COVID-19 Advisory Board

Transition logo for thePresident-elect of the United StatesJoe Biden
Agency overview
Formed	November 2020
Dissolved	January 20, 2021[1][2]
Superseding agency	White House COVID-19 Response Team
Type	Advisory board
Jurisdiction	United States
Agency executives	Joe Biden,President of the United States Kamala Harris,Vice President of the United States Co-chairs,David A. Kessler Vivek Murthy Marcella Nunez-Smith
Website	buildbackbetter.gov

TheCOVID-19 Advisory Board was announced in November 2020 byPresident-elect of the United StatesJoe Biden as part of hispresidential transition. It was co-chaired by physiciansDavid A. Kessler,Marcella Nunez-Smith, andVivek Murthy and comprises 13 health experts. The board was then succeeded by theWhite House COVID-19 Response Team upon Biden's presidency in January 2021.

Before naming any White House staff or cabinet appointments, Biden announced that he would appoint a COVID-19 task force, co-chaired by former Surgeon GeneralVivek Murthy, former Food and Drug Administration CommissionerDavid Kessler and Yale University epidemiologist ProfessorMarcella Nunez-Smith.^[3][4] In November 2020, he announced the names of 13 health experts to serve on the COVID-19 Advisory Board.^[5] Biden pledged a more and larger federal government response tothe pandemic thanDonald Trump, akin to PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt'sNew Deal during theGreat Depression.^[6] This would include increased testing forSARS-CoV-2, a steady supply ofpersonal protective equipment, distributing a vaccine and securing money from Congress for schools and hospitals under the aegis of a national "supply chain commander" who would coordinate the logistics of manufacturing and distributing protective gear and test kits. This would be distributed by a "Pandemic Testing Board", also similar to Roosevelt'sWar Production Board duringWorld War II.^[6] Biden also pledged to invoke theDefense Production Act more aggressively than Trump in order to build up supplies, as well as the mobilization of up to 100,000 Americans for a "public health jobs corps" ofcontact tracers to help track and prevent outbreaks.^[6]

Jeffrey Zients will work with the advisory board as the incoming White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator (czar).^[7][8] Civil servant and political advisor, Natalie Quillian, will serve as Deputy Coronavirus Response Coordinator.^[9]

The board was dissolved on January 20, 2021, afterPresident Biden was sworn in.^[1][2]

There were 16 members of the COVID-19 advisory board, appointed byPresident of the United StatesJoe Biden. Three of the members,David A. Kessler,Vivek Murthy andMarcella Nunez-Smith, served as co-chairs.

Member		Role	Education	Appointment
	David A. Kessler	FormerCommissioner of Food and Drugs Co-chair	Amherst College (BA) University of Chicago (JD) Harvard University (MD)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Marcella Nunez-Smith	Yale School of Medicine associate dean for health equity research Co-chair	Swarthmore College (BA) Thomas Jefferson University (MD)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Vivek Murthy	FormerSurgeon General of the United States Co-chair	Harvard University (BA) Yale University (MD,MBA)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Luciana Borio	Former Acting Chief Scientist of theU.S. Food and Drug Administration	George Washington University (MD)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Rick Bright	Former Director of theBiomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority	University of Kansas Auburn University, Montgomery (BS) Emory University (MS,PhD)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Ezekiel Emanuel	Former Chief of the Department of Bioethics at theNational Institutes of Health Clinical Center	Amherst College (BA) Exeter College, Oxford (MS) Harvard University (MD,PhD)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Atul Gawande	Brigham and Women's Hospital professor of surgery	Stanford University (BA,BS) Balliol College, Oxford (MA) Harvard University (MD,MPH)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Céline Gounder	New York University School of Medicine assistant professor	Princeton University (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MS) University of Washington, Seattle (MD)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Julie Morita	Executive Vice President of theRobert Wood Johnson Foundation	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BS) University of Illinois College of Medicine (MD)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Michael Osterholm	Director of theCenter for Infectious Disease Research and Policy	Luther College (BA) University of Minnesota (MS,MPH,PhD)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Loyce Pace	Executive Director and President of theGlobal Health Council	Stanford University (BS) Johns Hopkins University (MPH)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Robert Rodriguez	UCSF School of Medicine emergency medicine professor	University of Notre Dame (BA) Harvard University (MD)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Eric Goosby	FormerUnited States Global AIDS Coordinator	Princeton University (BA) University of California, San Francisco (MD)	November 9, 2020[10]
	Jane Hopkins	Nurse atHarborview Medical Center and Snoqualmie Hospital		November 28, 2020[11][12]
	Jill Jim	Executive director of the Navajo Department of Health	Northern Arizona University (BA) University of Utah (MPH, PhD)	November 28, 2020[13]
	David Michaels	Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at theMilken Institute School of Public Health	Columbia University (MPH, PhD)	November 28, 2020[11]

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