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Jaime Yassif NTI Profile
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Relevant for those researching AI-related biosecurity risks and policy; Yassif represents expert voices at the intersection of biotechnology governance and emerging technology threats, a key concern in AI catastrophic risk discussions.
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Profile page for Jaime Yassif, a senior fellow at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) focused on biosecurity and emerging biotechnology risks. She works on global health security, biological threat reduction, and governance of advanced biotechnologies including those intersecting with AI. Her work is relevant to AI biosecurity risks and policy frameworks for dual-use research.
Key Points
- •Jaime Yassif is a senior fellow at NTI's Global Health Security program focusing on biosecurity and biological threat reduction
- •Her work addresses governance challenges posed by emerging biotechnologies and their potential for misuse
- •Relevant to AI safety discussions around AI-enabled bioweapons risks and dual-use research governance
- •NTI is a major policy organization working on weapons of mass destruction prevention including biological risks
- •Her expertise bridges scientific and policy dimensions of biosecurity, informing frameworks for AI and biotech governance
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# Jaime M. Yassif, PhD
Senior Advisor
[Global Biological Policy & Programs (NTI \| bio)](https://www.nti.org/about/programs-projects/program/global-biological-policy-programs-nti-bio/)
**Expertise** Biosecurity
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## Bio
Jaime Yassif, PhD serves a consultant to NTI, providing senior counsel to the NTI \| bio team, having stepped down from her role as NTI \| bio vice president at the end of 2025.
Prior to this, Yassif served as a Program Officer at the Open Philanthropy Project, where she led the initiative on Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness. In this role, she recommended and managed approximately $40 million in biosecurity grants, which rebuilt the field and supported work in several key areas, including: development of new biosecurity programming at several leading think tanks; cultivation of new talent through biosecurity leadership development programs; initiation of new biosecurity work in China and India; establishment of the Global Health Security Index; development of the Clade X tabletop exercise; and the emergence of a new discussion about global catastrophic biological risks.
Previously, Yassif was a Science and Technology Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Defense, where she focused on oversight of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and East Asia security issues. During this period, she also worked on the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) at the Department of Health and Human Services, where she helped lay the groundwork for the WHO Joint External Evaluations and the GHSA Steering Group.
Yassif’s previous experience includes work with Connecting Organizations for Regional Disease Surveillance, Chatham House, NTI, the Federation of American Scientists and the Tsinghua University Institute for International Studies.
She holds a Biophysics PhD from UC Berkeley, an MA in Science and Security from the King’s College London War Studies Department, and a BA in Biology from Swarthmore College.
## Analysis
[AIxBio Horizon Scan Winter 2025-2026](https://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/aixbio-horizon-scan-winter-2025-2026/)
[Paper](https://www.nti.org/analysis/analysis-search/?f-article_type_tax[]=243) Mar 3, 2026
#### AIxBio Horizon Scan Winter 2025-2026
The AIxBio field stands at a critical juncture where rapid capability advances are outpacing governance frameworks and safety measures. The next 18 months will likely prove pivotal in determining whether voluntary safety practices by AI companies, emerging evaluation frameworks, and international coordination efforts can keep pace with technological development.
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[Safeguarding Against Global Catastrophe](https://www.nti.org/anal
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