Former White House Top Health Security Official to Lead Flagship's Preemptive Health and Medicine Initiative CAMBRIDGE, Mass. , Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, today announced that globally distinguished healthcare expert, entrepreneur, and public policy leader Raj Panjabi, M.
D., MPH, will join Flagship as Senior Partner. Dr.
Panjabi will lead Flagship's Preemptive Health and Medicine Initiative (PH&M), which is pioneering a new field to protect, maintain, or improve people's health before they get sick. In its fifth year, the initiative is grounded in the premise that health should be accessible for all and pursues interventions that protect health from external threats (health security) and prevent or delay the onset of diseases (preemptive medicine). Dr.
Panjabi previously served as White House Senior Director and as President Biden's top pandemic and health official at the National Security Council. During his tenure at the White House, he helped lead several health security initiatives including the historic COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the White House's 2022 National Biodefense Strategy and American Pandemic Preparedness Plan, the 2022 U.S.
Global Health Security Act, and the President's 2022 Executive Order to Advance Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation. In this newly created role, Dr. Panjabi will collaborate with Professor the Lord Ara Darzi of Denham, Flagship Special Advisor and Chairman of the Preem.