Professor Hiromi Murakami is a Visiting Scholar at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). As a specialist in international relations, public policy, and global health policy, she has led projects and initiatives in areas like science and technology and international health policy at institutions including the Global Health Policy Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, GRIPS, and Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI). She has also instructed courses in international relations and other subjects at SAIS and GRIPS. She currently leads Japan’s challenge program at GRIPS Global Health Innovation Policy Center. Professor Murakami also serves at KK Guardian as Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO). She is the author of “Resilience and Autonomy in Prewar and Wartime Japan (2023)” and holds an M.B.A. from St. Mary’s College and a Ph.D. in international relations from Johns Hopkins University SAIS.