Luciana Borio

thumb|Luciana Borio Luciana Borio is an American physician and medical/public health administrator. She is a vice president at In-Q-Tel. She previously served as Director for Medical and Biodefense Preparedness at the National Security Council, Acting Chief Scientist of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Assistant Commissioner for Counterterrorism Policy of the FDA, and Director of FDA's Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats. Quotes The threat of pandemic flu is the number one health security concern, are we ready to respond? I fear the answer is no. At a symposium at Emory University in Atlanta in 2018, marking the 100th anniversary of 1918 flu pandemic. As quoted in Contrary to Trump’s Claim, A Pandemic Was Widely Expected at Some Point (March 20, 2020) by Rem Rieder, FactCheck.org. Hydroxychloroquine has been studied as a possible antiviral therapy for many decades. Despite showing evidence of activity against several viruses in the laboratory, it never showed success in randomized clinical trials. In response to Donald Trump's statement on using the drug as treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), quoted in Ignoring Expert Opinion, Trump Again Promotes Use of Hydroxychloroquine (April 5, 2020) by Michael Crowley, Katie Thomas and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times. External links Appearances on C-SPAN Luciana Borio Outlines the Evolving Role of the FDA in Developing Medical Countermeasures upmchealthsecurity.org Category:Living people Category:People from Rio de Janeiro Category:Women academics from Brazil Category:Physicians from Brazil Category:Immigrants to the United States