Larry Gostin is Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University and Faculty Director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law. A globally recognized authority in health law, he directs the WHO Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law and is an elected lifetime Member of the National Academy of Medicine. Prof. Gostin has shaped policy through multiple epidemics from AIDS SARS, and Influenza H1N1 to Ebola, MERS, Zika, and mpox to pandemic COVID-19, advised world leaders, and authored award-winning books.