Nikki Romanik | Co-Founder
BioRadar

Dr. Romanik is a physician and policy strategist with deep experience leading U.S. preparedness and response to high-consequence biological threats. She previously served at the White House as Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Director, and Chief of Staff for the inaugural Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR), where she helped establish the office and coordinate federal responses to major outbreaks, including mpox, COVID-19, and Marburg virus disease. Prior to OPPR, she served as Senior Policy Advisor for the White House Mpox Response.

Following her White House service, she was a Distinguished Senior Fellow in Global Health Security at the Brown University School of Public Health.

Earlier in her career, Dr. Romanik held senior leadership roles at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the World Health Organization (WHO). During the COVID-19 pandemic, she served as the CDC COVID-19 Liaison to the White House and HHS.

She is an Advisor to Network 20/20 and holds academic appointments at Georgetown University Medical Center and the Georgetown/MedStar National Center for Health Security and Resilience.