Abt Associates appoints new senior global health security advisor

Abt Associates has named Dr. Gavin Macgregor-Skinner senior global health security advisor.

Macgregor-Skinner was most recently director of Global Disaster Response for the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fellowship in Disaster Medicine at Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital.

He was also team leader to Nigeria and Liberia for Ebola outbreak response activities while serving as Global Projects Manager for the Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation, the company said in a release.