Dennis Carroll

Dennis Carroll

Dennis Carroll is University Research Co. LLC's senior adviser for global health security and chair of the Global Virome Project leadership board. For nearly 15 years, Carroll directed the pandemic influenza and other emerging threats unit at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Latest Articles

Opinion: Monkeypox and global health security — will we ever learn?

Opinion: Monkeypox and global health security — will we ever learn?

over 3 years ago // Global Health

It seems we just can’t learn the global health security lessons successive disease outbreaks try to teach us. Yet there are some very tangible steps we can take to predict the next pandemic.

Opinion: We need a new global surveillance system to detect and prevent the next pandemic

Opinion: We need a new global surveillance system to detect and prevent the next pandemic

over 4 years ago // Building Back Health

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare our collective weaknesses to effectively respond to the emergence of a highly contagious and lethal microbial threat. Dennis Carroll makes the case for renewed investment.

Opinion: US development organizations must collaborate on COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy

Opinion: US development organizations must collaborate on COVID-19 vaccine distribution strategy

almost 5 years ago // COVID-19

Former USAID official Dennis Carroll looks back at pandemic response efforts for swine flu and discusses what’s needed to improve the COVID-19 response.

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