Andrea Hodgson

Andrea Hodgson is the Director of Biosciences at Schmidt Sciences. The Biosciences Institute aims to advance our understanding of biology and facilitate the transition of biological innovations into the real world for public benefit, with a current focus on enabling a resilient, circular bioeconomy.

Previously, she was a senior program officer on the Board of Life Sciences at the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She joined the Academies as a Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellow in 2016. During her tenure, her portfolio included work on biotechnology regulations, biosecurity, the microbiome, environmental health and risk assessment.

Andrea conducted postdoctoral training in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where she also obtained her PhD in Molecular Microbiology & Immunology. She has a BS in Microbiology from the University of Rhode Island.