Neil M. Vora

Neil Vora, MD, is the senior director for One Health at Conservation International and executive director of the Preventing Pandemics at the Source Coalition. He led New York City’s COVID-19 contact tracing program from 2020 to 2021 and previously investigated outbreaks with the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy sits as U.S. President Donald Trump hosts his first cabinet meeting, in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2025.
Governance

RFK Could Prevent a Bird Flu Pandemic—By Embracing His Environmentalist Roots

by Neil M. Vora

Three steps Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. could take to strengthen the U.S. Department of Agriculture's recent bird flu plan

A researcher manipulates proteins in a lab—part of a project to develop a COVID nasal spray vaccine that could protect against the virus—at the University of Tours, France, on September 15, 2021.
Governance

The World Needs U.S. Funding to Prevent and Prepare for the Next Pandemic

by Neil M. Vora, Pasha Majdi, Ashley Arabasadi

At this week's White House pandemic summit and beyond, all eyes are on the United States