Tali Bar-Shalom, PhD
Science Policy Specialist, Program Manager, VA Defense Health, US Government
Adjunct Faculty, Global Health Scholar Program on Science in the Public Interest, Georgetown University
Former Lab: Doctoral Candidate, Moore Lab, Brandeis University
Training Period: 2007
Prior Academic Degree Institution: UC, Davis
Dr. Bar-Shalom is currently professional staff on the Committee on Science of the U.S. House of Representatives, chaired by Congressman Sherwood Boehlert of New York. Her primary responsibilities include oversight of the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate. As a staff member she has worked on writing legislation, staffing hearings, and coordinating priorities with the House Appropriations Committee.
Previously, Dr. Bar-Shalom was a policy analyst at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President. She served in the Homeland and National Security Division and worked on programs including weapons of mass destruction medical countermeasures, decontamination, and pathogen security, as well as the identification and coordination of programs to address research and development gaps relevant to homeland and national security. Prior to OSTP, she also worked at the Joint Institute for Food Safety Research and at the National Cancer Policy Board of the Institute of Medicine.