Cody Fisher, PhD, is a senior associate on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC) team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy. His expertise lies within biomedical research, science/health policy, immunology/infectious disease, and coalition-building. At the Milken Institute, he researches cross-cutting subject matter across the biomedical research landscape to develop and support meaningful philanthropically funded projects across science and health disciplines.

Previously, Cody worked in the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) – Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), where he supported the Federal Task Force for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB), the US’s all-of-government approach to fight antimicrobial resistance (AMR) domestically and abroad. He also led a multi-project policy research portfolio investigating infectious disease preventatives, diagnostics, and therapeutics, as well as biomedical research priority areas. Cody received his bachelor’s degree in microbiology and biomedical sciences from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and his doctorate in immunology and infectious disease from the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Rochester, MN. He is based in the Institute’s Washington, DC office.