Ellie Graeden

Ellie Graeden, Ph.D., is a Research Professor at Georgetown University's Center for Global Health Science and Security, leading health intelligence research and data architecture for global health response systems. She previously founded Talus Analytics, specializing in data-driven policy solutions at the intersection of science and strategy. Her work focuses on global health security, including pandemic preparedness, data standardization for wildlife diseases, and financing mechanisms for health resilience. Dr. Graeden holds a B.S. in Microbiology from Oregon State University and a Ph.D. in Biology from MIT.

Her research emphasizes quantitative approaches to global health challenges, such as designing data platforms for vaccination coverage and emergency response during influenza and COVID-19. She has collaborated with the CDC, G20, and United Nations to develop tools for health security policy analysis, including the Global Health Security Index and investment tracking systems. Her team’s work is featured in resources like ghsidea.org and the Outbreak Activity Library.

Dr. Graeden’s expertise spans interdisciplinary data systems, policy implementation frameworks, and emergency decision-making paradigms. She has pioneered methodologies for linking health data to actionable policies, particularly in high-risk contexts like pandemic response and biological event preparedness.