About Matt
Dr. Matt Hepburn is a retired U.S. Army infectious diseases physician and a leading expert in preparing for future pandemics. After serving for 23 years, he now leads a Department of Defense effort called Enabling Technologies, with the intention of quickly creating new vaccines and treatments to protect against future infectious disease threats. Matt’s approach is rooted in the idea that new technologies can help us solve these complex problems. His deep knowledge of this area comes from his six-year tenure as a program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), where he was responsible for developing high-tech solutions to major challenges. Before his time at DARPA, he served as the Director of Medical Preparedness on the White House National Security Staff, a role that focused on national readiness for health crises. During his military career, he was deployed to Iraq as a Chief Medical Officer for a hospital and worked on numerous international projects to build partnerships in public health and clinical research. Matt’s career shows a consistent dedication to protecting public health through a combination of military experience, high-tech innovation, and national policy.
