Melinda Hamer MD, MPH is an Operating Partner at the Global Health Investment Corporation, supporting the investment team, portfolio companies, and senior management via advisory expertise in clinical, biodefense, and US government biomedical research domains. She previously served as Deputy Director at Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, and at the Department of Health and Human Services, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA). She also served as Director of the Clinical Trials Center at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. She received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, completed residency in emergency medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and holds an MPH from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.