Richard Hatchett

Richard Hatchett is an American oncologist[1] and epidemiologist who has been serving as chief executive officer of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in Oslo and London since 2017.

[7] He was also a research associate at the National Heart & Lung Institute at Imperial College London and spent three months in northeast Gabon investigating three closely related Ebola outbreaks.

[11] From 2005 until 2006, Hatchett served as Director for Biodefense Policy on the United States Homeland Security Council and was a principal author of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan.

[16] From 2005 until 2011, Hatchett served as associate director for Radiation Countermeasures Research and Emergency Preparedness at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the leadership of Anthony Fauci.

[17] In 2007, he was the lead author of a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America comparing public-health responses to the Spanish flu in cities like St. Louis and Philadelphia.

[19] In addition to his role at NIAID, Hatchett served as Director for Medical Preparedness Policy on the Homeland Security Council under President Barack Obama from 2009 until 2011.