social @nikkiromanik.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Please take a look at our latest op-ed. How do you can get ahead of Legionella outbreaks and stay that way? @bioradar.bsky.social @crainsnewyork.bsky.social 000
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialbioradar.bsky.social @bioradar.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Stanford & Arc Institute used AI to design brand-new viruses. 16 came alive in the lab, infecting bacteria. This is the future BioRadar prepared for: AI & biotech are lowering barriers to bioengineering. This team built in safeguards. Not everyone will. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/s...nytimes.comThis A.I. Just Created Viruses Not Found in NatureScientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses. 012
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialGreg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Boston Globe: The system didn’t catch the hantavirus threat. Biology saved us. By Nikki Romanik and Ashish Jha @bostonglobe.com @nikkiromanik.bsky.social @ashishkjha.bsky.social bit.ly/4nnoe6s 💥 022
nikkiromanik.bsky.social @nikkiromanik.bsky.social · 08/10/2025New in @healthaffairs.bsky.social with @Jason Kindrachuk: Africa’s mpox outbreak demands urgent attention. 5,200+ cases in Sierra Leone alone. 220K vaccine doses ready but not deployed. Outbreaks anywhere threaten us everywhere. #mpox #outbreaks #healthaffairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...healthaffairs.bsky.socialhealthaffairs.bsky.social 000
nikkiromanik.bsky.social @nikkiromanik.bsky.social · 02/10/2025New @time.com article: Why HHS is Wrong to Bring Back the Stigmatizing Name Monkeypox. 000
nikkiromanik.bsky.social @nikkiromanik.bsky.social · 07/08/2025The U.S. has the tools—and the mandate—to lead on pandemic preparedness. But right now, OPPR is sitting empty. Thanks to @thinkglobalhealth.org for helping me tell this story. www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/whit... #HealthSecurity #PublicHealth #Biodefense #ThinkGlobalHealth #Biosecuritythinkglobalhealth.orgWhite House Empties Office for U.S. Pandemic Policy: The Gaps Left Behind | Think Global HealthSummer departures leave the White House without a senior official for pandemic preparedness, biosecurity, or biodefense 0124
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialDr. Stephanie Psaki @spsaki.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Gavi works in close partnership (operationally and financially) with governments around the world to distribute life-saving vaccines to children. Their work has saved nearly 20 million lives since 2000. Kennedy is either misinformed or lying, but either way children will die as a result.nytimes.comKennedy Withdraws Funding Pledge to International Vaccine Agency 54330
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialAtul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 25/06/2025This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...politico.comRFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effortKennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit. 38566533256
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialDr. Stephanie Psaki @spsaki.bsky.social · 20/06/2025We don’t close military bases in unstable regions and hope for the best—we maintain forward deployment to prevent emergencies. The same logic applies to public health. New piece in @justsecurity.org about cuts to CDC’s presence around the world, with @nikkiromanik.bsky.social 01712
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialJust Security @justsecurity.org · 20/06/2025Dismantling CDC’s global presence risks eliminating a key layer of U.S. biodefense, write Drs. @spsaki.bsky.social and @nikkiromanik.bsky.social. One that is designed to detect and contain outbreaks before they reach U.S. shores. www.justsecurity.org/114532/disma...justsecurity.orgDismantling CDC’s Global Work is Dismantling Our First Line of BiodefenseAs the Trump administration plans to weaken the CDC, Americans and the world will become more vulnerable to biological threats. 46331
nikkiromanik.bsky.social @nikkiromanik.bsky.social · 28/05/2025It was an absolute honor to be the first repeat guest on the Scientista podcast! Thank you to the brilliant hosts, Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, PhD and Monica Medina for asking the tough, necessary questions about the state of health in America today. 🎙️ www.buzzsprout.com/2457318/epis...buzzsprout.comDr. Nikki Romanik: RFK Jr., Vaccine Misinformation, and the Consequences for Public Health - ScientistaAs Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reverses his stance on COVID-19 vaccines for children and pregnant women, the stakes of vaccine misinformation have never felt higher. In this episode of the Scientista Podcas... 142
nikkiromanik.bsky.social @nikkiromanik.bsky.social · 27/05/2025I couldn’t agree more with ACOG! “ACOG is concerned about and extremely disappointed by the announcement that HHS will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy.” @acog full statement here: acog.org/news/news-rele… Please retweet this. It matters.acog.org 021
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialScientista @scientistas.bsky.social · 26/04/2025A must-read: @nikkiromanik.bsky.social discusses the importance of fighting misinformation and rebuilding public trust in science. Discover her path from a teenager in Nebraska to a leading force in pandemic preparedness and a lasting influence in public health.scientista.worldBehind the Scenes of Pandemic Response: Dr. Nikki Romanik on Science, Policy, and TrustDr. Nikki Romanik, former White House pandemic policy leader, shares her journey from a life-changing moment with the AIDS quilt to shaping U.S. pandemic preparedness. In this Scientista Podcast… 082
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialPandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Following our recent webinar, @wilmotjames.bsky.social, @nikkiromanik.bsky.social, & Dr Richard Migisha co-authored an op-ed for @dailymaverick.co.za highlighting the need to strengthen local infrastructure and global support as #mpox remains a pressing public health challenge in Africa. More ⤵️dailymaverick.co.zaThe silent epidemic: Mpox’s resurgence in Africa calls for urgent global health actionWithout US funding, there has been immediate disruption to controlling the mpox outbreak. Now is the time for global health leaders, philanthropic organisations and other high-income nations to step u... 063
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialPandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Join us March 21st for our Next webinar to hear discussions on the current mpox landscape, past lessons in response, and potential next steps. This panel will be moderated by @wilmotjames.bsky.social w/ panelists @nikkiromanik.bsky.social & Richard Migisha Register ⤵️ brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 022
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Update on the Measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u... There likely hundreds of cases, so many not being diagnosed. And many more to come. All preventable.nytimes.comMeasles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 PeopleTexas reported 90 cases this week, while New Mexico reported nine. A majority of the cases have been in a Texas county where vaccination rates have lagged behind the rest of the state. 17424155
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialPhysicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 23/02/2025npr.orgNIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research fundsThe National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies. 7318131
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialPandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Article from @fortune.com shares the #USDA is trying to rehiring employees it just let go amid an ongoing #H5N1 outbreak. "...it is really important that USDA be a full, unrestrained, well-resourced partner in the work to protect these farm workers." -@jennifernuzzo.bsky.social Read More ⤵️fortune.comThe USDA is scrambling to rehire officials working to curb the spread of bird flu after firing themThe H5N1 avian flu has impacted more than 160 million birds, resulting in the deaths of 20 million egg-laying chickens since 2022. 54118
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialPandemic Center at Brown University’s School of Public Health @pandemiccenter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Next Friday at 12PM EST join our Webinar, The cost of defunding #PEPFAR and the impact on the fight against HIV/AIDS, moderated by @wilmotjames.bsky.social w/ panelist Glenda Gray (WITS) & @spsaki.bsky.social (@brownpublichealth.bsky.social ) Register here: brown.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 095
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialBrown University School of Public Health @brownpublichealth.bsky.social · 21/02/2025We are thrilled to have the newest additions to Brown SPH, @spsaki.bsky.social and Nikki Romanik, who are joining us as senior fellows in global health security! As former White House officials, their expertise is critically important in our evolving world. Welcome! sph.brown.edu/news/2025-02... 184
Reposted by @nikkiromanik.bsky.socialAshish K Jha @ashishkjha.bsky.social · 27/01/2025There have been 12 outbreaks of Ebola or Marburg (a close cousin) in the past 4 years Zero have landed in the US Why? Because of people like Stephanie Psaki and a US deeply engaged in the world So Stephanie asks Who is protecting Americans from Marburg now? www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/m...statnews.comWho is protecting Americans from Marburg right now?The WHO and the CDC coordinated well when faced with viral outbreaks. This is no time to demolish a well-oiled machine. 215970
